#idea

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

#both #breaking #examine #explore #explosive

I encourage students to pursue an idea far enough so they can see what the cliches and stereotypes are. Only then do they begin to hit pay dirt. ↗

— Robert Morgan

#cliches #dirt #encourage #enough #far

I'm finally OK with the idea of who I love, who I want to be with. ↗

— Sheryl Swoopes

#i #i love #idea #love #ok

At different points in my life, I had grappled with the idea of going into the priesthood - in high school or law school. Where it ends, I'm not quite sure. Perhaps it ends with death, grappling with one's spirituality. ↗

— James McGreevey

#different #different points #ends #going #grappling

Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism. ↗

— Claude McKay

#based #castle #foundation #idealism #like

Once I went to bed in Orlando and I woke up in Atlanta. I have no idea how that happened. ↗

— A. J. McLean

#bed #happened #how #i #idea

It's not my vision when I cover a woman's face with a chador. I got the idea from a 'National Geographic' photo. I'm just showing their plight in the world. ↗

— Alexander McQueen

#face #geographic #got #i #idea

Sting's my ideal man, because he's a real man. ↗

— Alexander McQueen

#because #ideal #ideal man #man #real

Environmental concern is a little like dieting or paying off credit-card debt - an episodically terrific idea that burns brightly and then seems to fade when we realize there's a reason we need to diet or pay down our debt. The reason is that it's really, really hard, and too many of us in too many spheres of life choose the easy over the hard. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#burns #choose #concern #debt #diet

It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#curse #get #idealism #into #materialism