Ideas disturb the levelness of life

The creative phase of an idea coincides with the period during which it insists, cantankerously, on its boundaries, on what makes it different; but…

— Susan Sontag

With the modern diseases (once TB, now cancer) the romantic idea that the disease expresses the character is invariably extended to assert that the…

— Susan Sontag

I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly…

— Deborah Bull

Making movies seemed so impossible as far as getting my ideas funded.

— Boots Riley

But I already saw no great difference between the psyche and spirituality. To amass knowledge without becoming wise is not my idea of progress…

— M. Scott Peck

Love is like that, fragile and light. No wonder it rests upon our hearts in intangible moments, bids us follow fleeting thoughts and ideas…

— Anonymous

Sometimes it's just enough for me to have the idea. I don't need to see it through to the end. When it actually happens,…

— Amy Sedaris

It revealed a cruelty that really made one wonder if the universe was such a good idea after all.

— Jeff Lindsay

The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and…

— Grace Lee Boggs

I've always been fascinated by the idea that there's no such thing as evil; it's all in your point of view. To one group…

— Eli Roth

That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.

— Ray Bradbury

I know for my wife and I, we always loved the idea of being young parents. It is an incredibly inspiring and challenging job…

— Taylor Hanson

You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.

— Karl Kraus

Companies with cultures that celebrate diverse opinions and encourage the exchange of ideas have an advantage when solving difficult problems. A company that doesn't…

— Doug McMillon

I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not…

— Aiden Wilson Tozer