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Carl Sagan Astronomer, Astrophysicist
Ideas

"What is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are served up to us and at the same time a great openness to new ideas. If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you. On the other hand, if you are open to the point of gullibility and have not an ounce of skeptical sense in you, then you cannot distinguish useful ideas from the worthless ones."

Ideas Two Hands
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Carl Sagan Astronomer, Astrophysicist
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"One of the reasons for its success is that science has a built-in, error-correcting machinery at its very heart. Some may consider this an overbroad characterization, but to me every time we exercise self-criticism, every time we test our ideas against the outside world, we are doing science. When we are self-indulgent and uncritical, when we confuse hopes and facts, we slide into pseudoscience and superstition."

Heart Ideas Exercise
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Benjamin Disraeli Politician, Author
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"How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton his brains, and pour forth in careless and picturesque phrase all the results of his studies and observation; his knowledge of men, books, and nature. On the contrary, if a man has by any chance an original idea, he hoards it as if it were old gold; and rather avoids the subject with which he is most conversant, from fear that you may appropriate his best thoughts."

Men Book Ideas
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Benjamin Disraeli Politician, Author
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"My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles."

Ideas Political Philosophical
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David Frost Television Host, Journalist
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"Ideas matter in New York. I am certain that more conversations in New York are about ideas than anywhere else. Not just vague theories, but ideas that New Yorkers have the will, and the clout, to do something about."

Ideas Matter New York
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Dennis Miller Comedian
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"Never ever discount the idea of marriage. Sure, someone might tell you that marriage is just a piece of paper. Well, so is money, and what's more life-affirming than cold, hard cash?"

Ideas Funny Humor
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Diana Rigg Actress
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"I love being directed. Because it's another thought, it's another fresh idea. You're so grateful for an original idea that you haven't had."

Ideas Love Is Grateful
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Dr. John Doctor
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"See, I dont know nothing about singing. I never wanted to be a frontman. Frontmen had big egos and was always crazy and aggravating. I just never thought that was a good idea."

Ideas Crazy Ego
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Charles Darwin Naturalist, Geologist
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"It is easy to specify the individual objects of admiration in these grand scenes; but it is not possible to give an adequate idea of the higher feelings of wonder, astonishment, and devotion, which fill and elevate the mind."

Giving Ideas Feelings
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Charles Darwin Naturalist, Geologist
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"I shall always feel respect for every one who has written a book, let it be what it may, for I had no idea of the trouble which trying to write common English could cost one—And alas there yet remains the worst part of all correcting the press."

Writing Book Ideas
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Charlie Munger Investor, Businessman
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"You have to realize the truth of biologist Julian Huxley's idea that 'Life is just one damn relatedness after another' "So you must have the models, and you must see the relatedness and the effects from the relatedness."

Ideas Life Is Realizing
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Charlie Munger Investor, Businessman
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"I think the idea that the hedge fund manager gets lower taxes than the taxi driver or the physics professor is insane. The legislators who leave that policy in place are derelict in their duties to be rational and fair. There are plenty of them in both political parties. It's totally outrageous."

Thinking Ideas Party
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Charlie Munger Investor, Businessman
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"You must know the big ideas in the big disciplines, and use them routinely - all of them, not just a few. Most people are trained in one model - economics, for example - and try to solve all problems in one way. You know the old saying: to the man with a hammer, the world looks like a nail. This is a dumb way of handling problems."

Men Ideas Discipline
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Charlie Munger Investor, Businessman
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"My idea of a good place to shop is Costco - it has these heavily marbled fillet steaks. The idea of eating some wheat thing and washing it down with carrot juice has never appealed to me."

Ideas Juice Wheat
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Charlie Munger Investor, Businessman
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"The idea of excessive diversification is madness. Wide diversification, which necessarily includes investment in mediocre businesses, only guarantees ordinary results."

Ideas Ordinary Guarantees
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