Unit 4. GREAT ideas
"If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it."
Albert Einstein
Topics for discussion
1. Read the following quotes about ideas and make sure you understand every-
thing. Choose 3 that you agree with most. Discuss the quotes in class and choose 3
best ones:
1. "If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it." Albert Einstein
2. "Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty
soon you have a dozen." - John Steinbeck
3. "A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to
death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow." – Ovid
4. "The air is full of ideas. They are knocking you in the head all the time. You only
have to know what you want, then forget it, and go about your business. Suddenly, the
idea will come through. It was there all the time." - Henry Ford
5. "Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up be-
cause they're looking for ideas." - Paula Poundstone
6. "Capital isn't that important in business. Experience isn't that important. You can
get both of these things. What is important is ideas." - Harvey Firestone
7. "I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent. Curiosity, obsession
and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism, have brought me to my ideas." -
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