Idea Quotes

I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded.
Simone Weil

Thought, Christian, Cannot

Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison.
Simone Weil

Nothing, Progress, Poison

The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.
Maria Montessori

Good, Evil, Between

And so I think that the idea of America working with other countries to solve problems is good for us, and it is part of digging us out of the 'my way or the highway' approach that was evident in the previous eight years.
Madeleine Albright

Good, America, Working

It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what's cool.
Bill Watterson

Cool, Once, Grow

It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.
Eric Hoffer

Men, Power, Evil

The idea of going back to college scares me, and I didn't even go. I went to college for one year, two semesters. If you add up the total time, I probably didn't even go one semester.
Rush Limbaugh

Time, Two, College

We are hated because we are free. We are hated because of the idea that is the United States of America. We are hated because of our Constitution.
Rush Limbaugh

America, Free, United

We must revisit the idea that science is a methodology and not an ontology.
Deepak Chopra

Science, Revisit

Every spiritual tradition has this idea of death and resurrection. It's not unique to Christianity.
Deepak Chopra

Death, Spiritual, Unique

I grew up with a lot of Muslim friends, and the whole idea of revelation has been a lifelong interest of mine.
Deepak Chopra

Friends, Whole, Interest

I mean, first of all, let me say whichever superhero first came up with the idea of wearing a cape, he wasn't really onto anything good. The number of times I'm treading on that damn thing or I throw a punch and it ends up covering my whole head. It's really not practical.
Christian Bale

Good, Mean, Whole

'Snow White' is an old fairy tale, so obviously the idea of vanity and obsession with youth is long-standing. With today's science, people have become crazy with trying to move their face around. It's bizarre.
Julia Roberts

Science, Today, Crazy

People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example; I don't read what's handed to me. People say, 'Here, here's your speech, or here's an idea for a speech.' They're changed. Trust me.
George W. Bush

Trust, Time, Give

Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries.
Doug Coupland

Business, Past, Two

While gossip among women is universally ridiculed as low and trivial, gossip among men, especially if it is about women, is called theory, or idea, or fact.
Andrea Dworkin

Women, Men, Gossip

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Fire, May, Reason

I just kind of wake up with a new idea and new dreams every day, and I follow that dream, as they say.
Dolly Parton

Dreams, Dream, Follow

Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's completely impossible. 2- It's possible, but it's not worth doing. 3- I said it was a good idea all along.
Arthur C. Clarke

Good, May, Impossible

The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
Linus Pauling

Good, Best, Ideas

Most men are very attached to the idea of being male, and usually experience a lot of fear and insecurity around the idea of being a man. Most women are very identified with their gender, and also experience a tremendous amount of fear and insecurity.
Andrew Cohen

Women, Men, Experience

For the last five years, we have been presented with the idea that Barack Obama is superhuman. Barack Obama is unlike any of us or anyone else. And he isn't. In fact, he's much less achieved and much less accomplished than most who have gotten half as far as he has, and I think maybe what we saw was the best.
Rush Limbaugh

Best, Else, Fact

An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.
William Feather

Work, Energy, Until

When we were starting off as kids, just the idea of maybe going to do this as a living instead of getting what we thought was going to be a boring job, was exciting.
Paul McCartney

Job, Boring, Thought

I like the idea that people hear my stuff, and if it's commercially successful, that's a good sign that it's being heard.
Paul McCartney

Good, Successful, Stuff

I hate the idea of success robbing you of your private life.
Paul McCartney

Life, Success, Hate

I come from a family of very devout, praying people. That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
Mos Def

Love, Peace, Family

No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it.
Fernando Pessoa

Stupidity, Acceptance, General

People don't like the idea of consequences. They want to be able to live their life freely and do what they want to do without any consequences. And we know that's just not the way life is.
Charles Stanley

Life, Live, Able

I mean, just because you're a musician doesn't mean all your ideas are about music. So every once in a while I get an idea about plumbing, I get an idea about city government, and they come the way they come.
Jerry Garcia

Music, Government, Mean

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