I'm sort of murdered for selling books. The idea is, if you make money your work can't be literary. — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“I don't go in for ancient wisdom I don't believe just 'cos ideas are tenacious it means they're worthy” — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
So where do the ideas-the salable ideas-come from? They come from my nightmares. Not the night-time variety, as a rule, but the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It gives evolutionary biologists great status if they champion competition and the economists have to consult them. The economists have to consult… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I basically have two ways I start writing. Either I'll start with something about myself, or something that happened to me that… — Chelsea Martin Copy Share Image
The massive, frustrated energies of a mainly young, disillusioned electorate that has long since abandoned the idea that we all have a… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
In Huntington Beach, California, three police instructors lost their jobs after ordering two cadets who were caught smoking to eat cigarette sandwiches… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Art is personal, originating from dreams, ideas, neuroses; art is shared, harkening back to the humans around the fire; art imbues pleasure… — Zelda Fichandler Copy Share Image
Reading is a pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and knowledge and… — Bennett Cerf Copy Share Image
The successful politician owes his power to the fact that he moves within the accepted framework of thought, that he thinks and… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
What has happened now in mass media and advertising is not only that they've adopted the style and the look of fringe… — Mark Hosler Copy Share Image
My main professional interest during the 1970s has been in the dramatic change of concepts and ideas that has occurred in physics… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
I come from a very small island which is packed with people. I mean, jam-packed with people. I've lived a life which… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
I'm an actor and a writer and a showrunner and I edit my show. ... I have a job that three people… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
The application of force alone, without support based on a spiritual concept, can never bring about the destruction of an idea or… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I think the varied backgrounds in the beginning were a plus. It took a while for people to understand what they were… — Jack Kilby Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I like shooting things in single takes. You have to rely on the idea itself to carry the full weight; you're always… — Damian Kulash Copy Share Image
I want people to leave the theater wrestling with the idea that our pain - physical, emotional, and spiritual pain - is… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
The liberal idea of tolerance is more and more a kind of intolerance. What it means is 'Leave me alone; don't harass… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
We have a visceral reaction to the idea that anyone would make very much money helping other people. Interesting that we don't… — Dan Pallotta Copy Share Image
It is on these (20min) walks that my best ideas come to me. It is while walking that difficult clarity emerges. It… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
At one point I felt a tension between objects, their real, physical lives, and the idea of meaning: the physical, material reality… — Sergio Chejfec Copy Share Image
I believe the geometric proportion served the creator as an idea when He introduced the continuous generation of similar objects from similar… — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
A copious manner of expression gives strength and weight to our ideas, which frequently make impression upon the mind, as iron does… — William Melmoth Copy Share Image
“To move the earth like Archimedes, one needs not a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it. There… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
We run into some pretty tough arguments sometimes, but the idea is that at the end of the day, my wife and… — Kyle Chandler Copy Share Image
The Christian religion and morality extols the glory of the Hereafter, and therefore remains indifferent to the horrors of the earth. Indeed,… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
... man has an idea of a better world than this. But better does not mean different, it means unified... Religion or… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Shareholder value theory - the destructive idea that companies should be run solely for the benefit of shareholders - has led to… — Mariana Mazzucato Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's fun to explore ideas that might make people uncomfortable. If you let it, there's a lot of self-censoring that can… — Ted Alexandro Copy Share Image
Since I was a child, my whole life has revolved around music. It's often while listening to a song that ideas for… — Hedi Slimane Copy Share Image
When I wrote Rick, I had the idea that I would take the plot of nearly every opera and turn it into… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
If you want to follow the path of love, it's a good idea to meditate on the heart chakra everyday. The heart… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
People have these ideas of what you're supposed to do to have a career, like play against type, or don't revisit a… — Jason Lewis Copy Share Image
