S Ideas Quotes

Educated men - "civilized," as Fourier used to say with disdain - tremble at the idea that society might some day be without judges, police, or gaolers.

I studied with the idea of becoming a Catholic priest.

As to the idea that advertising motivates people, remember the Edsel.

I think that people like the idea that fans are sort of slightly eccentric and strange, but generally I've just found them very creative and warm and cheerful.

I love writing, but I have that E. E. Cummings idea that as long as you stay inside the rules of your own world, it doesn't matter what it is.

The idea is to develop sympathy for your own confusion.

Most human beings only scratch the surface of their real potential. They have no idea what they're capable of.

The person who is right is the person who is the strongest, in this case, paradoxically, it's the cowards who are the brave ones, and they manage to impose their ideas on everyone else.

I decided a long time ago I didn't want to be a star personality and live my life out in public. I don't think it's a good idea to wave personality about like a flag and become labeled.

When our opponents on the Left have no serious ideas of their own, they resort to emotional appeals that play up Americans’ fears about the future.

Throughout human history, the American Idea has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed.

The idea of starting a band because of Nirvana and thereby trying to sound like Nirvana is totally not the case.

I'm from South Jersey: The idea of eating a roll with olive oil and anchovies or some kind of sardine and drinking mint tea definitely comes from reading Paul Bowles.

The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.

I started thinking of digital imaging, not photography, in 1994 as it seemed the most appropriate way to deal with ideas of biotechnology and advertising. My practice is conceptual.

Style has become very important, the whole idea of style, what your personal style is. It's your identity.

Ideas are the easy part. The hard part is writing them down.

The idea of a Japanese comedian was not only a rarity, it was non-existent.

I've always wanted to stay involved with young people. I never bought into the idea that entertainers owe nothing to their audience except a good performance.

We need to infuse politics with ideas like compassion and empathy, and a sense that we live in an interdependent world.

The idea that human beings can make history, that is something quite unique to the modern West.

There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it would be a good idea to produce a true one.

I pressed down the mental accelerator. The old lemon throbbed fiercely. I got an idea.

Think, the successful idea is always in your mind. Think it out.

The trouble with the average person is that he doesn't trust himself sufficiently to create and deliver ideas.

[The poll tax] was a classic case of a good idea being entrusted to Chris Patten and becoming a terrible failure.

A significant idea of organization cannot be obtained in a world in which everything is necessary and nothing is contingent.

If you are opening a play, a play that's really about something, a play that's really about ideas, you have to find a way to sell that play.

I have no idea why it apparently takes three grown men to cook some hamburgers. One to cook, one to kibbitz, and one to insult the other two.

As part of my research, I read a lot. Then I think and do a lot of sketches. I'll never go to work on the computer unless I have ideas first.

I love the idea of renaissance. If my career is like painting a canvas, I want to have as many different colors in there as I can.

When you talk about the Final Fantasy series, the series started selling better after 7, and that was the base idea for the center of the set list for the LA concert.

The idea that people should be allowed to decide something about their own fate is just anathema to European elites.

Minimum sales prices for alcohol are a startlingly bad idea. As with excise duties, the effects are regressive.

The Kalahari is brilliant - and easy to visit.

I know right now she has no idea who I am, but I'd like to collaborate with Enya one day. Of course I'd love to work with Jay-Z, maybe even Phil Collins. I love his voice.

The idea that high wages equals low employment, it's absurd.

The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something new.

Americans will quarrel over how, who, or what to rescue or save, but the idea that the nation ought to be off doing it is challenged only by a few.

I wanted more in depth ideas about the character and it never came.

The ideas within this philosophy are certainly not exclusive to any writer.

We shouldn't censor ourselves based on the weak idea of "looking cool." It's such a waste of potential awesomeness.

I think the world of 'District 9' has a lot of race and oppression-based ideas that I would still like to explore in that world.

Typography fostered the modern idea of individuality, but it destroyed the medieval sense of community and integration.

Sometimes I think that ideas float through the atmosphere like huge squishy pumpkins, waiting for heads to drop on.

Today the earth is populated with billions of people desperately hoping to “get somewhere,” but having no idea of where they’re going.

All great truths begin as blasphemy. Every single revolutionary idea that has ever been visited upon the human experience began as an idea which was rejected.

Your world will follow your idea about yourself.

Listen to your hunches, pay attention to your intuition, do not dismiss your random thoughts, inspirations or ideas.... They could be giving you the best advice you ever had.

The full cosmos consists of the physical stuff and consciousness. Take away consciousness and it's only dust; add consciousness and you get things, ideas, and time.