Originator Quotes

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
The nice thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive. View quote
Kenneth Williams
It is astounding that man, the instigator, inventor and vehicle of all these developments, the originator of all judgements and decisions and the planner of the future, must make himself such a quantité negligeable. View quote
Carl Jung
The most advanced, creative and original thinking is always a product of historical context and the influences of previous geniuses, mentors, and collaborators on the mind of the originator. View quote
Michael J. Gelb
The final outcome cannot be known, either to the originator of a new theory, or to his colleagues and critics, who are bent on falsifying it. Thus, the scientific innovator may feel all the more lonely and uncertain. View quote
Peter D. Mitchell
Meanwhile, the originator of a theory may have a very lonely time, especially if his colleagues find his views of nature unfamiliar, and difficult to appreciate. View quote
Peter D. Mitchell
Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out of his experience comes the original creation. View quote
George Gershwin
How many authors are there among writers? Author means originator. View quote
Friedrich Schlegel
What has set the mass in motion for any length of time is then called great. It is given the name of a historical power. When, for example, the vulgar mob has appropriated or adapted to its needs some religious idea, has defended it stubbornly and dragged it along for centuries, then the originator of that idea is called great. There is the testimony of thousands of years for it, we are told. But this is Nietzsche's and Kierkegaard's idea the noblest and highest does not affect the masses at all, either at the moment or later. Therefore the historical success of a religion, its toughness and persistence, witness against its founder's greatness rather than for it. View quote
Georg Brandes
Creation implies authority in the sense of originator. The possibility of a 'Fall' is implied in a Covenant insofar as the idea of a Covenant implies the possibility of its being violated. View quote
Kenneth Burke
In our time it has been seen, as I hope to show quite shortly, that simple children, roughly brought up in the wilderness, have begun to draw by themselves, impelled by their own natural genius, instructed solely by the example of these beautiful paintings and sculptures of Nature. Much more then it is probable that the first men, being less removed from their divine origin, were more perfect, possessing a brighter intelligence, and that with Nature as a guide, a pure intellect for master, and the lovely world as a model, they originated these noble arts, and by gradually improving them brought them at length, from small beginnings, to perfection. I do not deny that there must have been an originator, since I know quite well that there must have been a beginning at some time, due to some individual. (Giorgio Vasari)
As an entrepreneur, if you're the originator, you need to be faster than ever. View quote
Niklas Zennstrom
...no one believes an hypothesis except its originator but everyone believes an experiment except the experimenter. View quote
William Ian Beardmore Beveridge
Is there anything more useless than a crouton? I sometimes wake up in the small hours with a start and realise that what's roused me is an overpowering urge to visit violence on its originator. View quote
Will Self
Any comic like myself owes everything he has to Lenny Bruce. He was the originator. The godfather of uncensored American stand-up is clearly Lenny Bruce. View quote
Joe Rogan
In blues music, there's a lot of borrowing, so it's often difficult to identify the originator of a song. View quote
Henry Rollins
I think it is the general rule that the originator of a new idea is not the most suitable person to develop it, because his fears of something going wrong are really too strong... At age 69. View quote
Paul Dirac
Little Richard is a great originator. He was right there at the start, a thrilling performer. View quote
Little Richard