“We stated before that men’s ideas change slowly and that a nation’s ideas change even more slowly. It takes shocks—hard shocks—to change a nation’s psychology.”
— John F. Kennedy Primary source“In science we must be interested in things, not in persons.”
— Marie Curie Secondary source“Our game is recognize a big idea when it comes along, when one doesn’t come along very often. Opportunity comes to the prepared mind.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“Gibraltar may be strong, but ideas are impregnable, and bestow on the hero their invincibility.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Take a simple idea and take it seriously.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte DisputedGibraltar Science Curiosity Business Time