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If you don't listen to theology, that won't mean you have no ideas about God, it will mean you have a lot of wrong ones.
Which came first, the mind or the idea of the mind? Have you never wondered? They arrived together. The mind is an idea.
Nothing, believe me, nothing is more satisfying to me personally than getting a great idea and then beatin' it to death.
Obama has become too dependent on formal speeches and set town halls. His idea of mixing it up is taking off his jacket.
[There's] this idea of "I want to take care of myself," but at the same time I want to be brave, daring, and expressive.
Ideas are cheap. I have more ideas now than I could ever write up. To my mind, it's the execution that is all-important.
It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more about ideas.
En France particulie' rement, les mots ont plus d'empire que les ide es. In France particularly, words reign over ideas.
There is no such thing as a new idea. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope.
I think men don't know what they want, so the idea of not knowing what they're getting makes it a little easier on them.
I like the idea of building this wandering, epic narrative in a form that people don't expect epic narratives to appear.
Every idea occurs while you are working. If you are sitting around waiting for inspiration, you could sit there forever.
Enlightenment has nothing to do with being spiritual. Being spiritual is just an idea - it's another ring of perception.
I regard the people as a great being, inspired by a single idea. This is my problem. I strove to solve it in this opera.
It is only through the opposition of ideas that we can learn to be self-critical, to work towards intellectual humility.
Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express.
When you're dealing with new and emerging diseases, you have no idea and you can't predict in advance what would happen.
Throughout human history, the American Idea has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed.
Man is immortal; therefore he must die endlessly. For life is a creative idea; it can only find itself in changing forms
Resisting a beautiful chocolate cake or a wonderful foie gras is as difficult as (the idea of) saying no to Paul Newman.
True Excellence requires a worthy dream, a good Idea of how to realize it and the courage to risk failure to achieve it.
The fear of criticism is at the bottom of the destruction of most ideas which never reach the planning and action stage.
Most people are completely unaware of their breath. They violate your space, they have no idea that they have halitosis.
Finding your entrepreneurial spirit and making it strong is more important than the idea or business you are developing.
I'd like to write a big rock anthem again. I just need to listen to Korn, and then I might get the idea of how to do it.
There are only a few images that are not forced to provide meaning, or have to go through the filter of a specific idea.
America shudders at anything alien, and when it wants to shut its mind against any man's ideas it calls him a foreigner.
The only music I've ever written was for a film called Frank, and the idea was that it was the worst music in the world.
I think daily deals are a good idea. Any ad people view as content is a good ad, and that's true for daily-deal ads too.
There is no one else who can ever fill your role in the same way, so it's a good idea to perform it as well as possible.
Hollywood has the idea that movies have to be dumb. But especially movies for or about teenagers have to be really dumb!
The idea of literalism in the Bible is a very new phenomenon. In many ways, it's a product of the scientific revolution.
People who believe in painting... realize there is something greater than just coming up with an idea, and executing it.
We have an arsenal of ideas about land use possibly as dangerous to human life on the planet as the use of nuclear arms.
Control is as much an effect as a cause, and the idea that control is something you exert is a real handicap to progress
Even more fundamental than housing to the global financial economy is the idea that the U.S. government is a safe asset.
I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.
Now ... the basic principle of modern mathematics is to achieve a complete fusion [of] 'geometric' and 'analytic' ideas.
An excellent precept for writers: Have a clear idea of all the phrases and expressions you need, and you will find them.
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the other.... The whole purpose of life is to live by love.
I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.
I like to know what the gestation of the idea is, I like to know the foundation, and I do a lot of reading and research.
I've learned the importance of speaking up for myself and voicing my opinions and my ideas. I'm definitely a shy person.
What do we want to be prefects for?” said George, looking revolted at the very idea. “It’d take all the fun out of life.
Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it.
Having a great idea for a product is important, but having a great idea for product distribution is even more important.
To my undying shame, I do read reviews. I don't read them all, but I like to get some kind of idea how things are going.
There is a vast difference between living according to one's idea of what it is to be good, and actually being that way.
We need to start work with the idea that we’re going to learn every day. I learn, even at my position, every single day.
The most emotional part is when I go into my studio every day and pretty much never have an idea of what's gonna happen.