The politicians in Washington just had no idea about the complexity of the situation in South Vietnam. — William Westmoreland Copy Share Image
You have to chip away at it and shape it to let the winning idea emerge. — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
An idea so luminous flashed across her brain that she almost thought the room had leaped into light. — E.F. Benson Copy Share Image
The arts develop skills and habits of mind that are important for workers in the new economy of ideas. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Be a collector of good ideas. Keep a journal. If you hear a good idea, capture it, write it down. Don't trust… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
So few women have any clear idea of the power their ordinary beauty holds over so many of us men. — Thomas Adcock Copy Share Image
Young people don't even consider that it's a good idea to be out on the fringe, which is where good ideas come… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one. — Helmut Jahn Copy Share Image
Modern man uses ideas and persuasion to achieve his goals; primitive man uses guns and brute force to achieve his goals! Moral… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
The ideas of people in general are not raised higher than the roofs of the houses. All their interests extend over the… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I'm afraid of those cows,' protested poor Dora, seeing a prospect of escape. 'The very idea of your being scared of those… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you're a writer, the question people always ask you is, "Where do you get your ideas?" Writers hate this question. It's… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
All Buddhas preach emptiness. Why? Because they wish to crush the concrete ideas of the students. If a student even clings to… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
The layman always means, when he says reality that he is speaking of something self-evidently known; whereas to me it seems the… — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share Image
I would never be so arrogant to think that someone should model their life after me. But the idea of possibility the… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
I think good actors - good, collaborative actors who see themselves as leaders in a given production - can and should offer… — Joe Mantello Copy Share Image
The pain that's created by avoiding hard work is actually much worse than any pain created from the actual work itself. Because… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
Almost all systems of economic thought are premised on the idea of continued economic growth, which would be fine and dandy if… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
I believe in pink.I believe laughing is the best calorie burner.I believe in kissing,kissing alot!I believe in being strong when everything seems… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart’s affections and the truth of the Imagination – What the imagination… — John Keats Copy Share Image
The idea that the creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time. ...… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
To model correctly one tranche of one CDO took about three hours on one of the fastest computers in the United States.… — John Thain Copy Share Image
The idea is: You played to 100 people this week in Europe, and then next week you can play to 200. It's… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
The idea is to use minor events that are believed to be related to a terrorist organization, so graffiti is one of… — Kim Rossmo Copy Share Image
I want to seduce my viewers and be able to hold them with the work. Much of that is done in terms… — Catherine Opie Copy Share Image
For a company to be successful, it's not just about ideas. It's also about luck. And everything else coming together. — Naveen Tewari Copy Share Image
But we are more than genteel or civilized/ we are an idea in the process of being realized. — Shane Koyczan Copy Share Image
I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future. — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas. — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
Creative ideas are often attacked because people oppose change or do not understand new concepts. — Henry Heimlich Copy Share Image
I just have to think of Philadelphia now, and I get ideas, I hear the wind, and I'm off into the darkness… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
A competition of the best ideas - that should be what Congress is about. — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
They say it was Cesc Fabregas who threw the pizza at me but, to this day, I have no idea who the… — Alex Ferguson Copy Share Image
We may run out of resources but please never ever run out of Ideas, Be inspired. — Christopher Chan Wen Hui Copy Share Image
I'm busy communicating ideas… I want you to know what I'm thinking. If you feel a connection, good. If you don't, fine. — Grace Slick Copy Share Image
The idea of intimately entwining with customers [to get ideas] is an idea whose time has come. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Outlining, in short, is not merely a way of organizing ideas but is also a way of getting ideas.” — Sylvan Barnet Copy Share Image
Science fiction is always a vehicle for ideas. It's the form which allows either movies or books to be an exploration of… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The governing idea of Hellenism is spontaneity of consciousness ; that of Hebraism, strictness of conscience . — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image