Quotes about ideas
ideas mad people
One way or another the no doubt mad idea entered my mind that my own actions had historic importance and this fantasy (?) made it appear that people who harmed me were interfering with an important experiment. Saul Bellow
ideas economic-value political
Curiosity and irreverence go together. Curiosity cannot exist without the other. Curiosity asks, "Is this true?" "Just because this has always been the way, is the best or right way of life, the best or right religion, political or economic value, morality?" To the questioner, nothing is sacred. He detests dogma, defies any finite definition of morality, rebels against any repression of a free, open search of ideas no matter where they may lead. He is challenging, insulting, agitating, discrediting. He stirs unrest. Saul Alinsky
ideas fire tears
Didn't I seize the fire of ideas and make them leap, tear, fly, sing Tom Paulin
ideas healthy growing
Healthy ideas of both left and right, along with totally new ideas, must form a growing united front. Tom Metzger
ideas important principles
I understand why we do that now. It’s a help, not a threat. It’s something to remind you how important words are. Ideas are important. Principles are important. Words are important. Your word is the most important of all. Your word is who you are. Tom Clancy
ideas come-up brilliant-ideas
Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, Oh, you can't do that. Tom Clancy
ideas feelings important
I like the idea of imagining a sound and feeling a sound and then having it come out through your body, through an instrument. That's an important way to make music. Tod Machover
ideas starting-over people
I like the idea of Wild Infancy, of people who have a deprived background, of starting out wild. Tina Weymouth
ideas important sake
The idea of being in control for the sake of control, is not really important to me. If everyone is sharp and doing, you know, what they're doing well, you don't really need to be in control all the time. Tina Fey
ideas vermont mowing
Well, I have a farm in Vermont that's my main residence, where I do lots of digging and mowing, and ride tractors - just so you don't get the wrong idea that I'm too girlie! Tim Daly
ideas way lyrical
A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way, although it is somewhat abstracted. Thurston Moore
ideas style ifs
If you don't have an idea, all you have is style. Tibor Kalman
ideas brain tvs
The brain is like a TV set; when it goes blank, it's a good idea to turn off the sound. Sam Ewing
ideas islam moments
Islam, at the moment, is the motherlode of bad ideas. Sam Harris
ideas connections rumination
The music of the supreme architect, Bach, is filled with pages of discursive argument and rumination, glorifying the nameless whole by a rich embroidery of passages which lead everywhere and nowhere. The ideas are presented, stood on their head, dissolved into fragments, until the ultimate message becomes the connections of all things great and small, a chain of being which cannot be secured until the last note is in place. Russell Sherman
ideas people hip-hop
The thing about hip-hop is that it's from the underground, ideas from the underbelly, from people who have mostly been locked out, who have not been recognized. Russell Simmons
ideas racism racist
Libertarians are incapable of being a racist, because racism is a collectivist idea. Ron Paul
ideas politician irrelevant
Ideas are the only things that count, and politicians are, for the most part, pretty much irrelevant. Ron Paul
ideas vision stories
As the director, you have to hold in your head the widest possible vision. Not just the idea and the story, but the conceptual content. But at the same time, you have to consider the tiniest, tiniest detail. Sally Potter
ideas no-idea
What really excites me is the unknown, and getting to grips with something you have no idea about. Ruth Wilson
ideas dirt
I've always quite liked the idea of being an archeologist, sort of scrubbing around in the dirt. Ruth Wilson
ideas invisible inevitable
This idea that failure is not an option: It makes failure invisible, inconceivable and inevitable. Rory Stewart
ideas people significant
At the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this. It was just a day like any other day. The only thing that made it significant was that the masses of the people joined in. Rosa Parks
ideas enough great-idea
A great idea is not enough. Rosabeth Moss Kanter
ideas leader encounters
Leaders must pick causes they won't abandon easily, remain committed despite setbacks, and communicate their big ideas over and over again in every encounter. Rosabeth Moss Kanter
ideas people decision
People who are making decisions about the future often don't have access to some of the best ideas in the company, which may be at the periphery or at lower levels. Rosabeth Moss Kanter
ideas use juniors
What's funny is that the idea of popularity - even the use of the word 'popular' - is something that had been mostly absent from my life since junior high. In fact, the hallmark of life after junior high seemed to be the shedding of popularity as a central concern. Susan Orlean
ideas violet peculiar
For a moment he could have sworn he smelled violets, which was very peculiar, since he had no idea what violets smelled like, except somehow he knew they smelled just like Lady Emma. Susan Elizabeth Phillips
ideas brain needs
I have not come up with anything original. It needs a better brain than mine! I have done what I can do in taking Dawkins' idea and extending it. Susan Blackmore
ideas population half
It's never a good idea to organize society in a way that depletes the energy of half the population. Susan Cain
ideas needs introvert
Introverts need to trust their gut and share their ideas as powerfully as they can. Susan Cain
ideas people together
Any time people come together in a meeting, we're not necessarily getting the best ideas; we're just getting the ideas of the best talkers. Susan Cain
ideas execution hallucinations
Ideas without execution are hallucinations. Thomas A. Edison