Daniel T. Gilbert (1957) American psychologist
Daniel T. Gilbert (2007) in: John Brockman. What is your dangerous idea?: today's leading thinkers on the unthinkable. Harper Perennial, 2007, p. 42
Daniel T. Gilbert (1957) American psychologist
Daniel T. Gilbert (2007) in: John Brockman. What is your dangerous idea?: today's leading thinkers on the unthinkable. Harper Perennial, 2007, p. 42
“An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
The Epigrams of Oscar Wilde, edited by Alvin Redman (1954)
“An idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.”
Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul
The Roycraft Dictionary and Book of Epigrams (1923)
“Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous - they contain ideas.”
Pete Hautman (1952) American children's writer
Simon Sinek (1973) British/American author and motivational speaker
Source: Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
“The ancients stole all our great ideas.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Attested at least in 1780 https://books.google.ru/books?id=nUpWAAAAYAAJ&q=Ancients&pg=PA32 (by John Hope):<br><br>Now, the Devil confound those Ancients, for they have stolen all my good thoughts from me! <br class="br">Misattributed
“Danger (the spur of all great minds) is ever
The curb to your tame spirits.”
George Chapman The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois
The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois (1613), Act V, scene i.
“Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.”
Erwin Rommel (1891–1944) German field marshal of World War II
Variant: Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.
Source: The Rommel Papers (1953), Ch. XI : The Initiative Passes, p. 244.
“There’s nothing more dangerous than a good idea.”
Ron English (1959) American artist
Ron English's Fauxlosophy (2016)
“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you have only one idea.”
Alain (1868–1951) French philosopher
Propos sur le Religion no. 74 (1938), under the pen name Alain. <br class="br">Alternate translation: “Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when it's the only one we have.” IZQuotes https://izquotes.com/quote/%C3%A9mile-chartier/nothing-is-more-dangerous-than-an-idea-when-you-have-only-one-idea-390165 (retrieved 10/30/18).