Democracy has nothing to do with freedom. Democracy is a soft variant of communism, and rarely in the history of ideas has… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
When I was heavier, I danced and I jumped out of planes. I've always rejected the idea that there's a certain look… — Kathy Najimy Copy Share Image
Tell me", he wanted to say, "everything in the whole world" - for he had the wildest, most absurd, extravagant ideas about… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic and long-lasting… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I had no idea what I was doing, I had no idea where I was going, but at some point I stopped… — Chip Kidd Copy Share Image
Drag is literally so ancient that it predates modern understanding of gender, of transness, of queerness. Drag predates modern ideas of gender,… — Sasha Velour Copy Share Image
An artist who is inspired is being obvious. He’s not making any decisions, he’s not weighing one idea against another. He’s accepting… — Keith Johnstone Copy Share Image
A school of art or of anything else is to be looked on as a single individual, who keeps talking to himself… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I don't think he (Joseph Albers, fh) ever realized that it was his discipline that I came for. Besides, my response to… — Robert Rauschenberg Copy Share Image
Suppose we were (as we might be) an influence, an idea, a thing intangible, invulnerable, without front or back, drifting about like… — T. E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Arabia was idolatrous when, six centuries after Jesus, Muhammad introduced the worship of the God of Abraham, of Ishmael, of Moses, and… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
There are two tests that we [writers] have for all of our writing: So What? and Who Cares? There is an answer… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
It was a silver cow. But when I say 'cow', don't go running away with the idea of some decent, self-respecting cudster… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You need to know a lot about what's going on, but when it comes to making the work, I take almost an… — Tim Zuck Copy Share Image
Current conflicts and guilt about being a woman who is a mother and a person in her own right are a socially… — Sandra Scarr Copy Share Image
Chairman Mao's greatest contribution was that he applied the principles of Marxism-Leninism to the concrete practice of the Chinese revolution, pointing the… — Deng Xiaoping Copy Share Image
If I had 10 ideas and people said yes to all of them, half of them could be crap. But, if I've… — Thomas Ian Nicholas Copy Share Image
Tolstoy is one of the greatest artists in history, but he finally became infused with the idea of the uselessness of art.… — Gerald Stern Copy Share Image
It isn't that you subordinate your ideas to the force of the facts in autobiography but that you construct a sequence of… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
There are a lot of good ideas that could benefit from big media. You have a lot of companies that hit a… — Ross Levinsohn Copy Share Image
It takes a very strong brain to resist the absolutes, the myths that the media and the politicians peddle - the idea… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
Conservatives are often fond of La Rochefoucauld's famous aphorism that 'Hypocrisy is a tribute that vice pays to virtue,' and so tend… — Bari Weiss Copy Share Image
I don't think anybody is anybody else's moral compass. Maybe listening to my music is not the best idea if you live… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
If theological ideas prove to have a value for concrete life, they will be true, for pragmatism, in the sense of being… — William James Copy Share Image
No class is safe unless government is so arranged that each class has in its hands the means of protecting itself. That… — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician, I'm not an ideologue, I'm not an organizer anymore. I'm a human being sharing ideas, and those ideas… — Hari Kondabolu Copy Share Image
What we're losing culturally the fastest, aside from natural resources and oil and the idea of democracy and social justice, is the… — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
The best shows have a clear idea of what they want to achieve, where the performers have the ability to disrupt normality… — Lyn Gardner Copy Share Image
I favored the idea of Trans-Pacific Partnership, but I did not support the administration - the [Barack] Obama administration TPP. There are… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
One big promise of the Internet was that it would be a great democratizing force, allowing us to become exposed to new… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
The full-grown modern human being ... is conscious of touching the highest pinnacle of fulfillment... when he is consumed in the service… — Robert Briffault Copy Share Image
Throw overboard all idea of jealousy and egotism, once for all. Come on to the practical field with tremendous energy; to work,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Those who want to burn books are either afraid of the ideas contained within the covers or they haven't the courage to… — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
I believe if we can crowdsource educational solutions to teachers on the front lines, who often know their kids better than anyone,… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
I get up, go and get a coffee, and go do the crossword - I'm loyal to one particular paper, the 'Guardian'… — Laura Marling Copy Share Image
We have to build the wall. We have to stop drugs from pouring in. We have to stop people from just pouring… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I love the idea of a beautiful neighborhood that represents the very best of American values, but also as a fun backdrop… — Marc Cherry Copy Share Image
“A brilliant idea is like a baby in a mothers womb. You need to bring it out in the world, nurture it,… — Manoj Arora Copy Share Image
Some of you been trying to write rhymes for years, But weak ideas irritate my ears. Is this the best that you… — Rakim Copy Share Image
The Spirit works through community. Somebody will have a stupid, screwy idea. That's okay. The point of having creeds and confessions and… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image