To me, literature is a calling, even a kind of salvation. It connects me with an enterprise that is over 2,000 years… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
[In the late 80's] that's the first time I heard about that astonishing idea [that most photographs would be taken on telephones].… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike...Unless we return to the crude and… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be precious about things. Of course, the idea is to make great music, but if you have great… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
[Ideas] may not arrive exactly on time, it may not be the most convenient thing for you. For me that happens a… — Jon Fratelli Copy Share Image
So part of it is we have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents, or… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
“This feeling of being "home at last" corresponds to my idea about the city, and idea shaped by books, movies, and plays,… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Made with Pencils is grounded in the creativity of a few, propelled by the financial support of many, and most importantly, it's… — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
I definitely want to make it very clear to everybody that the educational institution that we have, the school that Will and… — Jada Pinkett Smith Copy Share Image
We [film supervisors] always try to encourage discussion in the room because a lot of times newer animators who are just out… — Victor Navone Copy Share Image
A sign, or representamen, is something which stands to somebody for something in some respect or capacity. It addresses somebody,that is, creates… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
It wasn't just music in The Ramones: it was an idea. It was bringing back a whole feel that was missing in… — Tommy Ramone Copy Share Image
If you're a leader at any level and your people aren't challenging you, you've got to change that or you can't be… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
The atheist does not say 'there is no God,' but he says 'I know not what you mean by God; I am… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
In setting up a business under the name and meaning of the Golden Rule, I was publicly binding myself, in my business… — James Cash Penney Copy Share Image
Rosalynn said, "Jimmy, if we could only get Prime Minister Begin and President Sadat up here on this mountain for a few… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I never let whatever - people or ideas or opinions - get in the way of something that is in your head,… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Paracetamol' between the ages of 15 and 16. With many of my songs, I have this strange habit of spending… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
If you can embrace the idea that your success and happiness are tied up in defeating the fear that's holding you back,… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The real artist has no idea that he is sacrificing himself for art. He does “what he does for one reason and… — Alma Gluck Copy Share Image
Sometimes when an idea flashes, you distrust it because it seems too easy. You qualify it with all kinds of evasive phrases… — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
At the center of each human heart is goodness, layered over with hurt, confusion, and mistaken ideas. Our task is to gently… — Sue Thoele Copy Share Image
A writer's notebook is the best way in the world to immortalize bad ideas. My idea about a good idea is one… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The creative act is a letting down of the net of human imagination into the ocean of chaos on which we are… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Little ideas can pop into one's head at any time, and if I'm being reasonably efficient I've got it close enough to… — David Gilmour Copy Share Image
I just love the idea that people disappear into the story for a while. You grab a book, and you want to… — Bernard Beckett Copy Share Image
Ideas in art may be quite evident, and sometimes they're hidden. Sometimes they're simple, and sometimes they're quite complex. Great works of… — Philip Taaffe Copy Share Image
I'll get into conversations with other people, and all of a sudden they will say something that sparks that... either the titles… — LeAnn Rimes Copy Share Image
The whole idea of being in captivity in such limited space, especially in a zoo, causes elephants to suffer. They develop all… — Lily Tomlin Copy Share Image
When I was thinking of video ideas for this song, I wanted it to reflect the energy of the music and express… — Aubrie Sellers Copy Share Image
When facing the public, politicians constantly filter their ideas through a political sieve. 'How will this affect the environmentalists, labor, management?' Sometimes… — Madeleine M. Kunin Copy Share Image
If large numbers of people believe they have no shot at a better life in the future, they will work less hard… — Adam Davidson Copy Share Image
The idea of going down to Central or South American and taking ayahuasca and shitting my pants and puking in a circle… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
And why not?” “You know why! This is a bad idea.” “Perhaps I like a challenge.” “Perhaps you’re a glutton for punishment!”… — Karen Chance Copy Share Image
I don't love CDs more than anything else, but I was just playing around with the idea that they could be something… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
The idea that there is a sharp boundary between our true inner selves and the outside world is pervasive but highly questionable.… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
People who are more than casually interested in computers should have at least some idea of what the underlying hardware is like.… — Donald Knuth Copy Share Image
There is, indeed, nothing more annoying than to be, for instance, wealthy, of good family, nice-looking, fairly intelligent, and even good-natured, and… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
That's how a lot of Tame Impala songs start out - as ideas for songs I could potentially give to someone else.… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
The idea of infinity cannot be expressed in words or even described, but it can be apprehended through art, which makes infinity… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
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![“[Ideas] may not arrive exactly on time, it may not be the most convenient thing for you. For me that happens a very small amount, but if for whatever reason it's not arriving at the moment, it may last forever. Thinking about it won't change any of that.” quote by Jon Fratelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d1/jon-fratelli-77208_amount_ideas-may-not-arrive-exactly-on-time-it_321546.jpg)
![“We [film supervisors] always try to encourage discussion in the room because a lot of times newer animators who are just out of school or people come from other studios, they're gonna have different points of view and we want to make sure we're vetting all the ideas to get the best ones. A lot of…” quote by Victor Navone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/victor-navone-70805_animator_we-film-supervisors-always-try-to-encour_3157781.jpg)
