Idea Quotes

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.

I guess any simple idea that is really good will catch on quickly.

I keep very weird hours. I never know when I'm going to get an idea.

Buddhism has in it no idea of there being a moral law laid down by somekind of cosmic lawgiver.

But the whole idea of the transformation... mystery, transformation, and manipulations - those were the things that Marcel was a magician at. That's his magic.

A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.

There's this idea that somebody's job could be more important than somebody else's, and to me, that's not true.

I'm always open to the possibility that somebody's got a better idea than I have. It happens with some frequency.

A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.

Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries - like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain - to occupy countries outside of Europe.

Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.

There's this idea that when you turn 40, you automatically go to adult contemporary heaven, but I want to try and challenge that.

Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

As an actress, it appeals to me because I love the idea of playing those in-between moments, the sort of behavioral stuff that one might not normally see.

The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom.

I've been very lucky in the freedom that I've been given. Every artist needs two types of freedom: You need the freedom to - the freedom to come up with an idea or treatment - and then you need the other half of the freedom, and that's freedom from - somebody saying, 'This is great. This is how I want you to do it.'

A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.

I never presumed that a technique of composition or an idea was so special that just using it would guarantee the quality of the music.

It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.

Any film that supports the idea that things can be changed is a great film in my eyes.

Joe Wright called me and I also had some trepidation along those lines but he said no, it would work. He had a very clear and specific idea of what he wanted to do.

It's a weird thing when you make records. You try to hear it before you make it, so you walk into the studio with this idea of what you expect to happen, and that usually changes. That usually turns into something else, and that's a good thing.

I had a marketing idea that everybody hated, decency is sexy.

This is my idea of heaven, coming home and watching the news.

No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.

All I can do is today and tomorrow and have some idea of what we're doing next week. That's all I can worry about.

I'm so lucky that 'The Vampire Diaries' happened. I'm so lucky that Warner Bros. pays me money. You have no idea. I should be on a fishing boat with my dad.

You know, you become crazy. I had done a story for '60 Minutes' on depression previously, but I had no idea that I was now experiencing it. Finally, I collapsed and just went to bed.

A musical film is my idea of heaven. You can pre-record, you don't have to sing live. Singing live was the bit I hated the most. I never felt like a confident singer.