Idea Quotes

I don't think they like the idea that the people who are buying the record get to choose what goes out, because it's their job. The fans even pre-ordered stock to make sure that I had some sort of presence.

I have an idea that the phrase 'weaker sex' was coined by some woman to disarm the man she was preparing to overwhelm.

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.

Perhaps one reason for the falling-off of belief in a continuance of conscious existence is to be found in the quality of life that most of us lead. There is not much in it with which, in any kind of reason, one can associate the idea of immortality.

The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios... The idea that you can actually predict what's going to happen contradicts my way of looking at the market.

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.

We decided we didn't want to do a musical for TV because the idea of writing a musical that would be seen on television once seems insane.

He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy.

The idea of regretting not doing this seemed insane to me. Sitting in the corner at a bar at age 60, saying: 'I could've been Bond. Buy me a drink.' That's the saddest place I could be. At least now at 60 I can say: 'I was Bond. Now buy me a drink.'

You see these shuffling rows of shiny faces, waiting for their turn, so they're very dedicated to the program and desperate to know what it is they've got - so often, they have no idea.

I got that idea from being in India. I always like the chanting.

There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.

I like the idea of doing something outside my comfort zone.

I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.

If I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?

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

Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries.

The idea of making access to safe abortions harder and more expensive and more difficult, having to travel across state lines - that puts women's health and lives in jeopardy, which is something I think no one wants.

The repercussions of what you put out and what people gravitate to in your music never registered at all. I never had that thing that maybe other bands have - a specific idea of what they are and what their sound is.

The movements which I make I cannot possibly repress because, at the time, I am actually the idea I am interpreting, and naturally I picture my players and auditors as in accord with me. I know, of course, that my mannerisms have been widely discussed.

My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera's eye may entirely change my idea.

My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person.

I don't understand the actor who plays the same role from movie to movie. Maybe it's because I worked on long-running television when I was in my teens, and so the idea of playing the same role just bores me intensely. I'd rather not do it at all.

My idea of a perfect pet is a really, really big dog! Huge!

I love the idea of going to work and having to fight and learn a new skill set, whether it's muay Thai or Kali or Filipino stick fighting. To me, it's like college for life.

I have found out one thing and that is, if you have an idea, and it is a good idea, if you only stick to it you will come out all right.

I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the time they were told.

If I have an idea, I write it down, although I usually carry a little dictation machine with me because I'm too lazy to write.

I've always resisted the idea of becoming a David Hasselhoff, and I hope I'm still resisting it.