Ideas Quotes · Page 318

I've always liked the idea of taking old dramatic ideas and devices and making them feel relevant or contemporary or whatever.

— Edward Norton

Any time people come together in a meeting, we're not necessarily getting the best ideas; we're just getting the ideas of the…

— Susan Cain

It's easy to have a complicated idea. It's very hard to have a simple idea.

— Carver Mead

I have been writing stories and working on ideas for a long time. I like writing and reading a lot, so I…

— Karan Wahi

But I'm a big believer that government does not have a monopoly on good ideas.

— Jack Markell

For the record, Irish," he informed her tightly, just in case she got the wrong idea, "I kneel to no one.

— Karen Marie Moning

Don't get the idea that I've turned green. My business is making money, and I think this is going to make a…

— T. Boone Pickens

Sometimes I'll try something on piano and move to guitar, but usually that comes after scratching down some ideas for lyrics.

— Melody Gardot

Stop trying to find the formula that will instantly make your idea into a winner. Instead of being scientists, the best marketers…

— Seth Godin

I dislike frontiers, political or intellectual, and I find that ignoring them is an essential catalyst for creative thought. Ideas should flow…

— Michael Atiyah

We need fresh, new leadership with bold ideas and a new approach to get more people back to work with quality jobs…

— Scott Howell

Discussion and argument are essential parts of science; the greatest talent is the ability to strip a theory until the simple basic…

— Albert Einstein

I like to think that there is a clear majority of people who's be supportive of the idea, It does save the…

— Steven Morrissey

My earliest acting memory is making up a play for my mom and dad called The Lonesome Baby. I have no idea…

— Jane Horrocks

Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up…

— Thomas A. Edison

Being creative means first of all doing something unusual... On the other hand, however unusual it may be, the idea also has…

— Howard Gardner

... I think the idea of crossing over is the ultimate expression of being ... Maybe it's time to play rock and…

— Jeff Baxter

If you're also in the arena and you're putting your ideas out and you're owning them and you're saying "I disagree with…

— Brené Brown

All men are interdependent. Every nation is an heir of a vast treasury of ideas and labor to which both the living…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I went to visit Frank Capra, one of my idols, and did a kind of Judd Apatow interview with him. I said,…

— David Copperfield

Some months before I declared, I asked for a meeting and crossed the border to meet with the president of Mexico. I…

— Ronald Reagan

He cleared his throat, "Zoe, i think you said you love me." "I did say it. I do love you with all…

— Loretta Chase

All the worth which the human being possesses, all spiritual reality, he possesses only through the State. . . For Truth is…

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

In 2001, the hard disk on my laptop crashed, and everything on it was lost. I'd been using the computer for two,…

— Caterina Fake

I have no idea what you just said, child,' Breeze said. 'So I'm simply going to pretend it was coherent, then move…

— Brandon Sanderson

Making music with other people feeds spontaneity, and lends ideas to your solo work.

— Jacob Collier

What makes me different as a scientist is that I'm kind of imaginative. The ideas just happen.

— Lisa Randall

I would say that I admire people that come up with ideas we never thought of before.

— Peter Sunde

I think it was Osama bin Laden's [idea to start a pre-emptive war in Iraq].

— Karl Rove

I don't think the space station is innovative. Going to the moon was innovative because we had no idea how to do…

— Peter Diamandis

One of the great things I learned from how cooperative theater is, you can't be too precious about your ideas.

— Sara Bareilles

We don't know where we get our ideas from. What we do know is that we do not get them from our…

— John Cleese

Since the very beginning of culture, what we seem to be are animals which take in raw material and excrete it imprinted…

— Terence McKenna

If I get an idea for a song, I have a melody for it. I'm a musician first. I'm not limited by…

— Brad Paisley

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.

— William James

The great thing about living in New York is the constant change of things. It inspires me to keep moving, push forward,…

— John Varvatos

We've got to go to the people with bold ideas and candidates of conviction - we've got to be hotter than high…

— Jim Hightower

I love writing, but I have that E. E. Cummings idea that as long as you stay inside the rules of your…

— Pete Wentz

The power of an idea can be measured by the degree of resistance it attracts.

— David Yoho

The paradox of innovation is this: CEO's often complain about lack of innovation, while workers often say leaders are hostile to new…

— Patrick Dixon