This idea that a book can either be about character and feeling, or about politics and idea, is just a false binary.… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
Become a "learning organization". Shuck your arrogance - "if it isn't our idea, it can't be that good" - and become a… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
When you look at 'Grapes of Wrath,' the weakest moments are those in which Steinbeck is spouting a political idea directly at… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
We have this idea of perfection that is so unrealistic. We are our own worst enemy. No one is noticing that little… — Emmanuelle Chriqui Copy Share Image
I had an idea, I was passionate about it and I had to work hard to turn that into a big success… — Lori Greiner Copy Share Image
The idea of collaborating with anyone else was quite daunting. If Battles had any trepidation in asking me, I can assure you… — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
“The inventor...looks upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees, he… — Alexander Graham Bell Copy Share Image
I knew as far back as 2001 that I would write a book called 'A Visit From the Goon Squad,' though I… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
I was just a little girl watching TV and wanting to be in it. My parents had no idea how to get… — Brenda Song Copy Share Image
I've been doing documentaries for about 25 years and want to continue to do that, but I love the idea of working… — Rory Kennedy Copy Share Image
We have this idea in our minds that there's this separation of church and state in America, which I think is a… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Once I began to hear and pay attention to my fledgling ideas, the biggest hurdle was to learn how to respect them.… — Janet Echelman Copy Share Image
Building out a professional profile on LinkedIn certainly makes sense, and bolstering that CV with intelligent pieces of writing is also a… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
The theme of counterfeits, of those that produce and sell them, has always been part of the culture of M.I.A. When I… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
“The vanity of intelligence is that the intelligent man is often more committed to 'one-upping' his opponent than being truthful. When the… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
My mom played tennis for, like, six hours a day and went to college on a tennis scholarship, because that was the… — Dakota Fanning Copy Share Image
For me, it was a revelation. There, was revealed a completely different Anne to the child that I had lost. I had… — Otto Frank Copy Share Image
When I was 10 or 11, I was on this TV series called 'Dead Man's Gun' and Henry Winkler was a guest… — Reece Thompson Copy Share Image
Actually, I had no idea what shooting hoops was or were. I thought dunking was something you did with a beignet and… — Hamish Bowles Copy Share Image
Do you know the phrase, 'The word 'water' will not wet you?' It's one thing to write down an idea and another… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
You in the West have been sold the idea that the only options in the Arab world are between authoritarian regimes and… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
When you have a new idea that hasn't been done before, you need that conviction, that blind faith that it could work. — Andy Jassy Copy Share Image
We decided we didn't want to do a musical for TV because the idea of writing a musical that would be seen… — Neil Tennant Copy Share Image
Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectification of this kind one may hope to disengage an idea… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
'Who Is This Man?' is about the impact of Jesus on human history. Most people - including most Christians - simply have… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
When I was offered Angrezi Medium to do, my biggest reason for doing this film was Irrfan Khan. I loved the idea… — Kiku Sharda Copy Share Image
The whole idea of love is scary - so is being with someone for the rest of your life and being happy… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
Essentially a joke is creating an idea, whether sonic or visual, whether it's something musical or a traditional joke. — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
One thing about the fantasy dinner party idea that no one considers is whether these people are going to get on. I… — Robert Webb Copy Share Image
“An Idea is nothing but Information, It won't do us any harm until we accept it as perception of truth in our… — Djayawarman Alamprabu Copy Share Image
Who wants to put together something that will bear some relationship to the vision or memory or experience or story or idea… — Sharon Olds Copy Share Image
I know a lot of people think L.A. and they see a picture in their head, but those people obviously don't know… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn't… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have an idea best suited for a script, sometimes it's for the stage, and sometimes it's a tweet. Point is… — Robby Hoffman Copy Share Image
If I'm excited about it, I'm pretty sure an audience is going to enjoy it. If I'm bored with an idea, you… — Robert Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Sanity is surely not about normality in the statistical sense: it is about an eternal and natural idea of the healthy personality… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
The idea that the brain is not fully formed until you are almost 30 years old has already been introduced, and the… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
“Nobody, at least on the Unix side, had any idea they wanted it yet. Everyone uses them now but we had to… — Peter Seibel Copy Share Image
I don't want to make a movie till I have an idea I have to make. I don't want to make a… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come - even if it came in a - living room -… — Stefan Hell Copy Share Image
