Idea Quotes

Nothing dies harder than a bad idea.

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

Although idea and form are ultimately paramount in my work, so too are chance, accident, and rawness.

Well, it was actually - I brought the idea of doing a documentary to HBO back in 2000, when there were some press reports sort of were bandied about that there were going to TV movies based on some of the books that were out.

Never ever discount the idea of marriage. Sure, someone might tell you that marriage is just a piece of paper. Well, so is money, and what's more life-affirming than cold, hard cash?

The idea that you can get everything you want in one person is destructive, and maybe when you accept that the number is closer to 50 or 60 or 70 percent, that's when you can start to make some progress in choosing the right person.

The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.

I can't even say I've begun yet, but I'm trying on the idea that there is a book in my future.

The poor are discussed as this homogeneous mash, like porridge. The idea that they might be individuals, and be where they are for very different, diverse reasons, again seems to escape some people.

And I gave this directive to them, that if they free our assets in the United States, that would be a sign of goodwill. I have the same idea this time.

A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent.

Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

The idea of taking off my shoes and trying on all these clothes is so exhausting, I just leave.

My idea of a writer: someone interested in everything.

My core beliefs revolve around the idea that we should live to the best of our abilities-we should live and let live.

The idea of equal rights was in the air.

Almost every band has somebody who's the main songwriter and who has a vision, a very clear idea of how a song should be.

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Expanding Medicaid without fixing Medicaid is a terrible idea.

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

There are people hell-bent on the idea that we're a Christian band in disguise, and that we have some secret message. We have no spiritual affiliation with this music. It's simply about life experience.

It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what's cool.

Well, it was never supposed to be like that. Walt died before we had finished. The original idea of Walt's was that you came down there, into the caves, and there were no pirates. But they had been there just seconds before! There was a hot meal on the table, steaming.

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

Before the group left, Gary asked for my phone number, and the next day he called to ask me to dinner that night. I had no idea he was married, but I found out that night.

You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not to act, you tried to tell the truth. The idea of being a troubadour on the road singing for your supper was very disturbing to him.

Further, for once, I like the idea that people who think I'm a constant voice for the furthering of the imagination have to see that interest in a more materialistic fashion.

When you sit down and write a song, you kind of have the idea for the song, and you sit there at the piano and you kinda just write it. And then of course later there's some dinking around with it and changing some stuff.

It's the South that maintains the idea that they're different, which is interesting because nobody else really cares.