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
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 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
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
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
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
What counts alone is the innovator, the dissenter, the harbinger of things unheard of, the man who rejects the traditional standards and… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
There are innumerable instances suggesting that modern intellectuals do not believe themselves, that they don't really believe what they say, that they… — John Lukacs Copy Share Image
Doctor MacKenzie says "Sometimes I think the Victorians had the right idea. When you lost a family member back then you were… — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
I used LiveJournal frequently, almost daily, since ~age 13 until ~18. I kept a personal diary there. I also participated in various… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
I've always known that I've wanted to write, but I always saw myself doing that in the context of something other than… — Sarah Polley Copy Share Image
Ancient art has a specific inner content. At one time, art possessed the same purpose that books do in our day, namely:… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
Knowledge is a burden if it robs you of innocence. Knowledge is a burden if it is not integrated into life. Knowledge… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
America, in the eyes of the world, typifies above all else this quality of initiative. The greatest successes are nearly all the… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
In the final exam in the Chaucer course we were asked why he used certain verbal devices, certain adjectives, why he had… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I felt like all of the work was training for just one central idea: Accept your child for who he is. I'm… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
Since it's fiction, the book resonates, at least for me, on various levels, some of which intimate ideas about history but none… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
I feel like I have a lot of novel ideas, but they often come up while I'm already in the process of… — Matt de la Pena Copy Share Image
Listening to liberals invoke the sanctity of "science" to promote their crackpot ideas creates the same uneasy feeling as listening to Bill… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“Ideas are of themselves extraordinarily valuable, but an idea is just an idea. Almost any one can think up an idea. The… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
I admired the work ethic of the cowboys I read about. The idea of these young people taking on this much responsibility… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
Unconditional love will turn a loser into a winner. You have no idea how many times your heavenly Father has wanted to… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
I kind of know what my job is, it's to develop a message that's hopeful and optimistic about the future of the… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
Motion picture making is a very, very involved affair. It is completely my baby. I'm a thorough professional. I plan films right… — Dev Anand Copy Share Image
In the beginning, when I first found out I had a disease that was incurable, emotionally I had to get used to… — Karen Duffy Copy Share Image
For a moment he could have sworn he smelled violets, which was very peculiar, since he had no idea what violets smelled… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
When you are shooting a movie, you have to collaborate with many, many, many people. First of all, the director with all… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
The subtle generational cues that make one thing cool and another uncool aren't always obvious to a parent. My children are my… — Nolan Bushnell Copy Share Image
Some people think that [it was] Martin Luther King Jr.'s idea to have a boycott. It was a black woman, a teacher,… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
I really enjoy helping a band form their sounds and ideas from initial spark to completed album. Being a producer is different… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
As I read, I start to form clear ideas of the characters and allow myself to be a proper conduit for this… — Barbara Rosenblat Copy Share Image
I am not on tumblr. I can barely spell tumblr. However, there does seem to be someone on tumblr (who copied my… — Misha Collins Copy Share Image
While many Islamic countries pay lip service to the idea of freedom of religion, they don't put up with conversion from Islam… — Ibn Warraq Copy Share Image
But whether we want to do it because we want to have people to have a different idea of who we are… — Antonio Damasio Copy Share Image
In Finland, within very broad government guidelines, teachers create their own curricula together across schools in every community and district. They don't… — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
A lot of people have ideas and opinions on what Avenged Sevenfold should be or what we should do, and I think… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
In addition to the leadership of the Party, a decisive factor is our population of 600 million. More people mean a greater… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
A Composer who hears sounds will try to find a notation for sounds. One who has ideas will find one that expresses… — Cornelius Cardew Copy Share Image
When you get an idea, it's not going to be a great idea until you push it. You’ve got to push it… — Neko Case Copy Share Image