Idea Quotes
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People want to evolve the idea of the word "mini-series." Mini-series has an '80s connotation to it.
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On tight money: It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of at the bottom - the old trickle-down theory.
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The idea came like a flash of lightning and in an instant the truth was revealed.
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Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love.
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My upbringing was pretty interesting. It was a rigorous, intellectual upbringing, but with the idea that we were a part of an important and legitimate enterprise. What that meant was sitting around the dinner table from a really early age with people from all different backgrounds who believed in God. When I was reporting in the wake of September 11th in Iraq and elsewhere, I felt I had the capacity to talk to people whose beliefs might sound outlandish to more secular journalists. I felt like I could be a translator between those two worlds.
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Very few people love others for what they are; rather, they love what they lend them, their own selves, their own idea of them.
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A good idea plus capable men cannot fail; it is better than money in the bank.
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Sometimes I might feel like a movie is kind of a weird idea and if I'm going to get enough money to execute it properly I've got to get somebody in it that is going to justify the expense.
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I missed the idea of him more than he himself.
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It is the idea of 'People' to treat its material as if it were history and, what is more, as if it were the history of a happy period.
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The idea with theatre is to come to an environment that you enjoy.
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Whenever I find myself in an exceptionally beautiful environment, I can't help asking myself - what lies beneath? I'm fascinated by the idea of a perfect surface concealing a rotten core.
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I said I deserved a home fight, either Philly or Puerto Rico, since I'm always going to someone else's place to fight. Everyone thought it was a great idea to go back to Puerto Rico.
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For me, the excitement in architecture revolves around the idea and the phenomenon of the experience of that idea. Residences offer almost immediate gratification. You can shape space, light, and materials to a degree that you sometimes can't in larger projects.
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It is never a good idea to not be comfortable.
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Coming up with a good idea, with an insight into the way the world works that is really new and that you really believe in, is a deeply satisfying experience.
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When writing poetry, it is not that produces a bright idea, but the bright idea that kindles the fire of.
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We all die someday. Maybe the only thing that makes that fact bearable is the idea that death is the only way we can return to the stars.
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There's a thing in comedy where you take one step into a bad idea, but if you take 10, then it becomes a good idea again.
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My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.
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The idea of changing and fixing the problem of how news is presented on the Internet has been recognized for a long time.
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You need more than an idea to run a business.
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There is usually less romance in marriage than in any other relationship of life. But the general idea concerning marriage is that it is all or nearly all romance.
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I met Harrison Ford at Barney's Beanery. And I met Steve Martin at the bar at the Troubador. He said he wanted to be a stand-up comic. I thought that was the worst idea because he was so square, so Orange County.
