Ideas Quotes · Page 302

The eternal gulf between being and idea can only be bridged by the rainbow of imagination.

— Johan Huizinga

I'm no interior decorator, but just I have a feeling that plastic plants in the bathroom... probably not a good idea.

— Kyan Douglas

Every novel starts with a theme, and I am constantly looking for big ideas.

— Peter James

My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it.

— David Antin

The best ideas often look terrible at the beginning the truly good ideas, don't seem like they're worth stealing.

— Sam Altman

An idea upon which attention is peculiarly concentrated is an idea which tends to realize itself.

— Charles Baudouin

Are there Martians out there? I haven't got a clue. Is there life out there? I have no idea.

— Gordon Strachan

It is not men that interest or disturb me primarily; it is ideas. Ideas live; men die.

— Woodrow Wilson

I have very complex and complicated ideas about technology. It's such a prominent way that we communicate with each other. In ways,…

— Jane Levy

I used to want to be a children's writer, because I would have all these great ideas when I was little, and…

— Jena Malone

When I am kicking around show ideas, or really any idea, usually an image comes to me. I don't really start with…

— Eric Kripke

A deserted library in the morning - there's something about it that really gets to me. All possible words and ideas are…

— Haruki Murakami

I'm not trying to sign people up to a creed, I'm much more interested in the people that disagree. These ideas are…

— Terence McKenna

People who didn't live pre-Internet can't grasp how devoid of ideas life in my hometown was. The only bookstores sold Bibles the…

— Mary Karr

As regards the presentation of musical ideas, obviously rules of order soon appeared. Such rules of order have existed since music has…

— Anton Webern

If you believe in democracy, you accept, by definition, the existence and triumph of opposing ideas. The people who believe deeply in…

— Ari Melber

The proposed policy [of raising the level of public service in the occupied territories] may clash with our intention to encourage emigration…

— Moshe Dayan

A genuine invention in the realm of ideas must first emerge as an abstruse and even partial concept? At first blusha new…

— Arthur Miller

“While she could hardly fathom what had just happened to her that night, she reached some conclusions before she fell asleep, certain…

— Anonymous

We must understand what our idea of wealth is. Is it just about more buildings, more machines, more cars, more of everything?…

— Jaggi Vasudev

Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony. The sublime idea men have of the universe would collapse with…

— Guillaume Apollinaire

Most people believe they have a clear idea of what's right and wrong. Many say they know how they'll act, or how…

— Lurlene McDaniel

“[The Internet] affects democracy... As more and more citizens express what they think, and defend it in writing, that will change the…

— Lawrence Lessig

Suppose we were (as we might be) an influence, an idea, a thing intangible, invulnerable, without front or back, drifting about like…

— T. E. Lawrence

I have solved what color is, however ; I still have no idea about what line is.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Volatility is a symptom that people have no idea of the underlying value.

— Jeremy Grantham

There's an idea of the Plains as the middle of nowhere, something to be contemptuous of. But it's really a heroic place.

— Ian Frazier

Ideas are amazing, without the exploration of an idea, we can never know if that idea could become a reality.

— Jeremy Limn

I enjoy having difficult conversations with my friends and maybe challenging their ideas.

— Patrick Cantlay

The ideas that we have about self are an aggregate within a state of mind, and they chain us to a state…

— Frederick Lenz

The universe does not behave according to our pre-conceived ideas. It continues to surprise us.

— Stephen Hawking

The idea that our son would be like Raymond Babbitt was a shocking reordering of everything. And something we couldn't quite fathom,…

— Ron Suskind

It's important not to take all this fashion stuff too seriously, and I kind of love the idea of cheesiness.

— Joseph Altuzarra

Do you know what your problem is? You can't live with the idea that someone might leave.

— John Green

I come from the performance world, but the idea of a worship song is different. It's useful music.

— John Tesh

I've definitely pitched some viral ideas and do have a pretty good understanding of the Web.

— Ruben Fleischer

Nobody creates a fad. It just happens. People love going along with the idea of a beautiful pig. It’s like a conspiracy.

— Jim Henson

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologise than it is to get permission.

— Grace Hopper

I always thought it odoriferous for people to go about trying to pummel others with their ideas.

— Ed Kowalczyk

Dan Harmon has this idea that characters on TV are allowed to talk about their favorite movies and TV shows and songs.

— Gillian Jacobs