Ideas Quotes · Page 125

I think that idea of being far away from the people that you love is something that everyone can relate to.

— Duncan Jones

...new ideas are merely several old thoughts that occur at the exact same time.

— Jonah Lehrer

One's range [of ideas] is limited by one's interests and imagination and by one's passion.

— Jasper Johns

I join you therefore in branding as cowardly the idea that the human mind is incapable of further advances.

— Thomas Jefferson

I'm very proud of the world that's embracing all these different ideas of what it is to be diverse, in 2017.

— Edward Enninful

I think I have been able to eliminate the idea of a third person: the Intruding Photographer.

— Ralph Eugene Meatyard

Certain small ways and observances sometimes have connection with large and more profound ideas.

— Luther Standing Bear

If growing up is the process of creating ideas and dreams about what life should be, then maturity is letting go again.

— Mary Beth Danielson

This pervasive idea that trans women deserve violence needs to be abolished. It’s a socially sanctioned practice of blaming the victim. We…

— Janet Mock

In our young days, when Modigliani and I first came to Paris, in 1906, nobody was very clear about ideas. But unconsciously,…

— Gino Severini

For a while I was perfectly happy not performing with 'The Who.' From 1982 to 1989 I felt 'The Who' did not…

— Pete Townshend

Down below all the crust of human conceptions, of human ideas, Christ sank an artesian well into a source of happiness so…

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Scientists and academics in particular focus on detail and the minutiae. When they talk to each other, they usually don't focus on…

— Aaron D. O'Connell

I do try to do high-impact work, and I try to think of ideas people haven't thought about that have broad implications,…

— Lisa Randall

Books are the most wonderful friends in the world. When you meet them and pick them up, they are always ready to…

— Fulton J. Sheen

F. Scott Fitzgerald has an indespensible quote: 'The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in…

— Bill Maher

The idea that writing about characters of another race requires a passage through a critical gauntlet, which involves apology and self-examination of…

— C.E. Morgan

Cognitive neuroscience is entering an exciting era in which new technologies and ideas are making it possible to study the neural basis…

— John O'Keefe

The underlying idea is that you can prevent disease by balancing your body's pH... None of these claims are true. Furthermore, your…

— Andrew Weil

The idea of the writer who writes nineteen novels, with various ups and downs and levels of experimentation, isn't around so much…

— Chad Harbach

Our first duty to liberty is to keep our own. But it is also our duty - as Europeans - to keep…

— Margaret Thatcher

I approach song writing three different ways. One way is where I write the initial melody and lyrics first and then take…

— Manika

The idea that the majority of students attend a university for an education independent of the degree and grades is a hypocrisy…

— Robert M. Pirsig

To put it as simply as possible: I am not a Muslim.[...] I do not accept the charge of apostacy, because I…

— Salman Rushdie

Don't start with the details. Start with the key ideas, and in a hierarchical fashion, form the details around these larger notions.

— John Medina

Just looking into something kind of analytically can give a lot of ideas.

— Craig Finn

Your success will be affected by the quality and quantity of new ideas you suggest.

— Brian Tracy

I have lots of ideas. The problem for me has always been which one to do.

— Chris Van Allsburg

Anyone who toys with the idea of cutting off bits of the eurozone hoping the rest will survive is playing with fire.

— Yanis Varoufakis

The idea that you're supposed to do everything on your own is absurd. You can't.

— Natasha Leggero

I have voices in my head, but they're all speaking Spanish, and I have NO idea what they're saying.

— Daniel Tosh

I gotta make a living somehow, and make ends meet. I accept the idea of having a retirement.

— Ted Leo

Religion is such a medieval idea. Don't get me started. I have thought about every facet of religion, and I can't buy…

— Phyllis Diller

We do not need to operate according to the idea of a predetermined program for our lives.

— John O'Donohue

I didn’t mind the quiet stretches. It was like we were trying out the idea of being side by side.

— Aimee Bender

I tend to focus less on genre as a starting point and more on idea or intention and let the idea dictate…

— Vivek Shraya

Your part in the co-creation process to attract more money in your life is to act on the ideas that are coming…

— Joe Vitale

Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous - they contain ideas.

— Pete Hautman

You see often it's not ideas, it's inertia, it's bureaucratism, it's all the other things that sometimes come in the way of…

— Vijay Prashad

I don't talk to old people; they try to find ways to stay static. Young folks are the ones with the ideas…

— Prince