I wouldn't even like to begin to define God - I have absolutely no idea. But what I feel, and what touches… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
It is extremely natural for us to desire to see such our thoughts put into the dress of words, without which indeed… — Eustace Budgell Copy Share Image
We were proposing, in a sense, that the rest of the world be made safe for American ideas, as they adopted intellectual… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less… — Thomas J. Watson Copy Share Image
But perhaps the rest of us could have separate classes in science appreciation, the wonder of science, scientific ways of thinking, and… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I think theater will always be my first love. I've been doing it since I was nine, and there's nothing quite like… — Tracie Thoms Copy Share Image
I think the archaic idea is actually winner take all, because the principle of "one person, one vote" is a principle that… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I cannot face with comfort the idea of life without work; work and the free play of the imagination are for me… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
“Yet, with all his acuteness, it did not occur to him that Europe was not in the least to blame for his… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
Politicians usually get the blame for dragging their feet on environmental issues. And fair enough. Most of them do just that. But… — Zac Goldsmith Copy Share Image
America has the highest standard of living of any major country in the entire world. To maintain and enhance that standard of… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
Tailor's work--the finishing of men's outside garments--was the "trade" learned most frequently by women in [the 1820s and 1830s],and one or more… — Lucy Larcom Copy Share Image
Our Government is fostering economic growth in Kitchener, Cambridge and all of the Waterloo Region by investing in our innovative businesses. Today's… — Gary Goodyear Copy Share Image
I use a computer, but before I begin each new book I keep a notebook. I write down everything that comes to… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
If you have had your attention directed to the novelties in thought in your own lifetime, you will have observed that almost… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
In Judaism, there are a lot of rules - everything from which fingernail you cut first to which side you sleep on… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
This idea that once you get into politics... you are now signed up for lifelong duty being in elective office, makes a… — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
Even before I wrote any songs, I had this idea of a triangle where the voice was at the top, some sort… — Panda Bear Copy Share Image
I was a slave to something he believed to be silly and superstitious: the idea that all life was worth defending and… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
I was really intrigued by the idea of using live streams of data that's relevant to real people, and that would allow… — Aaron Koblin Copy Share Image
It's so inspiring to be around other people who have ideas you haven't thought of, and all of a sudden you're like,… — Banks Copy Share Image
I think it all started with the tuna sandwich, and then, on the road, gearing up for New York, Nick [Kroll] and… — Alex Timbers Copy Share Image
Before you know it, you're half-way done with your idea and you've accidentally learned how to do it too. In short, you… — David Heinemeier Hansson Copy Share Image
The history of science is rich in example of the fruitfulness of bringing two sets of techniques, two sets of ideas, developed… — J. Robert Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
The idea of a news broadcast once was to find someone with information and broadcast it. The idea now is to find… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The idea that I'm a homosexual thrill killer, that I stroll down the streets and stalk young boys and slaughter them... Hell,… — John Wayne Gacy Copy Share Image
The life of a WWE superstar is awesome, but I want my kids to have a life balanced by more traditional ideas… — Shawn Michaels Copy Share Image
Instead of just recording reality, photographs have become the norm for the way things appear to us, thereby changing the very idea… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Creative nonfiction writers do not make things up; they make ideas and information that already exist more interesting and often more accessible. — Lee Gutkind Copy Share Image
Many people know what they want to have, but have no idea of who they want to be. Getting 'things' simply will… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
Guy Nearing told us it's a good idea when hunting mushrooms to have a pleasant goal, a waterfall for instance, and, having… — John Cage Copy Share Image
I start by mulling a question and before I know it, a whole drama is unfolding in my head. Often, an idea… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Somewhere in, I think, the back of the mind of some [education] policy makers is this idea that if we fine-tune it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Justice Lewis Powell spoke for all of us when he said: Equal justice under law is perhaps the most inspiring idea of… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
The essence of success is that it is never necessary to think of a new idea oneself. It is far better to… — Aubrey Menen Copy Share Image
An avidity for more is built into the love of movies. Something else is built in: you have to be open to… — Pauline Kael Copy Share Image
How surprisingly alive false ideas are! They even have their own evolution. At first they are highfalutin' 'truths,' then humdrum 'laws,' and… — Nina Berberova Copy Share Image
I lived with people who had varied opinions, some of whom did not accept my Nazi views. I encouraged this. If a… — Baldur von Schirach Copy Share Image
The idea came to me that I was, am, and will be, but perhaps will not become. This did not scare me.… — Nina Berberova Copy Share Image
I've heard that some authors do dream their books and I would love that if it happened to me, but so far… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image