Ideas Quotes · Page 280

This week I've travelled more than 15,000 miles from America to China to Burma to Australia. I have no idea what time…

— Barack Obama

The great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence.

— Therese of Lisieux

she was so much a personality and so little anything else that even staring straight at her he had no idea what…

— Jonathan Franzen

My ideas were confused. In a peculiar way, the unreality of the outer world appeared to be an extension of my own…

— Anna Kavan

You fixed yourself. You didn’t need me.” “No, Sydney.” My voice was ragged. “I do need you. You have no idea how…

— Richelle Mead

God is an idea that people believe in and I spend time arguing with people that subscribe to that idea(man made idea).

— Richard Dawkins

Faith is not contrary to the usual ideas, something that turns out to be right or wrong, like a gambler's bet.

— Joanna Russ

Cure yourself of the inclination to bother about how you look to other people. Be concerned only . . . with the…

— Miguel de Unamuno

In some Arab art exhibitions that have happened, there's always this idea that the East is more traditional; they show a lot…

— Massimiliano Gioni

“Every choice starts with a decision. Every decision starts with a thought. Every thought starts with a pre-conceived idea. It is up…

— Kemi Sogunle

First of all, I never think of my characters as good or evil. I play them as honestly as I can. When…

— Dennis Haysbert

The representative element in a work of art may or may not be harmful, but it is always irrelevant. For to appreciate…

— Clive Bell

I endorse a lot of people - sometimes people say I endorse too many books. And my response has always been the…

— Tom Peters

The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no…

— Anonymous

I think people have a different image of me because, you know, they portray me with the idea that models are stupid…

— Gisele Bundchen

Life is an inside-out game. The truth is that all our situations and circumstances have their beginnings in our minds. Our idea…

— Mark Victor Hansen

We want to begin in working-class neighborhoods. We want to test the concept there, because our idea is that fair trade should…

— Victor Suarez Melendez

On the one hand I have a clear and distinct idea of myself, in so far as I am a thinking, non-extended…

— Rene Descartes

I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career. I should have been…

— Lena Headey

People often ask authors where their ideas come from, and often authors say they don't know. But I do know about this…

— Sam McBratney

Put the money into schools. Rational ones that train young minds to think, to demand that persons in authority show the evidence…

— Jack McDevitt

I believe in the magic of books. I believe that during certain periods in our lives we are drawn to particular books--whether…

— Cecelia Ahern

The entire Jesus concept, that human sacrifice should be the substratum of a moral religion of love, strikes me as incongruous. God…

— Trevor Treharne

Obsession with conventional ideas of 'success' can be harmful enough, but compound that stress with relationships, family, financial woes and health concerns,…

— Ariel Garten

Sometimes you need to transport your idea to an empty landscape and then populate it with fantastic looking people.

— Vivienne Westwood

I started to wonder, and felt relieved that there might be truth to the idea of intellectuals all being frauds. I knew…

— Marie Calloway

What makes success is not your genius idea, but the execution and follow-through around it

— Robin Sharma

To be honest, and I may regret saying this, the idea of playing the same character for a very long time is…

— Lucy Punch

It's ok if others share our ideas as long as they build upon them. It's called progress.

— Simon Sinek

“Where do you get your ideas from, Ms Le Guin?” From forgetting Dostoyevsky and reading road signs backwards, naturally. Where else?”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Nobody ever arrives at a very big idea through a conscious, rational thought process. It comes from your unconscious.

— David Ogilvy

Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.

— Mark Victor Hansen

“The great idea is the one that is either saleable or is worthy of imitation.”

— Amit Kalantri

[Question: What do you think was the most important physics idea to emerge this year?] We won't know for a few years.

— Stephen Hawking

Because the GIs were sent massively to South Vietnam, maybe it's a good idea to have a broadcast for them.

— Hanoi Hannah

We live in an age in which superfluous ideas abound and essential ideas are lacking.

— Joseph Joubert

We have no idea what tomorrow will bring, but today is overflowing with potential.

— Allan Lokos

I think kids in general are much more capable of understanding the idea of being transgender than adults.

— Jill Soloway

TNC was once limited by the resources it could directly marshal to buy land. But teaching people a new idea is incredibly…

— Ramez Naam

Do not be afraid to offer ideas that draw opposition. Remember, if no one is against your idea, then your idea probably…

— Marco Rubio