Famous Quotes & Sayings

Howard Shore

You don't always want to be using the music in a way to express ideas inherent that are on the screen. You might want to work more around the fringes of the story, and work more with the subtext, and add more depth to the story through the use of music.

Howard Fineman

The crusades of Vietnam and Watergate seemed like a good idea at the time, even a noble one, not only to the press but perhaps to a majority of Americans.

Honore de Balzac

I prefer thought to action, an idea to a transaction, contemplation to activity.

Honore de Balzac

Above all do not ask that justice be just: It is just, because it is justice. The idea of a just justice could have originated only in the brain of an anarchist.

Honore de Balzac

Virtue, my pet, is an abstract idea, varying in its manifestations with the surroundings. Virtue in Provence, in Constantinople, in London, and in Paris bears very different fruit, but is none the less virtue.

Honore de Balzac

Everything is bilateral in the domain of thought. Ideas are binary. Janus is the myth of criticism and the symbol of genius. Only God is triangular!

Ian Wilmut

I see nothing wrong ethically with the idea of correcting single gene defects through genetic engineering. But I am concerned about any other kind of intervention, for anything else would be an experiment, which would impose our will on future generations and take unreasonable chances with their welfare ... Thus such intervention is beyond the scope of consideration.

Harville Hendrix

When we meet an Imago match, that chemical reaction occurs, and love ignites. All other bets, all other ideas about what we want in a mate, are off. We feel alive and whole, confident that we have met the person who will make everything all right.

Harold Ramis

I'd rather do comedies that strike at some bigger ideas.

Jamaica Kincaid

I'll read anything. In fact, I'll read while I'm doing other things, which is not a good idea.

Jaime Hernandez

I leave a lot open so I can fill it in later. If I don't have any ideas right away, I can fill it in later.

Jaime Lerner

A lot of people assume that the expensive ideas are the most effective ones, but that is simply not true.

Jacques Barzun

Above all, do not talk yourself out of good ideas by trying to expound them at haphazard meetings.

Jack White

There aren't that many things left that haven't already been done, especially with music. I'm interested in ideas that can shake us all up.

James G. Frazer

Small minds cannot grasp great ideas; to their narrow comprehension, their purblind vision, nothing seems really great and important but themselves.

James Gleick

Ideas that require people to reorganize their picture of the world provoke hostility.

J. William Fulbright

Power tends to confuse itself with virtue, and a great nation is peculiarly susceptible to the idea that its power is a sign of God's favor.

J. R. R. Tolkien

he was for long my only audience... Only from him did I ever get the idea that my ‘stuff’ could be more than a private hobby. But for his interest and unceasing eagerness for more I should never have brought The L. of the R. to a conclusion.

Iyanla Vanzant

I had no preconceived idea what fame would be like, because I never thought I would be famous. I just wanted to do my work. Hell, I just wanted to pay my rent on time.

Isaac Barrow

Because Mathematicians frequently make use of Time, they ought to have a distinct idea of the meaning of that Word, otherwise they are Quacks.

Irving Kristol

As a result of the efforts of Hayek .. and the many others who share his general outlook, the idea of a centrally planned and centrally administered economy, so popular in the 1930s and early 1940s, has been discredited.

Paul Ryan

Throughout human history, the American Idea has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed.

Paul Ryan

I'm very proud of my pro-life record, and I've always adopted the idea that, the position that the method of conception doesn't change the definition of life.

Paul Allen

I enjoy creating new ideas, working on new creative projects.

Paul Arden

having too many ideas is not always a good thing.

Paul Arden

I watch TV more than I used to, and the commercials don't impress me. The standard of execution is very high, but the standard of ideas is appalling.

Paul Arden

Do not covet your ideas.

Paul Arden

Even a bad idea executed is better than a good idea undone.

Paul Auster

It's always a mystery to me, I have to confess. I've never been able to witness the birth of an idea. It seems as if one second, there's nothing particularly going on, and the next second, something is there.

Paul Auster

To tell you the truth, I'm not unhappy about it. I'm not even sure that I like the idea of adapting novels into films. It's very difficult to do, and it usually doesn't work. There are exceptions, but generally speaking, one feels disappointed with the result.

Pat Boone

I've always wanted to stay involved with young people. I never bought into the idea that entertainers owe nothing to their audience except a good performance.

Pat Benatar

At fifty. I thought I would be done. I thought I'd be finished by now. So I have no idea. I just leave it.

Pat Buchanan

Are you attracted by his new ideas or his new poll ratings?