Idea Quotes · Page 82

Creativity is a by-product of hard work. If I never have another really new idea, it won't matter.

— Andy Rooney

The idea of having dreams that don't come true is really terrifying.

— Domhnall Gleeson

People have no idea how physically tough doing a film is.

— Ridley Scott

I like that idea that what I do might be mainstream. Might be.

— John Mulaney

I still feel like no one knows who I am. I still feel anonymous.

— Richard Karn

I have no idea if I will go for an arranged marriage or love marriage.

— Shaheer Sheikh

This idea you're going to take a 50-year-old coal miner and turn them into a software engineer is ridiculous.

— Ro Khanna

I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That's why I started in with the props.

— John Wayne

There were definitely dark nights when you're like, 'Maybe joining the military wasn't such a good idea.' But, in a way, it…

— Adam Driver

What seems like a crazy idea today eventually grows. It's a 'with hindsight' thing. One day, someone will turn around and say,…

— Natalie Massenet

My upbringing has given me sympathy for the idea of isolation and what it is to be a new person in the…

— Julianne Moore

I knew what I wanted to be, but I didn't know exactly how to get there. I thought you move to Nashville,…

— Tyler Farr

I'm not shy, not reclusive, not any of those things, but the idea of a day in front of me when I…

— Linda Grant

I always found that people who know me have a different perspective than people who have never come across or come close…

— Hardik Pandya

It's not really an original idea, but there's something that goes along with power and celebrity that starts to make you feel…

— Jonathan Dee

My mode of presentation is short-form video - basically I create fast cut, impassioned 'idea explainers' that explode with enthusiasm and intensity…

— Jason Silva

The act of writing surprises me all the time. A miraculous thing happens when you have an idea and you want to…

— Janette Turner Hospital

The idea that you can dress up in some kind of a fake Indian outfit and get on stage is somehow acceptable…

— Winona LaDuke

When I'm writing, I generally toy with an idea until it manifests itself - meaning a phrase or a tune comes into…

— Paul Anka

In my brief sojourn in college, my favorite classes were political science because I loved the idea of systems we can set…

— Matt Mullenweg

The best under-the-radar rivalry is Dodgers-Giants. I had no idea how deep that one was until I moved to California... that one…

— Bill Simmons

Adrian Maben came to us with the idea. And we just thought, "Well, why not?" I don't think any of us thought…

— David Gilmour

When I was at the Group for Musical Research, with this idea of discovering electronic music, I quickly realized that that it…

— Jean-Michel Jarre

“Occasionally, events in one's life become clearer through the prism of experience, a phrase which simply means that things tend to be…

— Lemony Snicket

Capitalism is a great idea in theory, but in practice it just doesn't work.

— Jeremy Hardy

There's not an idea in our heads that has not been worn shiny by someone else's brains.

— Woodrow Wilson

If an idea is indeed sensible, it will eventually become just part of the accepted wisdom.

— Nigel Farage

I never give too much thought to the idea of universality.

— Rirkrit Tiravanija

We developed simple test tools to optimize imaging parameters. No company was interested in our idea.

— John Cameron

With 'Urban Secrets,' I just really liked the idea of wandering around chatting to people.

— Alan Cumming

To be an American is not...a matter of blood; it is a matter of an idea--and history is the image of that…

— Robert Penn Warren

“The best way to get a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.”

— Linus Pauling

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

— Elizabeth Bowen

I had no idea what to expect when I first started writing.

— Anna Todd

The idea of words and photos was something that appealed to me.

— Robert Barry

“Your brain is like a plant. If you plant a seed in it, it will grow into a big idea.”

— Jane Kang

Thought is an Idea in transit, which when once released, never can be lured back, nor the spoken word recalled.

— Pythagoras

“He whispers to the top of my head. "You have no idea what you do to me.”

— Devyn Dawson

Why is it so unutterably beneficial, the thought that someone besides myself knows me?

— Karen Horney

I wish we were smart enough that, every time we had an idea for a script, that it was great right off…

— Phil Lord