An idea is like a virus. Resilient. Highly contagious. And even the smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you.
This is the best bad idea we have, sir. By far.
We are told to remember the idea and not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten. But 400 years later, an idea can still change the world.
When a bad idea is the only idea, it becomes a great idea.
You need more than guns to be a good gangster, you need ideas.
Sometimes maybe it’s not such a good idea to change things quiet so much.
No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.
I love crazy ideas. They made me rich.
Humans only have one ending. Ideas live forever, humans not so much.
You can break a man’s skull, you can arrest him, you can throw him into a dungeon. But how do you control what’s up here? How do you fight an idea?
You ask how to fight an idea. Well, I’ll tell you how. With another idea.[to Sextus]
I have an excellent idea. Let’s change the subject.
