I cling to the idea that Herman Melville had to work at the end of his career watching ships in a dock,… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
Hiroshima has become a metaphor not just for nuclear war but for war and destruction and violence toward civilians. It's not just… — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
For me, the excitement in architecture revolves around the idea and the phenomenon of the experience of that idea. Residences offer almost… — Steven Holl Copy Share Image
I became an inventor by accident. I was out of the Air Force in 1956. No, no, that's not true: I went… — Woody Norris Copy Share Image
The biggest road block to action on genocide and other human rights crimes is ignorance. Most people just don't know that such… — John Prendergast Copy Share Image
You could imagine a language exactly like English except it doesn't have connectives like 'and' that allow you to make longer expressions.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I really liked the idea of creating a journal myself. It's like the way I clear my throat. I write a page… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
There's places where a secure fence will work, and that strategic type fencing will work. But the idea that people can easily… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
The idea that somehow you're going to tax the 'rich' enough to pay for quality health care for every American who doesn't… — Susan Estrich Copy Share Image
I tend to start with a kernel, a vague concept, and just begin to write things down - notes about a character,… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
I will say this: basically there in [MacGyver] was an idea and it was executed with a bunch of different things in… — Lucas Till Copy Share Image
Our constitutionally-based criminal justice system places a high value on protecting the innocent. Among its central tenets is the idea that it… — Robert Shapiro Copy Share Image
The Stones were always exemplary of one of the best of all rock qualities: tightness. They have always been economical, the opposite… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
“Communism? Most people have no idea what it is. I do not exaggerate. Look around this restaurant, ask any of these fine… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“Sometimes one needs to stay alone, a bit of loneliness gives you the opportunity to knock on the door to your brain,… — Elijah Onyenmeriogu Copy Share Image
My process is very disempowering to the director anyway, so it's essential that you be respectful. Once we've sort of found the… — David Milch Copy Share Image
In our view the Olympic idea involves a strong physical culture supplemented on the one hand by mobility, what is so aptly… — Pierre de Coubertin Copy Share Image
No one would say, 'Hey, I think this medicine works, go ahead and use it.' We have testing, we go to the… — Sendhil Mullainathan Copy Share Image
I think technology is us, not something we invented. I think we are more psychic now because we have cell phones and… — Ryan Trecartin Copy Share Image
If somebody came up with a really good idea, everyone would back it. Especially when we did the show, we had a… — Dave Foley Copy Share Image
I go dreaming into the future, where I see nothing, nothing. I have no plans, no idea, no project, and, what is… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
I do like the idea of consequence and how our actions play themselves out, but I am completely scared of knowing what… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
I'm drawn to stories about ordinary people who get tangled up in an extraordinary event or idea or emotion. I'm not saying… — Sophie Okonedo Copy Share Image
It's important to ask candidates about their beliefs, in part because politicians frequently exploit religious faith - often with the idea that… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
When you're on TV and in people's houses - it's great that anybody watches anything you've done, but you feel as though… — Nicholas Hoult Copy Share Image
I started the label Tzadik to support an entire community of musicians, not just Jewish musicians. But the radical Jewish culture movement… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
It's funny. People often compare me to other humor essayists. They're usually quite nice comparisons; I will accept those gladly. But I… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
I think you should make more movies, more musicals. I think the public deserves that. I think this country deserves to be… — Donald O'Connor Copy Share Image
If I'm reading a script, and I'm not buying it, I need to be able to relate to the character on some… — Rory Culkin Copy Share Image
When I had the idea for 'Shopaholic', it was as though a light switched on. I realised I actually wanted to write… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
Good Deeds Day is based on a simple idea that every person can do a good deed for the benefit of others… — Shari Arison Copy Share Image
The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people's cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home, you… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
I like the idea that you can paint something outdoors, and anyone can see it. It's open to anyone, and people have… — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
How can justice be attained when, in the expiation of an old wrong, another wrong is to be committed? No reasonable creature… — Bertha von Suttner Copy Share Image
The idea that no one really knew how to run a government led to the idea that we should arrange a system… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
When you look at - when you talk to people in Africa and across the Middle East, they're not satisfied with the… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
What is it to keep kosher? Is it eating kosher potato chips? Kosher is a bigger idea. I think it's about being… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
Cirque du Soleil means Circus of the Sun. When I need to take time to reenergize, I go somewhere by the ocean… — Guy Laliberte Copy Share Image
My original idea was to photograph Princess Diana in her tiara. But then I thought, am I interested in seeing another picture… — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
I think the idea is to try and understand everything about the characters and where the character is coming from, from their… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image