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Philosophical literature2 quotes
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1886Maximilien Robespierre was nothing but the hand of Jean Jacques Rousseau, the bloody hand that drew from the womb of time the body whose soul Rousseau had created. — Heinrich Heine · 1834Political speech2 quotes
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. — Winston Churchill · 1943Our greatest strength is the power of our ideas, which are still new in many lands. Across the world we see them embraced, and we rejoice. Our hopes, our hearts, our hands are with those on every continent who are building democracy and freedom. Their cause is America's cause. — Bill Clinton · 1993Science fiction2 quotes
The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices to be found only in the minds of men. — Narrator (Twilight Zone) · 1960An idea is like a virus. Resilient. Highly contagious and the smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you. — Cobb · 2010Action1 quote
An idea is like a virus. Resilient. Highly contagious and the smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you. — Cobb · 2010Action (film)1 quote
An idea is like a virus. Resilient. Highly contagious and the smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you. — Cobb · 2010Epic1 quote
You can break a man's skull, you can arrest him, you can throw him into a dungeon. But how do you control what's up here? How do you fight an idea? — Sextus · 1959Epic (film)1 quote
You can break a man's skull, you can arrest him, you can throw him into a dungeon. But how do you control what's up here? How do you fight an idea? — Sextus · 1959Historical drama1 quote
You can break a man's skull, you can arrest him, you can throw him into a dungeon. But how do you control what's up here? How do you fight an idea? — Sextus · 1959Historical drama (film)1 quote
You can break a man's skull, you can arrest him, you can throw him into a dungeon. But how do you control what's up here? How do you fight an idea? — Sextus · 1959Religious literature1 quote
Maximilien Robespierre was nothing but the hand of Jean Jacques Rousseau, the bloody hand that drew from the womb of time the body whose soul Rousseau had created. — Heinrich Heine · 1834Science fiction (TV)1 quote
The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices to be found only in the minds of men. — Narrator (Twilight Zone) · 1960Science fiction (film)1 quote
An idea is like a virus. Resilient. Highly contagious and the smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you. — Cobb · 2010