Idea Quotes

In the arts the way in which an idea is rendered, and the manner in which it is expressed, is much more important than the idea itself.

The theory of cultural bias... is the idea that a culture is based on a particular form of organization. It can't be transplanted except to another variant of that organization.

Christmas can have a real melancholy aspect, 'cause it packages itself as this idea of perfect family cohesion and love, and you're always going to come up short when you measure your personal life against the idealized personal lives that are constantly thrust in our faces, primarily by TV commercials.

We talked about Tootsie, the idea in Tootsie is that a man becomes a better man for having been a woman.

Factoring in millions of people when I'm writing a song is not a good idea. I don't ever do it.

You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas.

In the end no segregationist scheme has withstood the force of a simple idea: equality under law.

Since I never get on a scale, I have no idea how much weight I've lost!

The experience of ages has shown that a man who works on the land is purer, nobler, higher, and more moral... Agriculture should be at the basis of everything. That's my idea.

From my training I can get a good idea of what I'm capable of.

My parents were drawn to the idea that there was space and opportunity in Australia. For the meagre sum of £10, you could sail your entire family out to Australia, so that's what my father chose to do.

I basically had the idea when I was 18 that I wanted to write my own songs. I knew it was going to be a long, tough road, and I was like, if I just begin now, by the time I'm 40, I'll be good at it.

Language should find itself in the physical world, and not end up locked in an idea in somebody's head.

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us.

I have stayed true to that first idea that people can have a day in their lives that is very important and if they can reconnect with that day, reconnect with the people they were then, they can suddenly revive their emotions.

All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war; they make it tour the world.

The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its custodians have fervor, live for it, and if need be, die for it.

I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.

My idea, as the whole world knows, is that the capitalist system now doesn't work either for the United States or the world, driving it from crisis to crisis, which are each time more serious.

I always write things that entertain me, and one of the things that I find really enjoyable to explore is the idea of love. I like looking at my own life and my friends and family and how love changes who you are. It fascinates me.

A real idea keeps changing and appears in many places.

The whole idea of a nuclear system is to have a deterrent where we decide if we're going to use it.

I love the look of planes and the idea of how a plane flies. The more I learn about it the better I feel; while I still may not like it, I have a sense of what is really happening.

Suffering is part of the divine idea.

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter.

I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something else. Working is therefore a way of getting rid of an idea.

The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity.

I was technically a Valley Girl, even though I absolutely dreaded being called that. I really hated the idea that I was a Valley Girl.

Democracy is still a radical idea in a world where we often confuse images with realities, words with actions.

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.