Added to the difficulty of learning to speak the language was the greater difficulty of finding terms to express the ideas which… — Helen Barrett Montgomery Copy Share Image
While writing is a mystical process, it's also work. If you show up to work five days in a row, nobody's going… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
Civilization has imposed countless restrictions and conventions on each of us, with the result that the subconscious in the majority of us… — Margaret Millar Copy Share Image
My ideas I can find anywhere. And I draw because I have to note down my ideas or flashes - I call… — Ellsworth Kelly Copy Share Image
These issues that exist among people that we are Iranian and what we need to do for Iran are not correct; these… — Ruhollah Khomeini Copy Share Image
All Fords are exactly alike, but no two men are just alike. Every new life is a new thing under the sun;… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
Plot idea: 97% of the world's scientists contrive an environmental crisis, but are exposed by a plucky band of billionaires & oil companies. — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
The idea of making audiences feel like they matter, that the theatre matters, and that they're a partner in the event—that's what… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
Trout fishing is like any other sport. It is waste of words to try to give anyone who has never tried it… — Cornelia Parker Copy Share Image
This haunting idea of becoming a celebrity doesn't settle well with me at all. — Vincent D'Onofrio Copy Share Image
Regarding the idea of race, .. no agreement seems to exist about what race means. Race seems to embody a fact as… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
The old idea that words possess magical powers is false; but its falsity is the distortion of a very important truth. Words… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
We had people coming to our Foreign Relations Committee and saying, "Oh, we need to arm the allies of Al Qaida." They… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The endorsement process is an evolution. What you try to do is you endorse someone that you believe in and their ideas… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
I always write and create. I'm never not creating. I'm always creating a show, every year, whether it gets picked up or… — Nick Swardson Copy Share Image
Sometimes a serendipitous reaction occurs when a network asks you if you have any ideas for a series, at a time when… — Joe Murray Copy Share Image
These weren't college kids on acid. They were preachers, and bankers, and farmers, and the salt of American society subscribing to ideas… — Christine Jennings Copy Share Image
I never really sounded like Bird, but that was my mission. I didn't care if people said that I copied him; I… — Jackie McLean Copy Share Image
So another challenge for our generation is to create global institutions that reflect our ideas of fairness and responsibility, not the ideas… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
I cherish the creation of public space and services, especially health, housing and the comprehensive education system which dared to give so… — Frances O'Grady Copy Share Image
One of the categories of people I don't like much are intellectuals. People say, 'Oh, you're an intellectual,' and I say, 'No!'… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
It's difficult for a company to be anywhere interesting in a world that is so dominated by prototypes and great and bright… — Marcel Wanders Copy Share Image
We never love anyone. Not really. We only love our idea of another person. It is some conception of our own that… — William Boyd Copy Share Image
I usually wait for opportunities and act on them if I like them or I like to really think through any new… — Bretman Rock Copy Share Image
All of our ideas come from the natural world: trees equal umbrellas. — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
I like to produce something every day. The easiest way to get ideas out is to put them on paper. I like… — Vic Reeves Copy Share Image
A friend of mine is trying to do a documentary where he brings Jewish and Arab comedians to occupied territories in Israel.… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
Every year that I go out on tour, I think about all the craziest ideas that would be great to go out… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
The Berkshire-style investors tend to be less diversified than other people. The academics have done a terrible disservice to intelligent investors by… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I got at a very early age, the idea that the safest way to try and get what you want, is to… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
You can get fixed ideas, and it can get restrictive. So, I try to put myself in a precarious position. — Merce Cunningham Copy Share Image
The layman always means, when he says reality that he is speaking of something self-evidently known; whereas to me it seems the… — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share Image
One trouble: to be a professional anything in the United States is to think of oneself as an expert and one's ideas… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
People confuse the word cynicism with the word skepticism. One is “you’re not gonna pay attention to anything, think everything’s screwed up,… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
For some reason, I write about crash-landed spaceships quite a lot and my wife is sick of hearing of hearing my ideas… — Erica Brown Copy Share Image
I have to say, as someone who is not a Christian, it’s hard for me to believe Christians are a persecuted people… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Giving free advice is a sad waste of effort. In the first place, no man will act upon it unless he is… — William H. McMaster Copy Share Image
I don't particularly enjoy those types of interviews, because I have a great respect for Senator McCain, and I hate the idea… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
It's important to discuss ideas but it's more important to surrender control and preconceptions. — Judith Schaechter Copy Share Image
The "paperless office" is a bad idea because paper is one of the most useful and valuable media ever invented. "On paper"… — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
