Ideas Quotes
13167 Ideas quotes by 6467 unique authors
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I don't know where my ideas come from, but I know where they come to. They come to my desk, and if I'm not there,…
— Philip Pullman
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One key to entrepreneurial success is to get a great group of people around you who believe in your idea.
— Richard Branson
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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An idea is a feat of association, and the height of it is a good metaphor.
— Robert Frost
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It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.
— John Maynard Keynes
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A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of ideas, any more than he is a good general because he has plenty of…
— Nicolas Chamfort
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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
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Everyone has ideas. They may be too busy or lack the confidence or technical ability to carry them out. But I want to carry them…
— James Dyson
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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
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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
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Having colleagues nearby, whether at the beach or in a crypt, means the ideas are always flowing
— Richard Branson
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If you wish to find, you must search. Rarely does a good idea interrupt you
— Jim Rohn
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Only business can build a low-carbon economy. Business is all about seeing ideas and growing them. Businesses have the resources, the people, the technical skills…
— Tom DeLay
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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
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If a person's religious ideas correspond not with your own, love him nevertheless
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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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
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