The idea of abstract power only exists for academics, not in real life. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
You can't make everybody love you. It's an exercise in futility, and it's probably not even a good idea to try. — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
I only judge people in one way. I like them or I don't. But I don't have preconceived ideas. — Carla Bruni Copy Share Image
As a rule, the most dangerous ideas are not the ones that divide people but those on which they agree. — Stephen Vizinczey Copy Share Image
I want to express my ideas through my music and on stage because I'm a musician. — CL Copy Share Image
I believe that if you really have a strong idea, you can say, "What do you think? Let's see how my idea… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class. — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Soon, I'll be like all the others. The time will come for all of us, but the ideas of the Cuban Communists… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
Mostly my ideas come from within, from my experiences, my childhood and the master of all sweets and lollies, Mr. Willy Wonka. — Adriano Zumbo Copy Share Image
Let us be wary of ready-made ideas about cowardice and courage: the same burden weighs infinitely more heavily on some shoulders than… — Francois Mauriac Copy Share Image
The chief contribution of such a radically new and more powerful instrument would be, not to supplement our present ideas of the… — Lyman Spitzer Copy Share Image
I let the actors work out their ideas before shooting, then tell them what attitudes I want. If a scene isn't honest,… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
My art practice is very detail-, labor- intensive and I think that that's a way of slowing myself down so that I… — Mark Bradford Copy Share Image
Making a movie like 'Felony' is hard work because you're really putting your own ideas on the screen. You can't hide behind… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibilities, is thus more fruitful than the future itself, and this is… — Henri Bergson Copy Share Image
At first glance, the story of the Lusitania doesn't seem like the sort of thing I would take on. I usually like… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
I think my own personal style always ends up seeping into characters that I play. I've always had a very distinct idea… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
A piece of literature can be many things but first of all it must capture its audience. You need to seduce people,… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
There are two books that I often travel with; one is 'The Theory on Moral Sentiments' by Adam Smith. The other is… — Wen Jiabao Copy Share Image
During the golden age of movie stars, there were plenty of actresses who were deemed unattractive at the start of their careers,… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
My brain does like the idea of hosting a late-night show. My brain does like the idea of maybe having a show… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
I can only tell you the kind of power I want, which is the power to persuade. But I do not want… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I haven't the faintest idea what my royalties are. I haven't the faintest idea how many copies of books sold, or how… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
There hasn't been any positive steps for moms in the NWSL. Now we're kind of getting our heads together, getting ideas together,… — Jessica McDonald Copy Share Image
There is no greater country on Earth for entrepreneurship than America. In every category, from the high-tech world of Silicon Valley, where… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
I keep very weird hours. I never know when I'm going to get an idea. — Sergio Aragones Copy Share Image
I do throw out a lot of ideas, and I forget completely about them. — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image