Paul Krugman Quotes
I'm especially baffled by the idea of taking insurance against a U.S. default. If America defaults, we're talking about a chaotic world - Mad Max, more or less - in which case, who imagines that insurance claims will be honored?Paul Krugman
Quotes to Explore
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The basic idea for what became 'Epic Mickey' began at the Disney Think Tank.
Warren Spector -
When the idea of 'Chopped' surfaced, it was originally meant to be taped at some guy's mansion with him and his crazy Chihuahua. A stuffy fellow in a tuxedo was to host, and the losing chef's dish was then fed to the dog! I am not kidding, I saw it! I think it is genius! Twisted, but genius!
Ted Allen -
I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
Daniel Day-Lewis -
I like the idea of the comedy of resilience.
Oscar Isaac -
In all my years of baseball, I have always expected to be traded. I never liked the idea.
Jackie Robinson -
I still have not given up the idea of becoming a journalist, but at 17 I decided to follow my heart and stay in Los Angeles with my girlfriend as opposed to going to Johns Hopkins.
Mackenzie Astin
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For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding the public a steady line of sacred bull.
Ralph Nader -
Comparing oneself with one's fellow writers is a bad idea. I would not review a fellow writer unless I had something terribly positive to say.
W. G. Sebald -
I love the idea of making a movie for kids but it's got to be that, with my take on it.
Tarsem Singh -
Health care's not about insurance! Health care's about getting treatment.
P. J. O'Rourke -
If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do.
J. Michael Straczynski -
When you're so passionate about cinema, the idea to direct your own film is really appealing.
Gaspard Ulliel
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The idea of designing something that is like something else is incredibly uninteresting and boring.
Yves Behar -
I've always enjoyed mathematics. It is the most precise and concise way of expressing any idea.
N. R. Narayana Murthy -
No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
It's such a crass idea - you're either in love or out of love.
Damien Hirst -
I love the idea of metamorphosing and changing, the legalized insanity of acting.
Taylor Negron -
Every idea is an incitement... eloquence may set fire to reason.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre.
Frances McDormand -
What is lawful is not binding only on some and not binding on others. Lawfulness extends everywhere, through the wide-ruling air and the boundless light of the sky.
Empedocles -
I'm especially baffled by the idea of taking insurance against a U.S. default. If America defaults, we're talking about a chaotic world - Mad Max, more or less - in which case, who imagines that insurance claims will be honored?
Paul Krugman