He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The lesson I was learning involved the idea that I could feel compassion for people without acting on it. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
I hate the idea that I have to represent any particular section of society; I just write good telly, that's all. — Russell T Davies Copy Share Image
More primordial than any idea, beauty will be manifest as the herald and generator or ideas. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Copy Share Image
He's nuts" Bianca said "We need to jump off this cliff" i said "Oh nice idea!! Your nuts too — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Childrens ambitions in school are often a glass ceiling, an obstacle to what they can accomplish. — Alastair Arnott Copy Share Image
As far as ideas about book design: I have plenty. But I also try and let people do their jobs. — Jesse Ball Copy Share Image
At fifty. I thought I would be done. I thought I'd be finished by now. So I have no idea. I just… — Pat Benatar Copy Share Image
I think he's informing himself, reaching out and getting ideas and information and advice. I haven't the slightest doubt that internally taking… — Theodore C. Sorensen Copy Share Image
That's what being a front man is all about - the idea of having something supple underneath you, that machine that roars… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
He had never seen a woman doctor before, and his whole conservative soul rose up in revolt at the idea. He could… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
But I can't find anybody. That's the problem. I don't know where they are. I mean, I've got an idea that there… — Syd Barrett Copy Share Image
Every now and then I'll read a book, I'll be so proud of myself, I'll try and squeeze it into conversation. People… — Jim Gaffigan 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
I was very similar at 19. I wanted something to happen in life, I wanted a bit more. I wanted to find… — Billie Piper Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel so- I don’t know - lonely. The kind of helpless feeling when everything you’re used to has been ripped… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
When I was a kid I think the thing I remembered most about The Exorcist was Linda Blair being possessed by the… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
It's actually a character choice for a movie I've been filming in South Korea called Okja. My director had this idea of… — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
The idea for me came when I was watching a 60 Minutes segment about resveratrol, the chemical in red wine that lets… — Drew Magary Copy Share Image
It was from America that the plain ideas that men ought to mind their business, and that the nation is responsible to… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
We depend on our surroundings obliquely to embody the moods and ideas we respect and then to remind us of them. We… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Words and ideas can change or influence the mind just like music can - yes, like a spell. Regarding the effect of… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
Many painters had a clear idea of what fractals are. Take a French classic painter named Poussin. Now, he painted beautiful landscapes,… — Benoit Mandelbrot Copy Share Image
I love telling stories, I love for someone to see something, and go, "Oh, wow, I've never thought of it that way."… — Tyler Hoechlin Copy Share Image
But you want murderous feelings? Hang around librarians," confided Gamache. "All that silence. Gives them ideas. — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
Ideas do not need weapons, to the extent that they can convince the great masses. — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
I swear I have at least one good song idea a day. But if I don't get pen to paper in ten… — Cary Ann Hearst Copy Share Image
Since I write in first person and have no idea what goes on in men's heads. — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
As National Socialists we see our program in our flag. In the red we see the social idea of the movement. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
The idea of literalism in the Bible is a very new phenomenon. In many ways, it's a product of the scientific revolution. — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love. — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
I have grown to believe that there is no dangerous idea, which does not become less dangerous when written out in sincere… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Publishers seem to be in an alcoholic haze most of the time. Well, the publishers have no idea what a writer is. — James Purdy Copy Share Image
I think I always have many ideas for books in my head. It's like a forest full of mushrooms. Some are big,… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
Wait to start a startup until you come up with an idea that you feel compelled to explore. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
Ideas are meaningless without action. Everyone has ideas. To succeed, make your ideas real. Make them happen. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas. — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I have plenty of scripts and ideas and all that that are not horror films. — Ti West Copy Share Image
