Quotes about ideas
ideas able world
I have always liked the idea of Superman because I have always liked the idea that there is one person in the world who doesn’t do bad things. And that there is one person in the world who is able to fly. Douglas Coupland
ideas odd-things jam
Trevor realized that the odd thing about English is that no matter how much you screw sequences word up up, you understood, still, like Yoda, will be. Other languages don't work that way. French? Dieu! Misplace a single le or la and an idea vaporizes into a sonic puff. English is flexible: you can jam it into a Cuisinart for an hour, remove it, and meaning will still emerge. Douglas Coupland
ideas waiting anticipation
The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting Andy Warhol
ideas america wonderful
The idea of America is so wonderful because the more equal something is, the more American it is Andy Warhol
ideas people should
The idea that people in novels should be more sympathetic than people in life simply baffles me. Andrew O'Hagan
ideas arbitrary granted
When will the arbitrary be granted the place it deserves in the formation of works and ideas? Andre Breton
ideas doe dare
Clear and precise ideas are the most dangerous, for one does not dare to change them. Andre Gide
ideas order identity
We live counterfeit lives in order to resemble the idea we first had of ourselves. Andre Gide
ideas influence mediums
Trust is the conduit for influence; it's the medium through which ideas travel. Amy Cuddy
ideas work-out sometimes
Sometimes not having any idea where we’re going works out better than we could possibly have imagined. Ann Patchett
ideas people bars
It is by acts, and not by ideas, that people ensure the bar down the street cannot have a patio. Anatole France
ideas assassins matter
Idea-assassins rush forward to kill any new suggestion on the grounds of its impracticality, while defending whatever now exists as practical, no matter how absurd. Alvin Toffler
ideas brilliant-ideas good-eats
I had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials. Alton Brown
ideas two want
Usually one or two things happen: Either you have an idea straightaway - the sort of sound that you want or the instrumentation or one particular sound that you want to feature - or you don't. Anne Dudley
ideas training way
In many ways, a degree in the history of ideas is the ideal training for an aspiring writer. Anne Fortier
ideas feelings would-be
If I were to have any sort of solid idea about which moments were God's manifestations, they would be those moments where one has practically nothing to do with what's going on. It's one of the best feelings in the world. Anjelica Huston
ideas entrepreneur three
Three components make an entrepreneur: the person, the idea and the resources to make it happen. Anita Roddick
ideas knowing people
I want to disabuse people of the idea that knowledge is power. Knowing how to get to Detroit is not the same thing as having the bus fare. Andrew Vachss
ideas being-free bears
and i can't stand the idea of being alone. i can't bear the thought of being free. Chuck Palahniuk
ideas people inventory
I don't do much more than organise other people's ideas and insights and thoughts, and sort of harvest them, and inventory them and present them. Chuck Palahniuk
ideas
You're always haunted by the idea you're wasting your life. Chuck Palahniuk
ideas gardening momentum
Ideas come at any moment -- except when you demand them. Most ideas come while I'm physically active, at the gym, with friends, gardening, so I always carry pen and paper. My first draft is always written in longhand. But once the first dozen chapters, more like short stories, are written, then momentum builds until I can't leave the project until it's done. Chuck Palahniuk
ideas people mind
I had one idea that never changed in my mind—that you should use your wealth to help people. Chuck Feeney
ideas should-have president
I'm not saying my idea is the one and only idea. We should have other ideas, but the president has not laid down a specific plan as to how he's going to get us to solvency. I do that. Chuck Hagel
ideas people important
The only people who can ever put ideas into context are people who don't care; the unbiased and apathetic are usually the wisest dudes in the room. If you want to totally misunderstand why something is supposedly important, find the biggest fan of that particular thing and ask him for an explanation. He will tell you everything that doesn't matter to anyone who isn't him. He will describe paradoxical details and share deeply personal anecdotes, and it will all be autobiography; he will simply be explaining who he is by discussing something completely unrelated to his life. Chuck Klosterman
ideas people movement
Nothing of any consequence happens unless people get behind an idea. It begins with an individual and they share the idea with more individuals-and eventually it becomes a movement. Christopher Reeve
ideas evil sake
Evil is a really tough concept for me. The idea of a villain that is bad for bad's sake seems kind of absurd. Christopher McQuarrie
ideas saving stranger
Even Charles Darwin, that human decoder ring of bizarre behavior, found the idea of saving a stranger's life to be a total head-scratcher. Christopher McDougall
ideas paradise judgment
I am against the idea of the end, that everything culminates in paradise or judgment. Anselm Kiefer
ideas ruins debris
Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning. Anselm Kiefer
ideas views youth
If the generous ideas of youth are too often over- clouded by the sordid views of after-life, that scarcely proves them to be false Anne Bronte
ideas abandonment surrender
Conversation is an abandonment to ideas, a surrender to persons. Amos Bronson Alcott
ideas hands tasks
Ideas in the head set hands about their several tasks. Amos Bronson Alcott