There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect of having… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
This is a funny story. We'd asked the guards every day for cappuccino. You know, just as a joke. And they'd come… — Martha Stewart Copy Share Image
I feel my family's needs are a priority. I'm not comfortable with the idea of serving the many and ignoring my family. — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
Whenever I hear anything described as a heartless assault on our children, I tend to think it’s a good idea. — William Kristol Copy Share Image
Turkey in general became too involved with what is happening in Egypt and in Syria. Some politicians with neo-Ottoman dreams developed this… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
We're actually trying to develop an iPhone app, now that the Droid is out, we'll do it for that as well, if… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
Ideas about the scope and meaning of freedom of speech do expand and contract with the times. At the moment, we live… — Lawrence M. Friedman Copy Share Image
I find the whole concept of being 'SEXY' embarrassing and confusing. If I do an interview with photographs people desperately want to… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
The things a man believes most profoundly are rarely on the surface of his mind or tongue. Newly acquired notions, decisions based… — Eric Johnston Copy Share Image
I don't like this idea of division: that if you're a clever woman then you've got to be a particular way. Because… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
I think kids in general are much more capable of understanding the idea of being transgender than adults. — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
The odd thing in this world is that an eager-beaver type, with no original ideas, who mimes those in authority above him… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
The interaction between math and physics is a two-way process, with each of the two subjects drawing from and inspiring the other.… — Edward Frenkel Copy Share Image
I've noticed the Fair Folk often say 'perhaps' when there is a truth they want to hide," Clary said. "It keeps you… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The trouble with academics and commentators is that they care more about whether ideas are interesting than whether they are true. — Isaiah Berlin Copy Share Image
What does it mean for a painter to paint in the manner of So-and-So or to actually imitate someone else? What's wrong… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
We all live every day in virtual environments, defined by our ideas. — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
I'm very suspicious of the idea of a "final theory" in natural science, and the thought of a complete system of ethical… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
If I give you a pfennig, you will be one pfennig richer and I'll be one pfennig poorer. But if I give… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Everything in New Orleans is a good idea. Bijou temple-type cottages and lyric cathedrals side by side. Houses and mansions, structures of… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Work - other people's work - is an intolerable idea to a cat. Can you picture cats herding sheep or agreeing to… — Louis J. Camuti Copy Share Image
If I can convince people that their idea is great, and know inside that their idea was actually a little my idea,… — Kevin Biegel Copy Share Image
I am often talking about the ideas collected in Normal Life in contexts that are not academic, or that are full of… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
It's about what the players are doing. My job is facilitate that. My job is to put them in positions to succeed.… — Nick Nurse Copy Share Image
All that man sees has to do with man. Worlds cannot be without an intermundane relationship. The community of the centre of… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
The value of a problem is not so much coming up with the answer as in the ideas and attempted ideas it… — Israel Nathan Herstein Copy Share Image
Now, people ask me all the time how we got four surplus budgets in a row. What new ideas did we bring… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I usually have two or three ideas floating around. When I have free time, the one I end up thinking most about… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
These?" Mat said, gesturing to his coat and shirt. "I really have no idea. They were just down there. I'm completely baffled."… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
My idea of 'roughing it' is when you have to have an extension for your electric blanket. — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
To me, it's all about the song. Songs are what make me excited. You hear a great song and you want to… — Amy Grant Copy Share Image
Luckily for writers - and unluckily for history - every scientific idea creates human conflict. — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas… — Cao Yu Copy Share Image
Thoughts come and go. It's impossible to stop your thoughts, but the idea is that the thoughts are kind of like waves… — Anderson Cooper Copy Share Image
