Stated clearly enough, an idea may cancel itself out.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A great idea is not enough.
Ideas won't keep; something must be done about them.
It is much better to have just one idea, and if the idea is clear, then you can fight for it. That is how you can get things done.
An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.
If an idea is indeed sensible, it will eventually become just part of the accepted wisdom.
But I felt all the more bound to make this proposal, because it at once turns to a reproach.
New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!
Being able to write an idea down succinctly doesn't make that idea any better than one which rambles on a bit. It just comes to the point sooner.
An idea can be as flawless as can be, but its execution will always be full of mistakes.
An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought.