Idea Quotes

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Iain Dowie famously coined the phrase 'bouncebackability' to describe Crystal Palace's ability to come from behind. But this is a typical manager's idea, so optimistic.… — Daniel Finkelstein
Producing a photographic document involves preparation in excess. There is first the examination of the idea of the project. Then the visits to the scene,… — Aaron Siskind
If you are not passionately devoted to an idea, you can make very pleasant pictures but they won't make you cry. — Ruth Bernhard
Whenever a single definite object is made the supreme end of the State, be it the advantage of a class, the safety of the power… — Lord Acton
When you don't know what to play, wait for an idea to come into your opponent's mind. You may be sure that idea will be… — Siegbert Tarrasch
I do not like the idea of happiness - it is too momentary - I would say that I was always busy and interested in… — Georgia O'Keeffe
I watch my daughter wanting to be like other kids and getting upset that she's not. But I always try and instill in her the… — Idris Elba
The germ of an idea doesn't make the sculpture that stands up... so the next stage is hard work — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The idea of regularly acknowledging our indebtedness to the natural world and giving thanks for the many gifts we receive from it, or considering other… — Charlie Cook
The idea that it is funny to see wild animals coerced into acting like clumsy humans, or thrilling to see powerful beasts reduced to cringing… — Desmond Morris
The wilderness and the idea of wilderness is one of the permanent homes of the human spirit. — Joseph Wood Krutch
I like sweet wines. My idea has always been that when you're young, you like sweet wines; and then you get sophisticated, and you drink… — Sally Jessy Raphael
Keep an idea log where you write everything down, even the bad ideas. — Joshua Schachter
...the geometrician teaches me how to work out the size of my estates rather than how to work out how much a man needs in… — Seneca the Younger
He could charm an audience an hour on a stretch without ever getting rid of an idea. — Mark Twain
Teachers at all levels encourage the idea that you have to talk about things in order to understand them, because they wouldn't have jobs, otherwise.… — Denise Levertov
This is the one great idea to understand that our power is already ours, our salvation is already within us. — Swami Vivekananda
Well has it been said that man is the only animal that naturally looks upwards; every other animal naturally looks down. That looking upward and… — Swami Vivekananda
If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void: lobbyists and special interests;… — Barack Obama
If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because… — William J. Brennan
He had made a passionate study of education, only to come, gradually, to the knowledge that education is nothing but the process of building up,… — D. H. Lawrence
We've bought into the idea that education is about training and "success," defined monetarily, rather than learning to think critically and challenge. We should not… — Chris Hedges
The American ideal of sexuality appears to be rooted in the American ideal of masculinity. This idea has created cowboys and Indians, good guys and… — James A. Baldwin
Before going mountain bike riding, it's a good idea to leave your valuables at home. Your testicles, for example. — Unknown Author
The idea of losing the three at Hayward Field and the idea of losing my specialty to someone who wasn't running his specialty. Mostly, the… — Steve Prefontaine

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