Idea Quotes

9651 Idea quotes by 5432 unique authors

Mattia's voice no longer stirred anything in his stomach, but he was aware of the idea of him and always would be, as the only… — Paolo Giordano
The world's idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving. — J C Ryle
The idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal like nothing else; it is a mainspring of human activity - designed largely… — Ernest Becker
Helping to build a better-organized, fair and harmonious world: that idea lies at the heart of my conception of our country's role. Down through the… — Jacques Chirac
But I think that Australians have a sort of independence, and I think that, rightly or wrongly, they tend to make their own decisions as… — Joan Sutherland
Bring down Mike Mann and we can bring down the IPCC, they reckoned. It is a classic technique for the deniers movement, I have discovered,… — Michael E. Mann
Each book first begins with a little idea. — Dick Bruna
We would never move forward in the face of negative emotion. There are many people who would teach you otherwise. They say, you've got to… — Esther Hicks
Man is immortal; therefore he must die endlessly. For life is a creative idea; it can only find itself in changing forms — Rabindranath Tagore
Justice-august and pure, the abstract idea of all that would be perfect in the spirits and the inspirations of men!-where the mind rises; where the… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
That is the trouble with many inventors; they lack patience. They lack the willingness to work a thing out slowly and clearly and sharply in… — Nikola Tesla
I don't think I'll ever be comfortable with the idea of being famous. — Alison Lohman
He even knew the reason why: because enough men had gone off to war saying the time for gardening was when the war was over;… — J M Coetzee
When you left on Saturday, I felt a horrible void, I saw you everywhere, on the beach, in your room, in the garden: impossible for… — Camille Claudel
I always wanted to create this community that would come and tell their own story, shoot it - and watch them. The idea is to… — Michel Gondry
A lot of people have no idea that right now Y.A. (young adult). is the Garden of Eden of literature. — Sherman Alexie
It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day; the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden livery which… — Washington Irving
The idea is to make sure that these sex offenders are occupied with constructive matters and not focused on the children who may be knocking… — Unknown Author
John Carpenter created the idea of Halloween, so his vision remains the most focused and intelligently directed of the series. The directors that have followed… — Donald Pleasence
I've always hated religion. It's the most guilt-ridden, horrible thing. 'My God is better than yours, and I'm going to fight you and kill you… — Linda McCartney
"In one way or another, this is the oldest story in America: the struggle to determine whether "we, the people" is a spiritual idea embedded… — Bill Moyers
For the current of our spiritual life creeds, rituals and channels that may thwart or help, according to their fixity or openness. When a symbol… — Rabindranath Tagore
Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectification of this kind one may hope to disengage an idea that is valid. — Gaston Bachelard
I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain. — Claude Monet
Often when works at a hard question, nothing good is accomplished at the first attack. Then one takes a rest, long or short, and sits… — Henri Poincare

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