Idea Quotes

9651 Idea quotes by 5432 unique authors

We find ourselves, one way or another, in the midst of a large-scale experiment to change the chemical construction of the stratosphere, even though we… — Unknown Author
The United States was founded on the idea that all people are endowed with inalienable rights, and that principle has allowed us to work to… — Barack Obama
It is deeply pejorative to call someone a 'climate change denier.' This is because it is a phrase designedly reminiscent of the idea of 'Holocaust… — Unknown Author
I think there are a substantial number of scientists who have manipulated data so that they will have dollars rolling in to their projects. I… — Rick Perry
A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make. — Debbi Fields
I will always remember you, even though you had no idea I was even in the room. My words wouldn't come, I could only dream.… — Walter Bradford Cannon
My idea of gardening is to discover something wild in my wood and weed around it with the utmost care until it has a chance… — Margaret Bourke-White
The typical eye sees the ten per cent bad of an idea and overlooks the ninety per cent good. — Charles Kettering
Now I really make the little idea from clay, and I hold it in my hand. I can turn it, look at it from underneath,… — Henry Moore
I have one great political idea. . . . That idea is an old one. It is widely and generally assented to; nevertheless, it is… — Frederick Douglass
The very idea of true patriotism is lost, and the term has been prostituted to the very worst of purposes. A patriot, sir! Why, patriots… — Robert Walpole
Human beings are compelled to adopt a belief system; some paradigm to provide meaning, purpose, and understanding to our lives. A quick survey of the… — Terry Rossio
Embedded in every technology there is a powerful idea, sometimes two or three powerful ideas. Like language itself, a technology predisposes us to favor and… — Neil Postman
I must admit that any favorable mention of the flying saucers by a scientist amounts to extreme heresy and places the one making the statement… — Frank B. Salisbury
The idea [the government's 'You Win' campaign] is that instead of young people in Nigeria waiting to get employment, they should create their own jobs… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
I had no idea, but I realized that probably thirty to forty percent of my brainpower was taken up with the questions that I couldn't… — Chip Wilson
It is not surprising that liberals believed in progress. The idea of progress justified the entire transition from feudalism to capitalism. It legitimated the breaking… — Immanuel Wallerstein
Like every beginner, I have thought you could beat, pummel and thrash an idea into existence. Under such treatment, of course, any decent idea folds… — Ray Bradbury
The more abstractly correct and hence powerful this idea will be, the more impossible remains its complete fulfillment as long as it continues to depend… — Adolf Hitler
The idea [of therapy] isn't to give people answers, or lead their bark of longing into a safe, dull, protected harbor, but to make people… — John O'Donohue
I have no idea about what death is, but because I have been in association with it so intimately, I have a much greater sense… — Rachel Naomi Remen
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain… — Thomas Merton
When you say Yes to God unconditionally, you have no idea how far this Yes is going to take you. Certainly farther than you can… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
The idea of private property universal but private, the idea of families free but still families, of domesticity democratic but still domestic, of one man… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Buy ammunition! Remember that a man cannot have too many books, too many wines, or too much ammunition. Our adversaries on the other side are… — Jeff Cooper

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