The habit of mind which leads to a search for relationships between facts becomes of the highest importance in the production of ideas.

And so, while perhaps not all God's chilluns got wings, enough have for each of us to hope that we may be among those that have.

An idea is nothing more nor less than a new combination of old elements.

Do not make the mistake of holding your idea close to your chest… Submit it to the criticism of the judicious.

We tend to forget that words are, themselves, ideas. They might be called ideas in a state of suspended animation. When the words are mastered the ideas tend to come alive again.

Thus, words being symbols of ideas, we can collect ideas by collecting words. The fellow who said he tried reading the dictionary but couldn't get the hang of the story simply missed the point: namely, that it is a collection of short stories.

A good idea has self-expanding qualities. It stimulates those who see it to add to it.