Real people conceive originality then think, write but never read of others' posts to copy to follow and the copycats follow exactly… — Anuj Copy Share Image
In European thought in general, as contrasted with American, vigor, life and originality have a kind of easy, professional utterance. American --… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
The general advertisers and their agencies know almost nothing for sure, because they cannot measure the results of their advertising. They worship… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
Be original, be yourself. In trying to become like someone else, we are compromising our own self being. If we are not… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
“In the name of motherhood and fatherhood and education and good manners, we threaten and suffocate and bind and ensnare and bribe… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
I, myself, was always recognized . . . as the “slow one” in the family. It was quite true, and I knew… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
For my part, it is difficult for me to say what I owe to Ramanujan - his originality has been a constant… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
There is a crucial distinction to be made between innovation and originality. The second, unlike the first, can never break with what… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. That new, that personal, vision is attained only by… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
I told graduates to not be afraid to fail, and I still believe that. But today I tell you that whether you… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Originality and creativity are nothing but the result of the wise management of combinations. The creative genius combines more rapidly, and with… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“Originality breeds contempt. People will be jealous (in other words, 'hate') and the first thing out of their mouth is 'they don't… — Corey Aaron Burkes Copy Share Image
Be original. That's my best advice. You're going to find that there's something that you do well, and try to do it… — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
I believe in originality, primarily. However, it's important to know what there has been before to aim in that direction. Art history… — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
“We can never be entirely original, as artists or as people. The genius and vision of those who came before us is… — Jessica Lave Copy Share Image
The question for the ultimate foundations and the ultimate meaning of mathematics remains open; we do not know in which direction it… — Hermann Weyl Copy Share Image
I pretend no originality in observing that mass education was motivated in part by the perceived need to "educate them to keep… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In exploring new and doubtful tracts of speculation, the mind strikes out true and original views; as a drop of water hesitates… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
...we have more faith in what we imitate than in what we originate. We cannot derive a sense of absolute certitude from… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
I've tried to maintain a certain bit of originality in that I don't want to necessarily sing like a soulful gospel singer… — Nadia Ali Copy Share Image
The ethics of plagiarism have turned into the narcissism of small differences: because journalism cannot own up to its heavily derivative nature,… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Our lazy embrace of Stewart and Colbert is a testament to our own impoverished comic standards. We have come to accept coy… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
In this world that we live in we have originality in literature, but we also have TV and movies. I write love… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Originality is also very important to a writer. And all of the writers I've mentioned, of course, are original, but it's important… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
The infallible criterion by which to distinguish the true from the would-be strategist is the degree of originality of his conceptions. It… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
All the poets are indebted more or less to those who have gone before them; even Homer's originality has been questioned, and… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
It is altogether an extraordinary growing, swarming, glittering, pushing, chattering, good-natured, cosmopolitan place, and perhaps in some ways the best imitation of… — Henry James Copy Share Image
We believe that Carlyle has, after all, more readers, and is better known to-day for thisvery originality of style, and that posterity… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Doing drugs is like anything else - predicated on taste, refinement, dignity, distinction, and originality. Cocaine is not cool, because it makes… — Hamilton Morris Copy Share Image
I'm less interested in uniqueness than in goodness. I see so many concerts where the program notes are more interesting than the… — Anna Meredith Copy Share Image
Great genial power, one would almost say, consists in not being original at all; in being altogether receptive; in letting the world… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I think that short films often contain an originality, a creative freedom, an energy and an invention that is inspiring and entertaining.… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: it's one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
To prepare youth for success in entrepreneurial (and free) cultures, education tends to emphasize originality, creativity, breadth, depth and leadership skills rather… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
Boredom is useful to me when I notice it and think: Oh I'm bored; there must be something else I want to… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
Reading Claire Cooks novel is like eating some exotic dish about which you say, Wow, this is great! Whats in it? The… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
I've tried not to exaggerate the glory of athletes. I'd rather, if I could, preserve a sense of proportion, to write about… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
I think that people are really hungry for original content. I think there's a sense of reboots and remakes, and we're lacking… — Miles Millar Copy Share Image
“But it’s not something new what makes you special and authentic, is what you bring to the table. Your distinct voice. Your… — Orge Castellano Copy Share Image