Idea Quotes

9651 Idea quotes by 5432 unique authors

One key to entrepreneurial success is to get a great group of people around you who believe in your idea. — Richard Branson
Citizen service is the very American idea that we meet our challenges not as isolated individuals but as members of a true community, with all… — William J. Clinton
If I come up with rules or limitations it focuses me in a direction. And those rules can change if you realize it's a dumb… — Trent Reznor
You're dealing in magic-it's this intangible thing that has to happen. And to seek it out too much might not be a good idea. Because,… — Tom Petty
I can draw with sound. That's the most useful thing I learned in terms of what my craft is...The arrangements were mine. They were little… — Linda Ronstadt
For years I walked around with the phrase "Green River" because I had seen that on a soda fountain drink when I was probably 8… — John Fogerty
I just tried to come up with some honest songs. What I was writing about was real plain stuff that I wasn't sure was going… — John Prine
I don't force it. If you don't have an idea and you don't hear anything going over and over in your head, don't sit down… — Neil Young
I'd hate to be a songwriter starting a career today...Al Stanton walked in one day and said, 'Otis, I've got an idea. Why don't you… — Otis Blackwell
Writin songs is like a mystery. The most difficult thing to do is have a good idea. If you have a decent idea, the songs… — Lyle Lovett
It may not be improper, however, to remark two consequences, evidently flowing from an extension of the federal power to every subject falling within the… — James Madison
An idea is a feat of association, and the height of it is a good metaphor. — Robert Frost
Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in… — Alexander Hamilton
If you've got an idea, start today. There's no better time than now to get going. That doesn't mean quit your job and jump into… — Kevin Systrom
The idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the only admissible principle of republican… — Alexander Hamilton
If you wish to find, you must search. Rarely does a good idea interrupt you — Jim Rohn
Almost all systems of economic thought are premised on the idea of continued economic growth, which would be fine and dandy if we lived on… — George Monbiot
I still have not given up the idea of becoming a journalist, but at 17 I decided to follow my heart and stay in Los… — Mackenzie Astin
Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with… — Arthur Koestler
Our idea is to create a situation in which those lands to which we have obligations or in which we have interests, if they are… — Richard M. Nixon
The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political idea is as he has of the principles of counterpoint.… — John Jay Chapman
The roaring of the wind is my wife and the stars through the window pane are my children. The mighty abstract idea I have of… — John Keats
In business, the idea of measuring what you are doing, picking the measurements that count like customer satisfaction and performance... you thrive on that. — Bill Gates
Some things need to be a song. Some things need to be a play. Some things need to be a painting. Some things need to… — Andy Wilkinson
I say to my students that I can't teach them how to write a good song, but I can teach you how to write a… — Andy Wilkinson

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