Ideas Quotes
Ive managed to dodge the curse. Not all my family have. Of course, music helped me - music is all about civilization, about something worthwhile. Its all about ideas.
The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and eternal punishment to buttress; you need a religion if you are terrified of death.
When we leave the play saying how spectacular the sets or costumes were, or how interesting the ideas, it means we had a bad time.
Here we encounter two conflicting concepts with which we must come to grips in our time: the idea of national solidarity and the idea of international cooperation.
I don't play golf or all those things people normally do for business. I do parties. That's where I bring people in, showcase ideas and, in the end, do deals.
The idea of Utopia is mischievous as well as unrealistic. And dull, to boot. Man is born pushing and shoving as the sparks fly upward.
Men who have embraced one idea can live only by and for that idea. Beyond it, they have nothing but their memories.
I don't like the idea of the black race being diluted out of existence. I like the idea of all of us being here.
The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the new ideas they express.
Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.
If you have a pre-conceived idea of the world, you edit information. When it leads you down a certain road, you don't challenge your own beliefs.
The first ideas of religion arose, not from contemplation of the works of nature, but from a concern with regard to the events of life.
Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true.
The idea of passing one's whole life in moral idleness, and having one's hardest work and duty done by another-whether God or man-is most revolting to us, as it is most degrading to human dignity.
I think most Americans don't agree with the idea that the best qualified person should not get the job.
An idea can only be materialized with the help of a medium of expression, the inherent qualities of which must be surely sensed and understood in order to become the carrier of an idea
Most architects work in studios largely divorced from academia, as if ideas, criticism and historical research were irrelevant.
The idea is to just stop. Just wait. Don't react. Therein lies the whole universe. Just don't react.
Creativity is not a solitary process. It happens within networks... when talented people get together, when idea systems and mentalities merge.
One of the most difficult tasks of visioneering is distinguishing between good ideas and God ideas.
Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world - people who will cause trouble if the government doesn't restrain them.
On tight money: It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of at the bottom - the old trickle-down theory.
I think we carry around the idea of being a Kid in the Hall as part of our identity. It's a big part of how we see ourselves now.
It is a good idea to 'shop around' before you settle on a doctor. Ask about the condition of his Mercedes. Ask about the competence of his mechanic. Don't be shy! After all, you're paying for it.
So organic farming practices are something that, to me, are interlinked with the idea of using biodiesel.
There is no better way of elevating the novel than by making it into a construct which contains ideas.
People often ... have no idea how fair the flower is to the touch, nor do they appreciate its fragrance, which is the soul of the flower.
The idea of brotherhood re-dawns upon the world with a broader significance than the narrow association of members in a sect or creed.
A law which attempts to say you can criticise and ridicule ideas as long as they are not religious ideas is a very peculiar law indeed.
Ideas rose in clouds; I felt them collide until pairs interlocked, so to speak, making a stable combination.
It's all just venom to the soul and symptomatic of a larger issue: the idea of the shortcut. The result without the fight. The fight is the thing. The work.
I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.
The surest pledge of a deathless name Is the silent homage of thoughts unspoken.
If you're selling something on Craiglist, it's never a good idea to end the description with, May have lice.
I can't fool myself into thinking that musically I don't need other people, whether it's as a foil or just to come in and make real the ideas that are kind of vague and wispy in my head.
As cliched as it sounds, if you have an original voice and an original idea, then no matter what anybody says, you have to find a way to tell that story.
At the moment, I'm toying with a new idea for a book, but fully engaged with writing screenplays, so the book idea - which needs empty space in my head - is barely formed yet.
At Geneva, the neutral states were often in agreement concerning the preliminaries for Genoa, and Genoa itself was marked by a quite natural mutual exchange of ideas.
Hell is not a subject to be avoided; it is a place to be avoided. Thinking about Hell is actually a very good idea. It's a good way to keep ourselves out of it.