Idea Quotes

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I have to wear clothes but I don't like to give an idea of what I am with clothes. — Eric Cantona
I got this idea of doing a really serious big work-it would be precisely like a novel, with a single difference: Every word of it… — Truman Capote
I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own,… — George Carlin
Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea… — Thomas Carlyle
If in 1989 I said, 'I have an idea: Bottle water and sell it. And charge more than a beer,' they would have chased me… — Adam Carolla
The idea that if people are just friendly and demonstrate they want peace, that will be answered with good will - that is really naive. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
My suggestion to newspapers everywhere is to give the public a reason to read them again. So here's an idea: get on a big story… — Graydon Carter
There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent and an overestimation… — Jimmy Carter
Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
They were often the first students in their family to go to college and the very idea of higher education was still foreign to them.… — Michael N. Castle
My idea, as the whole world knows, is that the capitalist system now doesn't work either for the United States or the world, driving it… — Fidel Castro
The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something… — Nick Cave
To my undying shame, I do read reviews. I don't read them all, but I like to get some kind of idea how things are… — Nick Cave
I became a script writer with absolutely no idea of how to write a script whatsoever. I still feel a bit of an outsider in… — Nick Cave
I lost my innocence with Johnny Cash. I used to watch the 'Johnny Cash Show' on television in Wangaratta when I was about 9 or… — Nick Cave
The idea of songwriting is a transformative thing, and what I do with songwriting is take situations that are quite ordinary and transform them in… — Nick Cave
Because the idea of zombies seems to make sense, and seems to, in a certain sense, be possible, I think one can use that to… — David Chalmers
I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was.… — Charlie Chaplin
All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt… — Charlie Chaplin
I'm absolutely convinced that the threat we face now, the idea of a terrorist in the middle of one of our cities with a nuclear… — Dick Cheney

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