Idea Quotes

9651 Idea quotes by 5432 unique authors

See, I dont know nothing about singing. I never wanted to be a frontman. Frontmen had big egos and was always crazy and aggravating. I… — Dr. John
Remember that you can do anything you want to do. Don't let anyone say, 'You're not smart enough... it's too hard... it's a dumb idea...… — Meg Whitman
For me, the international expansion of eBay was the best idea. We are now in 35 countries, and have a huge global network. The second… — Meg Whitman
When I'm looking for an idea, I'll do anything--clean the closet, mow the lawn, work in the garden. — Kevin Henkes
My advice to would-be young authors is to read a lot, write a lot, and not worry about creating a finished product. Keeping a journal… — Kevin Henkes
One day I think it's the greatest idea ever that I'm working on. The next day I think it's the worst that I've ever worked… — Eric Carle
Let's put it this way: if you are a novelist, I think you start out with a 20 word idea, and you work at it… — Eric Carle
The hardest part is developing the idea, and that can take years — Eric Carle
I'm having a vacation, and it's so beautiful, and maybe I'll never get another film idea in my life. — Lars von Trier
I write short stories when a little idea occurs to me, that I know isn't a part of a novel that will stand by itself… — Roddy Doyle
Holding someone's hand was always my idea of joy. — Clarice Lispector
Renunciation is the background of all religious thought wherever it be, and you will always find that as this idea of renunciation lessens, the more… — Swami Vivekananda
You don’t have the slightest idea of what it means to write a scene and a character in the English language, with images and words… — Jonathan Lethem
Every idea I get I have to deny, that's my way of testing it. — Emile Chartier
I live only because it is in my power to die when I choose to: without the idea of suicide, I'd have killed myself right… — Emile M. Cioran
The only way of enduring one disaster after the next is to love the very idea of disaster: if we succeed, there are no further… — Emile M. Cioran
You have no idea how much nastier I would be if I was not a Catholic. Without supernatural aid I would hardly be a human… — Evelyn Waugh
I reject the idea that humans are superior to other life forms. . . Man is just an ape with an overly developed sense of… — Paul Watson
I find that as I get older I seem to become more of a Luddite... And hearing animal experimenters describe me as a Luddite--which used… — Ingrid Newkirk
Perhaps the mere idea of receiving a nasty missive will allow animal researchers to empathize with their victims for the first time in their lousy… — Ingrid Newkirk
I just could not stand the idea of eating meat - I really do think that it has made me calmer.... People's general awareness is… — Kate Bush
One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living thing that has an evolution that, in a way, enables… — Peter Gabriel
I'd heard a lot of Asian people were rooting for me, but I had no idea. I was stunned. They were... impassioned, especially compared to… — Ayumi Hamasaki
Nothing was a style first. Everything started as an idea. A guy did something with an idea. Someone copied him. Some copied all of them… — Bill Laswell
I hate the idea that, when it comes to books and learning, hard is often seen as the opposite of fun. It's strange to me… — John Green

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