You need a great idea, but then you've got to carry it through. If you get it right, you're going to be… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
You cannot imagine what sorrow and anger seize one's whole soul when a great idea, which one has long and piously revered,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Homosexuality is regarded as shameful by barbarians and by those who live under despotic governments just as philosophy is regarded as shameful… — Plato Copy Share Image
Life is short, and therefore, one thing being certain, death, let us take up a great ideal, and give up the whole… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
we can't be creative if we refuse to be confused. Change always starts with confusion; cherished interpretations must dissolve to make way… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
In the end, you as a director, of course, are the captain on the ship. You have to say, "Well, we're sailing… — Baran Odar Copy Share Image
Even after seeing so much bad art in the last few years, it still seems possible that one can be led to… — Diego Cortez Copy Share Image
If a child is going to grow into a truly special adult–someone who thinks, considers other points of view, has an open… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
In the future, as in the past, the great ideas [of mathematics] must be simplifying ideas, the creator must always be one… — Andre Weil Copy Share Image
No highly evolved being would ever seek to control the thoughts of anyone, or cause anyone to think or act involuntarily. More… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
I think students should know something about religion as a historical phenomenon, in the same way that they should know something about… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Herman Cain is out there, he says a lot of provocative things. He said America should build its own Great Wall of… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I've always liked the fact that anyone with a great idea, access to the Internet, and an unrelenting will can spark a… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
I do value my work awfully; but in reality only consider this: all this world of ours is nothing but a speck… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Like many great ideas in biology, the idea implicating infectious causation in chronic diseases, though simple, has far-reaching implications. It is so… — Paul W. Ewald Copy Share Image
Strategy equals execution. All the great ideas and visions in the world are worthless if they can't be implemented rapidly and efficiently.… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
My manager came up with the idea of taking a Pro Tool rig out on the road to record every night and… — Josh Turner 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
One doesn't begin to be a Christian because of an ethical decision or a great idea, but rather because of an encounter… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I'm not sure that's such a great idea." Luke said. "It's a fabulous idea." Jace dropped the paper back onto the table,… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The founder of Dell found ways of delivering Hewlett Packard's most profitable products for much lower prices but forgot to deliver their… — Max McKeown Copy Share Image
There's a clarity that comes with great ideas: You can [easily and simply] explain why something's a great business, how and why… — Joel Greenblatt Copy Share Image
If you're not ready to be in a relationship, going out with someone much younger than you is probably a great idea,… — Uma Thurman Copy Share Image
[Democrats] have got to start winning elections. That involves not some great idea, but it also involves recruiting candidates. And Rahm Emanuel,… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
The whole of God is present at every point in space at the same time. Take time to meditate on this great… — Eric Butterworth Copy Share Image
It's the disease of thinking that a having a great idea is really 90% of the work. And if you just tell… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
...all members of Congress should be required wear NASCAR uniforms. You know, the kind with the patches? That way we'd know who… — Brad Thor Copy Share Image
The fine arts, both in those who cultivate and those only who admire them, open and expand the mind to great ideas.… — Joel Barlow Copy Share Image
What I hold dear is well-known to all of my colleagues. And, really, The Times is the kind of place, the greatest… — Jill Abramson Copy Share Image
The great ideals of liberty and equality are preserved against the assaults of opportunism, the expediency of the passing hour, the erosion… — Benjamin Cardozo Copy Share Image
From the political angle, I'm trying to be apolitical if you will. I mean people say, 'Are you a red state or… — Brad Thor Copy Share Image
This is not to say there are not Chicagoans. But I would suggest that they are a nomadic people, whose lost home… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
[I]n contrast to the common belief that they are the world's greatest cynics, the best journalists are the world's great idealists. They… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I've been doing television for quite some time, so Oprah Winfrey and I thought it was a great idea to partner up.… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
Our Government is fostering economic growth in Kitchener, Cambridge and all of the Waterloo Region by investing in our innovative businesses. Today's… — Gary Goodyear Copy Share Image
You still stand watch, O human star, burning without a flicker, perfect flame, bright and resourceful spirit. Each of your rays a… — Karel Capek Copy Share Image
Being creative and playing with your content during the holidays is a great idea. But straying too far from your fundamental brand… — Paul Ford Copy Share Image
My job is to find great ideas, exaggerate them, and spread them like hell around the business with the speed of light...And… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
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