#notions

The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#because #change #conservative #crimes #culture

It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions. ↗

— Ben Stein

#notions #ordinary #ordinary people #out #people

I am not concerned with truth, nor with conventional notions of what is beautiful. ↗

— Mark Strand

#beautiful #concerned #conventional #i #i am

Our personal consumer choices have ecological, social, and spiritual consequences. It is time to re-examine some of our deeply held notions that underlie our lifestyles. ↗

— David Suzuki

#consequences #consumer #deeply #ecological #held

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#accordingly #care #depends #entertain #guard

You need to look no further than Apple's iPhone to see how fast brilliantly written software presented on a beautifully designed device with a spectacular user interface will throw all the accepted notions about pricing, billing platforms and brand loyalty right out the window. ↗

— Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

#accepted #apple #beautifully #billing #brand

As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them or how mischievous I may deem their disregard. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

#cherish #constitution #court #deem #deeply

Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#better #beware #clearly #genius #inspiration