Ideas Quotes · Page 248

“It's not a sign of creativity to have sixty-five ideas for one problem. It's just a waste of energy.”

— Jan Kaplicky

All human knowledge thus begins with intuitions, proceeds thence to concepts, and ends with ideas.

— Immanuel Kant

When I quote others I do so in order to express my own ideas more clearly.

— Michel de Montaigne

Most of the utopian community ideas actually are religious. They're based more on the idea of the monastery than the commune.

— Christopher Hitchens

I'm always willing to listen to somebody else's ideas...because we can always learn more.

— Sailor Jerry

In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work

— Sol LeWitt

I'm very open to any visual conceits and any possibilities at my disposal to be better explain to people the ideas I'm…

— Tim Hetherington

He never complicates a desire by overthinking it, unlike Mirabelle, who spins a cocoon around an idea until it is immobile.

— Steve Martin

People imagine that Netflix sprang fully formed into a global streaming giant, but Netflix might have been personalised sporting goods - or…

— Marc Randolph

I'm generally not a social dramatist or comedy writer. My interests have always been more in psychological stories or personal relations and…

— Woody Allen

The mark of an innovative company is not only that it comes up with new ideas first, but also that it knows…

— Anonymous

The video game culture was an important thing to keep alive in the film because we're in a new era right now.…

— Vin Diesel

I had always been considered such a nonentity where human relations were concerned that the idea that I might have an influence,…

— Louis Auchincloss

Coming back to a television series puts you back in the limelight and gives you a platform for your ideas. If you're…

— Dennis Weaver

Stories had always been told about male genies coming out of bottles, but they were usually fat, old men. Never had the…

— Sidney Sheldon

I am not the avant-garde. I am the artist who comes after the advancing guard. I am more concerned with continuity of…

— Nathan Oliveira

When we transcend we are diving into a field of unbounded creativity. This is real creativity and when we experience that and…

— David Lynch

An organization is really a factory for producing new ideas and for linking those ideas with resources - human resources, financial resources,…

— John Kao

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there…

— Anonymous

After gaining the incredible platform from 'Glee,' it wasn't so much of a decision to get involved as it was an opportunity…

— Darren Criss

The world is moving into a phase when landscape design may well be recognized as the most comprehensive of the arts. Man…

— Geoffrey Jellicoe

That's always been in my mind my metaphor for a team working really hard on something they're passionate about. It's that through…

— Steve Jobs

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

“The idea that hunting is one against one is ludicrous. It's one animal versus the hunter, the manufacturer of the rifle, the…

— Dick Cavett

The idea that the universe is running down comes from a simple observation about machines. Every machine consumes more energy than it…

— Jacob Bronowski

To the very last, he [Napoleon] had a kind of idea; that, namely, of la carrière ouverte aux talents, - the tools…

— John Keats

The fundamental principle of science, the definition almost, is this: the sole test of the validity of any idea is experiment.

— Richard P. Feynman

I like new products, I like when YouTube changes, I like when people have big ideas and try things out.

— Hank Green

I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana.

— Phil Donahue

If you are truly on the left, if you reject ideas of power and hierarchy, what you want is equality. Otherwise, it…

— Simone de Beauvoir

The whole idea of the first female president is not nearly as momentous or exciting as the first African-American.

— Rush Limbaugh

What is interesting to me is to find ways to work with early-stage innovators to build from the edge and work on…

— Julius Genachowski

The history of any nation is not only a succession of events, but also a chain of ideas.

— Pyotr Chaadayev

A lack of transparency that fuels the idea that she is either hiding something or simply not someone to be trusted.

— Christopher Michael Cillizza

We are the creatives with teeth. We know ideas are more important than our personal wellbeing.

— Kanye West

I think anything is better than war. The extent to which one can negotiate with fanatics, I have no idea. I don't…

— Jane Goodall

I've never really had any trouble coming up with ideas; they just grow, like weeds. The weeding is the hard part.

— Stuart Woods

I don't like the idea of the black race being diluted out of existence. I like the idea of all of us…

— Gwendolyn Brooks

The character of Rocky was built on the idea that he was chosen to do something. That's why the first image in…

— Sylvester Stallone

We need to rediscover the idea of the common good and work together to build a home.

— Jonathan Sacks