Quotes about ideas
ideas years excited
But what really excited me was the idea that humans had a tremendous pre-history that went back millions of years. I wanted to go to Africa to find some of these creatures. Donald Johanson
ideas two taste
Whenever the C++ language designers had two competing ideas as to how they should solve some problem, they said, "OK, we'll do them both". So the language is too baroque for my taste. Donald Knuth
ideas giving knows
I have no idea what I'm going to say when I stand up to give a toast. But I do know that anything I say I find funny. Don Rickles
ideas mines borrowed
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates Dale Carnegie
ideas easy aspect
You can dramatize your ideas in business or in any other aspect of your life. It’s easy Dale Carnegie
ideas silver-platter silver
Don't you have much more faith in ideas that you discover for yourself than in ideas that are handed to you on a silver platter? Dale Carnegie
ideas desire sympathetic
Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires. Dale Carnegie
ideas acting wish
No one likes to feel that he or she is being sold some-thing or told to do a thing. We much prefer to feel that we are buying of our own accord or acting on our own ideas. We like to be consulted about our wishes, our wants, our thoughts. Dale Carnegie
ideas mind progress
Keep your mind open to change all the time. Welcome it. Court it. It is only by examining and reexamining your opinions and ideas that you can progress. Dale Carnegie
ideas empowering leader
Strategy equals execution. All the great ideas and visions in the world are worthless if they can't be implemented rapidly and efficiently. Good leaders delegate and empower others liberally, but they pay attention to details, every day. Colin Powell
ideas people firsts
Never receive counsel from unproductive people. Never discuss your problems with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those who never succeed themselves are always first to tell you how. Not everyone has a right to speak into your life. You are certain to get the worst of the bargain when you exchange ideas with the wrong person. Don't follow anyone who's not going anywhere. Colin Powell
ideas feelings individuality
The individual increasingly comes to know who he is through the stand he takes when he expresses his ideas, values, beliefs, and convictions, and through the declaration and ownership of his feelings. Clark Moustakas
ideas pyramids choices
Karl Marx recognized that workers without a choice are workers in chains. But his idea of breaking chains was for us to depose the pharaohs and then build the pyramids for ourselves, as if building pyramids is something we just can't stop doing, we love it so much. Daniel Quinn
ideas years fame
There were a few years there when I was just so enamored with the idea of living some sort of famous person's lifestyle that really isn't suited to me. Daniel Radcliffe
ideas stuff want
I like the idea of not having to do stuff for the money, and if I want to, I can pick indie projects for the rest of my life and be quite happy doing that. Daniel Radcliffe
ideas no-idea
I have no idea how much money I've got. Daniel Radcliffe
ideas people ego
Whereas the health of an individual depends on the ego's regular descent and return to and from the unconscious, a society's longevity depends on actual people journeying into the unknown and returning with ideas. Dan Harmon
ideas records danger
Danger Mouse is now working on a bunch of other records, translating his ideas about remixing into all sorts of other projects. Damon Albarn
ideas unexpected ageing
The idea that ageing was subject to control was completely unexpected. Cynthia Kenyon
ideas biology logical
I loved the idea that biology was logical. Cynthia Kenyon
ideas dating tabloids
I like the idea of dating, but I'm not dating anyone exclusively, particularly right now. It's hard to be in a relationship unless you're ready to go public with it. So it's a lot easier for me to not be in a relationship. I really don't want that part of my life to be tabloid fodder. Cory Monteith
ideas dumb faces
The idea that bigger haystacks have more needles in them is dumb on its face Cory Doctorow
ideas today copies
There is no future in which bits will be harder to copy than they are today ... Any business model that based on the idea that bits will be harder to copy is doomed. Cory Doctorow
ideas people stuff
Engineers are all basically high-functioning autistics who have no idea how normal people do stuff. Cory Doctorow
ideas america film
In America, instead of making the audience come to the film, the idea seems to be for you to go to the audience. They come up with the demographics for the film and then the film is made and sold strictly to that audience. Clint Eastwood
ideas live-theatre lovely
I'm a very private person, so I didn't like this idea of tweeting about me. And then I realized, 'Oh, this is actually a brilliant device in terms of interacting with the fans'. It's a lovely way to just get back, to thank the fans for watching the show. And to live tweet is kind of like getting the rewards of doing live theatre. Darby Stanchfield
ideas perspective feelings
A "fraternity" is the antithesis of fraternity. The first... is predicated on the idea of exclusion; the second (that is, the abstract thing) is based on a feeling of total equality. E. B. White
ideas differences decision
When you consider that there are a thousand ways to express even the simplest idea, it is no wonder writers are under a great strain. Writers care greatly how a thing is said - it makes all the difference. So they are constantly faced with too many choices and must make too many decisions. E. B. White
ideas people entrepreneur
There are a lot of people building small ideas now. There's an idealization of being an entrepreneur, but the most important thing is to have a really great idea. Dustin Moskovitz
ideas entrepreneur world
The only reason you should be an entrepreneur is because that's the only way the idea will come into the world. Dustin Moskovitz
ideas problem these-days
These days, the problem isn't how to innovate; it's how to get society to adopt the good ideas that already exist. Douglas Engelbart
ideas dozen dimes
Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free. Douglas Horton
ideas reaching importance
This idea that there is generality in the specific is of far-reaching importance. Douglas Hofstadter