Thought for Today

"Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost."

~~~~~ Chauncey Depew

Thought for Today

"In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to whom the idea first occurs."

~~~~~ Francis Darwin

Thought for Today

"A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy."

~~~~~ Edward P. Morgan

Thought for Today

"In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas."

~~~~~ Alfred Whitney Griswold

Thought for Today

"No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there."

~~~~~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

Thought for Today

"Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them."

~~~~~ Alan Perlis

Thought for Today

"In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas."

~~~~~ Alfred Whitney Griswold

Thought for Today

"If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied."

~~~~ Alfred Nobel

Thought for Today

"An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it."

~~~~ William Bernbach

Thought for Today

"A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy."

~~~~~ Edward P. Morgan

Thought for Today

"There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them."

~~~~~ George Orwell