I would argue that it might be easier to endure loneliness than to endure the idea that you might disappear. — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
Religious reasons, which is no reason. I notice Skeptic had a review of Dennett's book, Darwin's Dangerous Idea. Religious reasons amount to… — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
Far too many people have no idea of what they can do because all they have been told is what they can't… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
In common with all Protestant or Jewish cultures, America was developed on the idea that your word is your bond. Otherwise, the… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
This treaty [Kyoto] is, in our opinion, based upon flawed ideas. Research data on climate change do not show that human use… — Frederick Seitz Copy Share Image
Anytime you're telling a story about monsterhood, you're playing around with ideas about otherness and alienation. — Liv Hewson Copy Share Image
Martin is your best friend, isn't he?' a sweet and well-intentioned girl once said when both of us were present: it was… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The argument is made that naming God is never really naming God but only naming our understanding of God. To take our… — Peter Rollins Copy Share Image
It's fun to be loose. Just like on stage, all of your great ideas come from looseness. — Debra Winger Copy Share Image
My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person. People are only glamorous if you… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
I knew naturally as a child not to forfeit my creativity to a world that's all laid out for me. I'll look… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
An electrician isn't an opinion former, but a graphic designer is. My argument is that all graphic designers hold high levels of… — Neville Brody Copy Share Image
There was a very important superintendent of Yellowstone, a man who was involved in the founding of the National Park Service itself,… — David Quammen Copy Share Image
I approached the idea of college with the expectation of taking part in an intellectual feast. ... In college, in some way… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
To create man was a quaint and original idea, but to add the sheep was tautology. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas,… — Nolan Bushnell Copy Share Image
How ravished one could be without ever being touched. Ravished by dead words become obscene and dead ideas become obsessions. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
The defenders of godism are now shrieking against the growing number of Atheists, and there is a call to the religious world… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
Hackerspaces are the digital-age equivalent of English Enlightenment coffee houses. They are places open to all, indifferent to social status, and where… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
I'm always writing something. I've got so much stuff, I don't know what to do with it. Some of it will be… — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
I was in the second year of my PhD when I first had the idea - I'd recently started working as a… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
In the years leading up to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, thinking about defense was driven by ideas that regarded successful… — H. R. McMaster Copy Share Image
Jack and I usually get together and sit around in the afternoons and start throwing ideas around. — Johnny Rivers Copy Share Image
Aside from the collective gain that comes from that free interchange of ideas, there is a direct personal value for the individual… — Charles Rembar Copy Share Image
To create a perfume you have to be the servant of the unconscious. Each idea evolves and transforms, but there should be… — Serge Lutens Copy Share Image
I always like the idea of doing interviews with somebody but completely seriously not ever mentioning what that person is generally known… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
We all agree that forgiveness is a beautiful idea until we have to practice it. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to generalize, but we still do live in a society that's sexist and racist and addicted to class and… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Watch yourself. Every minute we change. It is a great opportunity. At any point, we can step out of our frozen selves… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
I don't like when people relying on me in any kind of business way. I'm just a writer. I'm just noodling around… — Matt Kindt Copy Share Image
The gods weave misfortunes for men, so that the generations to come will have something to sing about.” Mallarmé repeats, less beautifully,… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
It's about taking advantage of the opportunities you have right now, and right now we're in a position where you call somebody… — Dwyane Wade Copy Share Image
In America there is a public library in every community. How many public libraries are there in Africa? Every day there are… — George Weah Copy Share Image
The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from, and a prior task to, the discussion of the… — William Bennett Copy Share Image
No one step back, that is the idea.... Fight it out, whatever comes. Let the stars move from the sphere! Let the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
If you're waiting for encouragement from others, you're doing it wrong. By the time people think an idea is good, it's probably… — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
[In politics] when A goes after B and there's a C, and D and a Q all lined up there, you have… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
We must always bear in mind that we are not going to be free, but are free already. Every idea that we… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image