Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

Quote by Paul Valery

Topics: Ideas Quotes, Mind Quotes, People Quotes

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a...

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a...

In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.

In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being...

That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being...

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by...

The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by...

A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas;...

A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas;...

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.

A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people...

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people...

Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very...

Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very...

Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken.

Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken.

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others.

A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others.

A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.

A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.

Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in...

Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in...

In this business, fame lasts for a second. You can be blown up and be...

In this business, fame lasts for a second. You can be blown up and be...

The business of America is business.

The business of America is business.