Idea Quotes · Page 95

I disagree with the idea that everything happens for a reason.

— Pete Holmes

Patiently and with industry did I apply myself to study, for although I felt the impossibility of giving life to my productions,…

— John James Audubon

I had no idea that I could sustain a career as an artist. But, I loved music and wanted to be in…

— Ray Stevens

Orchestras are not used to playing the kind of stuff jazz musicians like to play. It requires a lot of rehearsal and…

— Eberhard Weber

You can't win a battle against an idea with bombs, with guns, or militarily.

— Matthew Heineman

I feel out of my element on a film set, like I'm 14 and starting again and have no idea what is happening.

— Taylor Hill

I liked the idea of being one of the foundations for Coach Bennett's program and trying to revive UVa basketball.

— Joe Harris

The idea of dancing to bad house music is something I could never get behind.

— Win Butler

Hollywood is something else. It's such an exaggerated idea. The concept of what 'beautiful' really is is ludicrous.

— Amanda Schull

An adaptation leads the cinema-goer to the original to find out what they're missing and if they already know the book, it…

— David Nicholls

I have to admit I've always had quite a complex relationship with modeling and with the idea of advertising: not always knowing…

— Lily Cole

I start with a mood or an idea that comes from a personal place emotionally, and the narrative concepts come much later.

— James Gray

I think that vampires are sexy. The idea of them being untouchable has been really exciting for people.

— Jenn Proske

I've learned about myself that I'm much stronger than I ever had any idea about myself.

— Mauro Ranallo

People are still very uncomfortable with the idea that humans are not specially created species. I believe we are a fantastic species.…

— Greg Graffin

The idea that your spouse or your parents don't know where you are at all times may be part of the past.…

— Howard Rheingold

I'm obsessed with trompe l'oeil - the idea of something that is existing and is not existing.

— Alessandro Michele

Our original idea was to help three or four hundred candidates in the first election run for the Ohio State legislature and…

— Pete du Pont

I focus on consumer Internet. Sometimes it's a working prototype; sometimes it's an idea on a napkin. I don't do a ton…

— Kevin Rose

I really like the whole urban farming idea, because I grow my own produce in L.A., and I think it's great to…

— Jamie-Lynn Sigler

I don't consider ideas for apps all that valuable. It's the implementation of an idea that matters.

— John Gruber

The idea of a stag hunt evokes chivalry - knights in jerkins and hose, ladies on sidesaddles with wimples and billowing dresses,…

— P. J. O'Rourke

We cannot continually barricade ourselves under some falsified idea of race, because our idea of blackness and race is simply reactionary. Africans…

— Saul Williams

There are people who fly to the height of stardom in a single day, and then there are people like me. I…

— Teri Polo

I wanted to travel the world - I don't how that idea got in my head, but I really wanted to see…

— Jimmy Cliff