Ideas Quotes

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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
The body of the Earth, large, sluggish and inapt for motion, is not to be disturbed by movement (especially three movements), any more than the… — Tycho Brahe
Ideas... they have the power — Napoleon Hill
You see, antiquated ideas of kindness and generosity are simply bugs that must be programmed out of our world. And these cold, unfeeling machines show… — Bill Gates
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
The way to be successful in the software world is to come up with breakthrough software, and so whether it's Microsoft Office or Windows, its… — 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
I take in a lot of stuff from real life, movies, television, news and it all gets mixed in my head and somehow turns into… — Janet Evanovich
I have the right ideas, but my words are too... complicated. I need to simplify them, so that people won't get lost in the dark… — Jack Kerouac
Characters last. Beautiful writing lasts. A compelling narrative lasts. Art survives long after ideas go extinct.... — Joel Achenbach
While I was there, I was just gathering images and names, and ideas and rhythms, and I was storing all of these things - which… — Robbie Robertson
I swear I have at least one good song idea a day. But if I don't get pen to paper in ten seconds, it's gone… — Unknown Author
I start out with words, with the idea, the line. Then after I get a line or two, I try to find what melodic line… — Mose Allison
Ideas are floating like fish. Desire for an idea is like a bait on a hook. If you desire an idea, it pulls and it… — David Lynch
I don't really know why an idea comes to me. But all of a sudden, an idea comes and from experience I can intuit what… — Paul Simon
Most of the time, the songs have jokes in them, little sarcastic things, or purposely kitsch or something. So that's going along with a story,… — Paul Simon
I sort of recognize it, as opposed to shaping it. Oh, that's a good idea, that's a good line. I wonder where I can use… — Paul Simon
I don't know exactly where the ideas come from, but when I get into a songwriting mode and it's coming along, it's like you're on… — Robert Earl Keen
Asked if he knew how important Stardust would be, Mitchell Parish said he did have a gut feeling that this was a momentous one. But… — Paul Zollo
That's why I'm so passionate about making music for movies because you dive in and find the best ideas to bring tolife a collective piece… — Unknown Author
There was no single moment when I thought, Aha! What a great idea! Rather there was a slow and gradual accumulation of numerous small ideas. — Diane Setterfield

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