Simple Idea

Famous quotes containing the words simple and/or idea:

“Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography.”
—Anita Brookner (b. 1938)

“The endless cycle of idea and action,
Endless invention, endless experiment,
Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness;
Knowledge of speech, but not of silence;
Knowledge of words, and ignorance of the Word.
All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)