All great ideas are controversial, or have been at one time

Quote by George Seldes

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The truth is not in the commercial media because the truth is a dagger pointed...

The truth is not in the commercial media because the truth is a dagger pointed...

A people that wants to be free must arm itself with a free press.

A people that wants to be free must arm itself with a free press.

Don't you get the idea I'm one of those goddam radicals. Don't get the idea...

Don't you get the idea I'm one of those goddam radicals. Don't get the idea...

An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.

An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.

The insolence of authority is endeavoring to substitute money for ideas

The insolence of authority is endeavoring to substitute money for ideas

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain...

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain...

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.

We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of...

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of...

There is only one kind of love, but there are one thousand imitations

There is only one kind of love, but there are one thousand imitations

Too often new ideas are studied and analyzed until they are suffocated.

Too often new ideas are studied and analyzed until they are suffocated.

The search for static security - in the law and elsewhere - is misguided. The...

The search for static security - in the law and elsewhere - is misguided. The...

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea...

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea...

A powerful idea communicates some of its power to the man who contradicts it

A powerful idea communicates some of its power to the man who contradicts it

New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can...

New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can...

Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I...

Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up...

Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up...