Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Never ask who's right. Start out by asking what is right. And you find that out by listening to dissenting, disagreeing opinions.
That's sort of the idea that if we, in attempting to explain away that which is experienced, the experience itself is diminished.
I warm naturally to the drummer whose ideas and approach are strong, even if he doesn't quite have the ability to carry them out.
I didn't know many classes where I could try and relate the thing that I really loved and wanted to do into an intellectual idea.
I like the idea that a song can be something that you can lean on, both for the songwriter and for the person who hears the song.
The idea is easy to understand. All of life is a dream. You have dreamed everything that you are and everything you are aware of.
I know that everybody is so obsessed with this idea of fame, and they think that I'm obsessed. In all honesty, I'm just doing me.
It's difficult for a company to be anywhere interesting in a world that is so dominated by prototypes and great and bright ideas.
I worry that there are people who are put in positions of authority because they're good talkers, but they don't have good ideas.
Think beyond the pain. Think beyond the difficulty. Commit to having one good idea every day. What new idea will you claim today?
If you plan on continuing a tradition, it might be a good idea to find out just what tradition it is that you intend to continue.
All religion may be centered around a generally good idea, however, this has not stopped its adherents from acting like bastards.
The first idea that the child must acquire, in order to be actively disciplined, is that of the difference between good and evil.
The idea of "making art for art's sake" makes no sense for me. Each area of my life, all the roles I play, influences the others.
You can only photograph a fragment of the here and now. The photograph presents the world as object; language, the world as idea.
Don't delay acting on a good idea. Chances are someone else has just thought of it, too. Success comes to the one who acts first.
The concept of a divine, or 'Christ'-mind, is the idea that, at our core, we are not just identical, but actually the same being.
Ideas are cheap. Always be passionate about ideas and communicating those ideas and discoveries to others in the things you make.
My parents are from Ghana. Until I was 17, I thought you had to go to college. I had no idea. I didn't know it was not an option.
I believe in myself. There's nothing wrong with believing in myself. That's the whole idea, is that you can always become better.
First, inevitably, the idea, the fantasy, the fairy tale. Then, scientific calculation. Ultimately, fulfillment crowns the dream.
Feminism directly confronts the idea that one person or set of people [has] the right to impose definitions of reality on others.
I don't like to be told what to do at all. That's unfortunate because a lot of people come up with good ideas and can direct you.
And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.
The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme.
I think we carry around the idea of being a Kid in the Hall as part of our identity. It's a big part of how we see ourselves now.
A spreadsheet for an innovative idea reports the mathematical relationship between made up numbers. You can't cash a spreadsheet.
People always seemed to pay attention to us. I have no idea why -- there was just a presence between the four people or something.
I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself.
If I'm a commodity, it wouldn't be a wise idea to buy stock in me - although, in the long run, maybe I'm a slow growth investment.
I'm the idea of the human imagination, which, when you think about it, is the only thing we can really be certain ISN'T imaginary.
It's one thing to make peace with the idea of something that's going to happen someday; it's another to find yourself at that day.
The idea of a universal mind or Logos would be, I think, a fairly plausible inference from the present state of scientific theory.
The idea that China and India will just abandon climate action is not true, because they're doing it for more reasons than we are.
I think the great thing about theatre, and if you start in theatre, is that it does build a confidence in poetic themes and ideas.
Single men never have any problems. I suppose that the public builds some kind of idea from what they've seen of me on the screen.
There is no second, or higher self to search for. You are the highest self, only give up the false ideas you have about your self.
Most architects work in studios largely divorced from academia, as if ideas, criticism and historical research were irrelevant.
When we leave the play saying how spectacular the sets or costumes were, or how interesting the ideas, it means we had a bad time.
As for my prediction that this phone would be a bad idea for Apple to pursue, anything can still happen. Time is a cruel mistress.
I am against great themes and great subjects... You can't film an idea. The camera is an instrument for recording physical impact.
If you have a clear idea of a soul, you will have a clear idea of a form; for it is of the same genus, though a different species.
Simple ideas are easier to understand. Ideas that are easier to understand are repeated. Ideas that are repeated change the world.
We are a culture of people who've bought into the idea that if we stay busy enough, the truth of our lives won't catch up with us.
We have all been placed on this earth to discover our own path, and we will never be happy if we live someone else's idea of life.
Approach each customer with the idea of helping him or her solve a problem or achieve a goal, not of selling a product or service.
I've never been interested in philosophy, but some of Jung's ideas seem useful in helping people understand pictures and so forth.
We shouldn't be intimidated by someone else's idea of perfection if it will prevent us from taking steps we actively want to take.
I say quotations are literary. They are good only when dealing with ideas, not with experience. Experience should be pure, unique.
He doesn't love you. But I love you. I want you to have your own thoughts and ideas and feelings, even when I hold you in my arms.