Idleness
1. “An idle brain causes idle thoughts.” (Anita Nair, Ladies Coupe)
2. “A full stomach conduces to inaction.” (Jack London, White Fang)
Ideas
3. “For like every great idea it has no real beginning; rather, it has always been, at least the idea of it.” (Hermann Hesse, Magister Ludi – The Glass Bead Game)
Ignorance
4. “Ignorance is bliss.” (The Matrix – motion picture)
5. “By all means; one must do what one can to help dispel ignorance.” (Peter Matthiessen, At Play in the Fields of the Lord)
Imagination
6. “Imagination, the enemy of men, the father of all terrors.” (Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim)
Imitation
7. “Yet I have discovered that if all those around you believe some particular thing, you will soon be tempted to share in that belief…” (Michael Crichton, The 13th Warrior)
Impossibility
8. “The simplest impossibility in the world; … the exact description of a cloud.” (Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim)
Information
9. “… the easiest way to obtain information was to steal it.” (Michael Crichton, Congo)
Love
10. “Falling in love and marriage is forever.” (Eric Van Lustbader, The Ninja)
