Ideas Quotes · Page 191

I love novels where not much 'happens' but where the interest is in the ideas and analyses of characters.

— Alain de Botton

I was always writing - whether it's ideas, poems, whatever - because we spent so much time in the car traveling from…

— Mickie James

I believe that in every person is a kind of circuit which resonates to intellectual discovery-and the idea is to make that…

— Carl Sagan

I liked that idea. Someone who's trying to perform herself and not succeeding.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

Any year that you don't destroy one of your best-loved ideas is probably a wasted year

— Charlie Munger

There's probably no concept in theology more repugnant to modern America than the idea of divine wrath.

— R. C. Sproul

Never presume that just because you disagree with an idea that you must be correct.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and…

— B. R. Ambedkar

Do you know your particular fears? And what do you usually do with them? You run away from them, don't you, or…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“After years of operating in a top-down manner that emphasizes control and conformance, organizations are rife with obstacles to bottom-up ideas that…

— Alan G. Robinson

I have no idea whether I am completely sane. I don't think anybody is. I see the world through my eyes. It's…

— Keira Knightley

I think the varied backgrounds in the beginning were a plus. It took a while for people to understand what they were…

— Jack Kilby

I travel to work on my motorcycle, so it's jeans, boots and a brown Aero leather jacket that weighs as much as…

— Hugh Laurie

Some stars like to hide behind the whole idea of acting. But really good actors are not hiding at all. They're not…

— Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

For me, Superman's greatest contribution has never been the superhero part: it's the Clark Kent part - the idea that any of…

— Brad Meltzer

Really, running an underdog, insurgent political campaign against an opponent many folks think can't be beat, and going out and meeting folks…

— Michael Baumgartner

In some socialist states well-performed work is rewarded with moral stimulants instead of material ones. However, the moral stimulants cannot be explained…

— Alija Izetbegovic

There have been times when the church seemed afraid, but she is no longer. Analyze, dissect, use your microscope or your spectrum…

— Henry Adams

Listen to your beliefs, think about how you learned them, and realize that they are not genetic, nor are they the "only…

— Charlotte Sophia Kasl

To conjure a particular knowledge you visualize an architectural structure and then you walk around and see the details that then bring…

— Anne Waldman

The left think they've got a monopoly on this silly idea that we are a nation of immigrants, America's greatness is traceable…

— Rush Limbaugh

Ludicrous concepts…like the whole idea of a 'war on terrorism'. You can wage war against another country, or on a national group…

— Terry Jones

Fun is at the core of the way I like to do business and it has been key to everything I've done…

— Richard Branson

I use biography, I use literary connections (as with Platen - this seems to me extremely helpful for appreciating the nuances of…

— Philip Kitcher

Thought is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who can adequately place it.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting.

— John Oliver

Never reject an idea, dream or goal because it will be hard work. Success rarely comes without it.

— Bob Proctor

Karaoke isn't fair when you're a comedian. The whole idea is to get people laughing and enjoying themselves, and I'm a professional…

— Chris Rock

The first idea that the child must acquire, in order to be actively disciplined, is that of the difference between good and…

— Maria Montessori

I'm thinking of taking up golf, but the idea of spending time with golfers frightens me.

— Harlan Coben

I like the idea of politically charged music a lot, but it usually seems to be preaching to the choir and ineffective.

— Phil Elvrum

I think the idea was to make a horror film that became a science-fiction film with a lot of melodramatic tropes.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Outside ideas of right doing and wrong doing there is a field. I'll meet you there.

— Rumi

When you're dealing with new and emerging diseases, you have no idea and you can't predict in advance what would happen.

— Margaret Chan

I don't think there are many people up in research who have strong ideas about things that they haven't really had experience…

— Ken Thompson

People have no idea how true the promise of Allah is. Put your trust in Allah, and He will see you through.

— Nouman Ali Khan

I saw her backstage and said hi, took a picture with her. Tried to get a convo going, but the kid had…

— Randy Orton

The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role.

— J. M. Coetzee

The whole process of writing a novel is having this great, beautiful idea and then spoiling it.

— Diane Johnson

Grace: The idea was immediately unbearable, only because I wanted it to be true so badly it hurt

— Maggie Stiefvater