Idea Quotes · Page 63

You And I might not end up together, but I like to tease the idea

— Underated

I was in love with the idea of him. An ideal of him. Of who I thought he was. Of who he…

— Alexandra Potter

“Killing was never a good idea unless there were no other ideas.”

— Richard Stark

Before it became a ubiquitous part of urban life, Starbucks was, in most American cities, a radically new idea.

— Virginia Postrel

The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.

— Bernard Baruch

The people are not defending political interests. They are defending the idea of living in a civilized country.

— Vitali Klitschko

I have no idea what makes a director believe in me that I can sell these kind of roles.

— Izabella Scorupco

“Avoid jumping into conclusion! This may cause your idea fractured. Authority will not be responsible!”

— Abhijit Kar Gupta

I find it hard to believe that anyone could be so curious about me that they would want to read that I…

— Paul Newman

I think as you get older - for me - I've always had the idea I've wanted to play for the Seahawks…

— Bobby Wagner

I grew up in an era of thinking of travel as escape. The idea that you could conceivably have a new life,…

— Paul Theroux

When I was a kid, I loved Elvis, and Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. But I had no connection to Hollywood -…

— Dwayne Johnson

The idea that I could write songs that people wanted to hear came from other people who said they liked what I…

— Benmont Tench

I grew up in the Midwest, quite far from any ocean or any beach, a million miles. I think for kids who…

— John Malkovich

When the idea of 'We' came in, it started as a 'WeBlank: WeWork, WeLive, WeSleep, WeEat.' That was the premise at the…

— Miguel McKelvey

I'm so thankful for that struggling period. That time is really great where you have no idea what's going to happen.

— Abbi Jacobson

“Communism? Most people have no idea what it is. I do not exaggerate. Look around this restaurant, ask any of these fine…

— Barbara Kingsolver

My process is very disempowering to the director anyway, so it's essential that you be respectful. Once we've sort of found the…

— David Milch

In our view the Olympic idea involves a strong physical culture supplemented on the one hand by mobility, what is so aptly…

— Pierre de Coubertin

I go dreaming into the future, where I see nothing, nothing. I have no plans, no idea, no project, and, what is…

— Gustave Flaubert

No one would say, 'Hey, I think this medicine works, go ahead and use it.' We have testing, we go to the…

— Sendhil Mullainathan

If somebody came up with a really good idea, everyone would back it. Especially when we did the show, we had a…

— Dave Foley

I think technology is us, not something we invented. I think we are more psychic now because we have cell phones and…

— Ryan Trecartin

People ask, like, 'How are you going to incorporate what you do onstage into everything else?' I'm not too worried about that.…

— Reggie Watts

I had the idea of 'Live From Daryl's House' way before I contracted Lyme disease.

— Daryl Hall

Joe Calzaghe was using the excuse, no one knows who I am in America. Now everyone knows who I am in America.

— Carl Froch

From the very beginning, I had an ambition for 'The Luminaries': a direction - but not a real idea.

— Eleanor Catton

When I was younger - it might be a romantic idea - I always thought I might go crazy.

— Diane Kruger

The idea that commodities, as an asset class, is finished is just fundamentally flawed.

— Blythe Masters

We've grown up with the idea that even when you're at the top, act like you're at the bottom.

— Kevin Jonas

The idea that people in novels should be more sympathetic than people in life simply baffles me.

— Andrew O'Hagan

It was my fifth grade teacher who introduced the idea that writing could be more than a hobby for me.

— Lauren DeStefano

Hearing that you fit into someone's idea of a superhero is a huge confidence builder.

— Keiynan Lonsdale

I had no idea what I wanted to be when I was 17. I just knew I wanted to be something larger…

— Shelley Hennig

I have to sell my idea, but they want it to be sold. I don't think I've ever done anything anyone's regretted.

— Jonas Akerlund

“Good intentions might sound nice, but it's positive actions that matter.”

— Tim Fargo

When we started CANANA, I wasn't married, so I guess I was married to the idea of CANANA.

— Diego Luna

I love the idea of the sartorial mix of fatigues and a great blazer.

— Nick Wooster

You cannot imprison an idea. You have to fight it with a better idea.

— Mehbooba Mufti

Founded by a Mormon couple in Utah in 2012, The Color Run has proved to be a brilliant idea.

— Elizabeth Flock