Ideas Quotes · Page 171

The dangerous man is the one who has only one idea, because then he'll fight and die for it.

— Francis Crick

“People will deem certain new ideas impossible, until they become part of everyday life.”

— Roger Spitz

Essentially a joke is creating an idea, whether sonic or visual, whether it's something musical or a traditional joke.

— Reggie Watts

Public service and respect for ideas is a recurrent theme in both the American and Australian sides of my family.

— Bill Drayton

In the nineteenth century the more grandiose word inspiration began to replace the word idea in the arts.

— Lukas Foss

“To become a leader, renovate your mind with painting of peace and roof your heart with ceiling of love. No love, no…

— Israelmore Ayivor

Reading good books implants good ideas in the mind, develops good aspirations, and leads to the cultivation of good friends.

— Mas Oyama

I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy.

— Eli Broad

Almost without exception, members of great groups see themselves as winning underdogs, as a feisty David hurling fresh ideas at a big,…

— Warren G. Bennis

It's the same challenge as with any other character, adults or not. You want to take time with the kids. You want…

— Philippe Falardeau

I don't think they like the idea that the people who are buying the record get to choose what goes out, because…

— John Otway

I always have an idea before we even start the movie because if you hire the wrong person, within a couple of…

— Billy Bob Thornton

Wes [Anderson] is brilliant, kind, and just absolutely fantastic. He was really amazing in the way he can just take ideas, turn…

— Kara Hayward

I have a Master's Degree in photography as a fine art, and I would call my work primarily conceptual. I don't carry…

— Leonard Nimoy

As I get older, everything feels like it's fundamentally connected, and once you've accepted the idea that business is right, and the…

— Herbert

I'm just trying to think what other sequels there were. There was the James Bond movies and not many. I think sequels…

— Ridley Scott

I have to admit that more and more lately, the whole idea of jazz as an idiom is one that I've completely…

— Pat Metheny

By the duty to be happy, I thus refer to the ideology... that urges us to evaluate everything in terms of pleasure…

— Pascal Bruckner

At the start of the band's career, I had ideas for songs and thoughts I figured out, but at the time I…

— Luke Hemmings

I was never a Republican, because those gentlemen, distinguished as they are, have only one real interest, and that is the making…

— Samuel J. Tilden

There is no author or legislator of the moral law. It is simply valid in itself in the nature or essence of…

— Allen W. Wood

My book review site and first blog, which I started in 2003. I started it because I was lamenting that while I…

— Debra Hamel

Every head turned to see two more security guards appear, each holding a Bagshaw by the back of the neck (which might…

— Ally Carter

From my mother came the idea that going down to the sea repaired the spirit. That is where she walked when she…

— Robert MacNeil

When we sit down to work, we become like a magnetized rod that attracts iron filings. Ideas come. Insights accrete.

— Steven Pressfield

The idea of a post-religious society is a fantasy, ultimately. Human beings are, by nature, religious in various ways.

— Ross Douthat

I think motherhood is just about instinct. I remember coming home from the hospital and having no idea what we were doing.

— Kourtney Kardashian

People often ... have no idea how fair the flower is to the touch, nor do they appreciate its fragrance, which is…

— Helen Keller

“Creativity is the ability to produce ideas that are both original and valuable.”

— Gerard Puccio

Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.

— Jim Rohn

It is important to expose yourself to ideas you don't agree with from time to time. Attend a political rally of a…

— Fred Green

A lot of times, some of my best ideas happen when I'm running. That's when I do my best thinking.

— Apolo Ohno

The danger of the Web is that you can go from idea to public announcement in under ten minutes.

— Seth Godin

An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.

— William James

The idea of a universal mind or Logos would be, I think, a fairly plausible inference from the present state of scientific…

— Arthur Eddington

The idea is that it will tell you where the importance lies, because it will be able to show you what impacts…

— Michael A. Hess

My reflection, when I first made myself master of the central idea of the 'Origin', was, 'How extremely stupid not to have…

— Thomas Huxley

I like ideas. I find them more exciting than human behavior for the most part.

— John Banville

Yes, I know,' interrupted Puddleglum. 'And few return to the sunlit lands. You needn't say it again. You are a chap of…

— Anonymous

One of the ideas for Justin.tv was that it would force me to go out and be sociable and talk to people.

— Justin Kan