Idea Quotes

To liberate words means first to shatter their function as vehicles of idea, memory, hope, or regret.

A revolutionary idea is usually one with its sleeves rolled up.

It's paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone.

I've always believed that if you support reform or you support a particular idea that you ought to fund that idea first and not the system.

I'm still in love with what I do, with the idea of making things up, so hours when I write always feel like very blessed hours to me.

I got this idea of doing a really serious big work-it would be precisely like a novel, with a single difference: Every word of it would be true from beginning to end.

The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.

The basic idea was that if a country would put its economy as an integrated piece of the world system, that it would benefit from that with economic growth. I concur with that basic view.

I come from that society and there is a common thread, specifically family values - the idea that you do anything for your family, and the unconditional love for one's children.

Today, people tend to credit me with having the original idea and made the first circuits.

My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea.

So, we come out to Los Angeles. And we met with every network. We met with show runners, directors, writers, everything. And what we had an idea for, they didn't like. And what they had an idea for, we didn't like. So, we went home.

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love.

Usually the audience has no idea that the censored version of whatever movie they're watching isn't the original.

Concrete poets continue to turn out beautiful things, but to me they're more visual than oral, and they almost really belong on the wall rather than in a book. I haven't the least idea of where poetry is going.

The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.

Without troublesome work, no one can have any concrete, full idea of what pure mathematical research is like or of the profusion of insights that can be obtained from it.

Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.

The idea of a soulmate is beautiful and very romantic to talk about it in a movie or a song, but in reality, I find it scary.

Knowing what I knew about Russia, as much as I loved the music and was fascinated by the songs and the whole idea of it, I knew it would be a very lengthy and frustrating process.

I guess that's one achievement I'm really proud of. Saving Chrysler was more than jobs, more than shareholder value. Saving Chrysler was a good idea for the whole country.

Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the notion that if you create some magical art, somehow that exempts you from having to pay attention to the small things.

My idea of a good time is creating something and reading a good book.

I'd say I'm the opposite of someone that has the urge to stand in front of strangers and make them laugh, but the idea of getting up and telling a story and people finding it amusing always appealed to me.

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may.

If we have been brought up with the idea that life is for suffering and sacrifice, then of course we would seek death to escape this 'vale of tears'.

You have to follow every melodic line, every emotional idea, or you don't get your money's worth.

I like the idea of R-rated franchises.

The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft.

When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.