idea - quotes

Helen (Adams) Keller, 1880-1968

was an US blind and deaf educator

Tyranny cannot defeat the power of ideas.

Henry James, 1843-1916

was a British (US -born) author

His idea was simply what a man's idea always is — to put every effort off on the woman.

( “The Ambassadors”, Book Sixth, Chapter 1, 1903 )

William Hazlitt, 1778-1830

was an English essayist

A really great man has always an idea of something greater than himself.

( “On The Pleasure Of Hating”, ca 1826 )

Victor (Marie) Hugo, 1802-1885

was a French dramatist, novelist, and poet

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.

( “The History of a Crime”, 1877 )

Don(ald Robert Perry) Marquis, 1878-1937

was an US humorist

An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.

Robert (Lee) Frost, 1874-1963

was an American poet

An idea is a feat of association.