I have one very basic rule when it comes to "good ideas". A good idea is not an idea that solves a… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
“If your CEO has enough good ideas to fuel the company’s growth objectives in perpetuity, maybe you don’t need to tap into… — Tom Kelley Copy Share Image
To model correctly one tranche of one CDO took about three hours on one of the fastest computers in the United States.… — John Thain Copy Share Image
No one really knows the value of book tours. Whether or not they're good ideas, or if they improve book sales. I… — Rosecrans Baldwin Copy Share Image
The reason I have managed to get so many shows on television is because I've tried to be authentic. When you're gonna… — Scott Raab Copy Share Image
Having a hangover with small children is never a good idea. I did it once and it was the biggest mistake I've… — Sharleen Spiteri Copy Share Image
I've heard people say that God is the gift of desperation, and there's a lot to be said for having really reached… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
It's funny that when people reach a certain age, such as after graduating college, they assume it's time to go out and… — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
Rationality is not just something you do so that you can make more money, it is a binding principle. Rationality is a… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I do not believe that we can put into anyone ideas which are not in him already. As a rule there are… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
So it is a good idea to start simple, I think, and be very careful. There is a spiritual opening in the… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
When starting a new business, people get blinders on. They have an idea, they stick to the idea, but they don't test… — JJ Ramberg Copy Share Image
Law Number XXXVI: The thickness of the proposal required to win a multimillion dollar contract is about one millimeter per million dollars.… — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
As a leader, these attributes - confidence, perseverance, work ethic and good sense - are all things I look for in people.… — Heather Bresch Copy Share Image
“Manfred,” I began, exasperated, “I just don’t know what to do with you.” “I have some very good ideas,” he said. He… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
I have a really good idea of who my readers are and always write with a sensitivity to my audience. I use… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
On my walks, that's when the good ideas come. The kind of hard, gritty work is when you're sitting at the computer… — Maria Semple Copy Share Image
I really believe in empty spaces, although, as an artist, I make a lot of junk. Empty space is never-wasted space. Wasted… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
You mean am I for it or against it? You think this is a key question I'm going to be asked on… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I love leaving the door open to good ideas. I love the collaborative swirl. I get charged by problem-solving, usually under some… — Ron Howard Copy Share Image
Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is great for keeping records and putting down details, but… — T. Boone Pickens Copy Share Image
On humanitarian intervention in general, I guess my view is not unlike the view that was attributed to Gandhi, accurately or not,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It as if you took a lot of very good food and some dog excrement and blended it all up so that… — Douglas Hofstadter Copy Share Image
I've heard that some authors do dream their books and I would love that if it happened to me, but so far… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
“They taught me that being of service, an ally to the lonely and suffering, a big-girl helper to underdogs, was my best… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Never put a lid on God. You can give God a thimble and ask for a quart. It won't work. Your plans,… — Mother Angelica Copy Share Image
I went through a period when I was about 19 where I'd go tanning with my boyfriend in tanning beds. Yes, this… — Brittany Snow Copy Share Image
“You're a storyteller, Alice Edevane," Ben had told her late one afternoon, as the river tripped coolly by and the pigeons came… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
Capital does not 'beget profit' as Marx thought. The capital goods as such are dead things that in themselves do not accomplish… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
I think the Russian government is right to be concerned with propaganda on teenagers who are at the age of struggling through… — Bryan Fischer Copy Share Image
There are as many violent women as men, but there's a lot of money in hating men, particularly in the United States… — Erin Pizzey Copy Share Image
I sort of recognize it, as opposed to shaping it. Oh, that's a good idea, that's a good line. I wonder where… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
Perhaps it would be a good idea, fantastic as it sounds, to muffle every telephone, halt every motor, and stop all activity… — James Adams Copy Share Image
I think the best songs that come to me are ones that you sort of listen for. The ones - when I… — Nick Lowe Copy Share Image
I've been very careful about what I say yes to and what I say no to. And I think seriously always about...… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
When Hillary Clinton ran against Senator [Barack] Obama she thought him naive because he thought it was a good idea to talk… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
“In many ways Martinsson was the opposite of Svedberg: he was coming up to 30, born in Trollhättan, and had set his… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
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