An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.
More Quotes from Don Marquis:
Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at.Don Marquis
There is always a comforting thought in time of trouble when it is not our trouble.
Don Marquis
Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.
Don Marquis
A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't?
Don Marquis
Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
Don Marquis
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Idea Quotes, People QuotesThis is the great vice of academicism, that it is concerned with ideas rather than with thinking.
Lionel Trilling
I think I enjoy working obviously as a lead, but also you know I feel I'm also a character actor as well, so I enjoy approaching various projects in all sort of capacities. Any film I have been able to do I feel very fortunate to have been a part of.
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Reagan was all about America, and you talked about it. Obama is, 'We are above that now. We're not just parochial, we're not just chauvinistic, we're not just provincial. We stand for something.' I mean, in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above - above the world. He's sort of God. He's going to bring all different sides together.
Chris Matthews