Idealism is based on big ideas. And, as anybody who has ever been asked "What's the big idea?" knows, most big ideas… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
If you have a truly big idea, the wrong technique won't kill it. And if you don't have a big idea, the… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
I've known Donna Zuckerberg all her life; she is my sister, after all. But just because she's younger does not make her… — Randi Zuckerberg Copy Share Image
“First you need career capital, which requires patience. Second, you need to be ceaselessly scanning your always-changing view of the adjacent possible… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But that initial, comet-blazing-across-the-sky, Big Idea is only the beginning. Each book is composed of a mosaic of thousands of little ideas,… — Lauren Willig Copy Share Image
“I can't disagree." I laugh weakly, walking him to the door. As he leaves I'm wondering and not wondering what happens in… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
When I think of invention, I always think of America. You're always seeing ads: 'Have you got the next big idea?' There… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
I want to build a Big Labor party. A party of big ideas. A party which is deeply connected to the community.… — Bill Shorten Copy Share Image
“YOU WORK FOR THE KING, AND THAT CHANGES . . . EVERYTHING! That’s really the big idea of this book. No matter… — Sebastian Traeger Copy Share Image
I'm pretty good at fleshing out characters. I like to crawl inside their minds and imaginations and sort of loll about. Sticking… — Gina Ochsner Copy Share Image
“And, if you'll investigate the history of science, my dear boy, I think you'll find that most of the really big ideas… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Big ideas come from the unconscious. This is true in art, in science, and in advertising. But your unconscious has to be… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
I think I give myself high marks being an entrepreneur and entrepreneuring a big idea about how popular social gaming could be.… — Mark Pincus Copy Share Image
We need Big Ideas, as we are in a time of small people, and as Kennedy showed with Apollo, doing something grand… — Rick Tumlinson Copy Share Image
The big idea we start with is: "How is the genome interpreted, and how are stable decisions that affect gene expression inherited… — Shirley M. Tilghman Copy Share Image
Every book I write is filled with ideas to open people's minds. And many of my books are intended for the lay… — Fred Alan Wolf Copy Share Image
The reason Apple is really good, I think, and the reason their stores succeeded, is not just 'cause we know the big… — Ron Johnson Copy Share Image
I think architecture is rarely the product of a single ideology. It's more like it can be shaped by a really big… — Bjarke Ingels Copy Share Image
You have to know one big thing and stick with it. The leaders who had one very big idea and one very… — Irving Kristol Copy Share Image
There's going to be a Google or a Facebook or a Zynga every three to five years. Those are really big ideas… — Dave McClure Copy Share Image
For students to understand what the future of journalism is going to be, they're going to have to invent it. It's a… — Steve Blank Copy Share Image
We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and they're the reason we're successful: Put the… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
I get so many big ideas while I'm running and such clarity while I'm lifting weights. And staying fit keeps me happy… — Robin S. Sharma Copy Share Image
My second record was all about big ideas - I was trying to make big statements about the culture, about life. I… — Duncan Sheik Copy Share Image
It's the combination: big idea with a good entrepreneur: there's nothing more powerful. That's just as true [for] education and human rights… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and thy're the reason we're successful: Put the… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
The aging process is totally minimizing. Life in general is pretty minimizing because you have a lot of big ideas, and you… — Natasha Lyonne Copy Share Image
The big idea behind it was to somehow participate in the discussion about justice. What does it mean to be just to… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
If you have a big idea, you can do 10% of it, and then maybe, if it's a huge success, you might… — Richard Sammel Copy Share Image
My novels tend to come about from a fusion of two big ideas, creating a critical mass that then fissions, throwing off… — Will Self Copy Share Image
In some respects, big ideas can be a bit too big for a short story - especially if you've only got a… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
“It's hard to feel smart when you're always forgetting things, but Mama Shannon says that's how you can tell a smart person.… — Sarah Dooley Copy Share Image
“The Obama administration, from the perspective of people like me, a government employee, is one of the worst. The people of this… — Tuvia Tenenbom Copy Share Image
You must know the big ideas in the big disciplines, and use them routinely - all of them, not just a few.… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
“The path to success involves two parts. Part One is all about imagination and dreaming up a big idea. Part Two is… — Clay Clark Copy Share Image
No one works harder at inspiring athletes all over the world than our team at Nike. Creating those experiences requires an amazing… — Mark Parker Copy Share Image
I write from my knowledge not my lack, from my strength not my weakness. I am not interested if anyone knows whether… — Lucille Clifton Copy Share Image
“A brick is a duplicate. It is a physical copy of the idea for a brick. And what’s the big idea? A… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
What do I mean when I say 'suspended animation'? It is the process by which animals de-animate, appear dead and then can… — Mark Roth Copy Share Image
I was raised to think about philosophy and religious thought and the soul and the spirit of humankind in a different way,… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
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