Contemporary Democrats are people who can't stand the idea that someone, somewhere is experiencing good news.

They say it was Cesc Fabregas who threw the pizza at me but, to this day, I have no idea who the culprit was.

It just happens to be that people like to associate poetry and rap music. I think that idea is kind of corny.

Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.

Sometimes you know the story. Sometimes you make it up as you go along and have no idea how it will come out.

Pacifism is a nice idea but it can get you killed. We're not there yet. Evolution is slow, small pox is fast.

If some crazy idea stays in my head for long enough, then there's no fighting it. I just say, Okay, let's go.

What I say is I am somebody who cares about conservative ideas. I want to see them implemented in governance.

It was a very bad idea. It was a terrible idea. It was the worst idea he had ever heard. It was irresistible.

The modern idea of a Great Man is one who stands at the lonely extremity of some single line of development--

Frankly, I was surprised at how generous the Japanese press has been to the idea of a foreigner running Sony.

If you are trying to sell someone your idea and you can't even define it to yourself, then that is a problem.

I run into a lot of people who are instantly filled with ridicule at the idea that someone wouldn't eat meat.

I'm going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli.

Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.

I suppose it's knowing when you've come up with an idea that works, when you've got it right, whatever it is.

There's nothing more horrifying than the possibility or the idea that you will just fade away into obscurity.

My favourite vampires are all very scary indeed. So the idea of falling in love with one is just weird to me.

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

Idea is to constantly raise the bar, push the boundaries. Fitness is ultimately a journey, not a destination.

You must force yourself to consider opposing arguments. Especially when they challenge your best loved ideas.

Literature is not made of ideas and it's not made of concepts, of psychological analysis. It's made of words.

It's not that I don't know that it's a bad idea. It's that, lately, bad ideas have a particular hold over me.

Schiller is an important philosopher because he shows just how integral the idea of beauty is in normal life.

Forget the idea that inspiration will come to you like a flash of lightning. It's much more about hard graft.

Once a suggestion has entered the general atmosphere of human thought, it is very difficult to neutralise it.

I love going into a dive where they have no idea who I am or haven't heard my music and try to win them over.

The sense of spiritual relief which comes from rejecting the idea of God as a supernatural being is enormous.

A balanced program for tax reform based upon the common sense idea of lowering taxes out of surplus revenues.

I think closing-off is the most detrimental thing we can do as people. Also, the idea of not judging oneself.

Thank God for the creative ideas that enrich life by adding your own creative contributions to human progress

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested intellectual development.

I would ask my parents something, but then go to my siblings. We were encouraged to bounce ideas off everyone.

Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.

The governing idea of Hellenism is spontaneity of consciousness ; that of Hebraism, strictness of conscience .

There is no time. There is no space. There is no condition. There is only awareness, awareness of these ideas.

Despite the fact that I had a writing background, they didn't want to accept whatever ideas I had as a writer.

I started doing radio pieces with no clear, preconceived idea, except that I have a tendency to be theatrical.

It wasn't a new idea. During the war against the French we had this kind of broadcast for the French soldiers.

An essential part of seeing clearly is finding the willingness to look closely and to go beyond our own ideas.

The idea is that the state doesn't have rights to limit individuals' wants and passions. I disagree with that.

A choreographic idea flows only as fast as the initiator can communicate it to bodies and see them realize it.

For me, going to London is like coming home. In fact, I've often entertained the idea of ending my days there.

A good idea turns every cog in your mind, making you scared of bed in case the whole machine grinds to a halt.

Looking out over the courtyard at the dirty walls, he realized he had no idea whether it was hysteria or love.

Most of the women I saw on TV didn't seem like people I actually knew. They felt like ideas of what women are.

It's very easy to overproduce stuff and you can forget those first spontaneous ideas are often the best ideas.

I had no idea 'Big Green Tractor' was going to be as big a hit as it was. You just can't predict those things.

Someday, you need to build a business that's difficult to replicate. This is an important part of a good idea.

I really have no idea what the French think of my characters, or why The Devil All the Time did so well there.

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