Idea Quotes

It's about how you exist as a person in the world, and the idea that your work is more important than you as a person is a horrible, horrible message. I always think about a little gay boy in Wisconsin or a little lesbian in Arkansas seeing someone like me, and if I cannot be open in my life, how on earth can they?

I feel my family's needs are a priority. I'm not comfortable with the idea of serving the many and ignoring my family.

Because his basic idea that he got from the study of gall wasps is that everyone's sexuality is unique.

People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.

A Country is not a mere territory; the particular territory is only its foundation. The Country is the idea which rises upon that foundation; it is the sentiment of love, the sense of fellowship which binds together all the sons of that territory.

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change.

It slaps your dignity just right. I loved the idea of these proud, dignified black men, and I saw the older ones wounded, and it wounded me ten times as much because I couldn't stand seeing them hurt like this.

I have no idea what's next. I simply don't have a clue.

When I went into the seminary, I was one of those victims of New Math and had not had Algebra I and had no idea what we were doing in New Math in the ninth grade. But when I went into the seminary, they had gone the traditional route and taught first-year algebra.

Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea.

It was actually Peter's idea that I should make the film. He called me in the very beginning, and I hadn't even read the book. So I read it and I liked it very much and I knew I'd certainly like to do it.

I think that curiosity happened on these reviews where I was just a guest of the reviewer, because it introduced me to new cuisines and to the idea of cooking as a mechanism for studying other cultures and understanding other parts of the world.

On the one hand, the financial projection is on the agenda - we will see if this problem can be resolved or not. I think it is a right idea to stage a special summit, which would deal with the question of priorities of European politics.

Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it.

Dan Curtis, our producer, has the idea that people like to see a stock company of actors.

However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice.

On the contrary a film can promote the idea of change without any political message whatsoever but in its form and language can tell people that they can change their lives and contribute to progressive changes in the world.

The idea that you can ask one question and it makes the point - well, that wasn't how psychology was done at the time.

My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.

My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do.

I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana.

For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didn't outline much. I had a vague idea of the story.

People think coming in under the radar is like being a fighter pilot and actually coming in under the radar. It's a completely ridiculous idea to come in under the radar. It's the Olympics; everyone is on the radar here.

I've never dreamed of being famous. The idea of it really scares me.

Normal people don't just wake up in the morning and say I think it'd be a good idea to run for president of the United States.

Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed.

An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think.

I think the idea of the obstruction through the neutral zone and away from the puck was an excellent rule.

No, I love the idea that someone changes. As an actor it's always the thing that you look for. He is someone who starts off bright, cheerful and confident and then has everything taken away from him. It's a wonderful journey to take.

My idea of going to hell is going somewhere where there are no books.