Quotes about id
ideas tree theory
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. Harry S Truman
ideas facts may
There may be some substitute for hard facts, but if there is, I have no idea what it can be. J. Paul Getty
ideas india
Then India, everyone has his own idea of India.
ideas bullets dallas
If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do. J. Michael Straczynski
ideas choices tears
I'm a big believer in the idea that while we are the sum of our tears, we are also the product of our choices in how we deal with those tears.
ideas today roles
The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role. J. M. Coetzee
ideas together sparks
The spark of true poetry flashes when ideas are juxtaposed that no one has yet thought of bringing together.
ideas long trying
Are you trying to weasel out of showing us any of this stuff?" said Zacharias Smith. "Here's an idea," said Ron loudly, "why don't you shut your mouth?" "Well, we've all turned up to learn from him, and now he's telling us he can't really do any of it," he said. "That's not what he said," said Fred Weasley. "Would you like us to clean out your ears for you?" inquired George, pulling a long and lethal-looking metal instrument from inside one of the Zonko's bags. "Or any part of your body, really, we're not fussy where we stick this," said Fred. J. K. Rowling
ideas used solve
He had grown used to the idea that Dumbledore could solve anything.
ideas misunderstood might
The idea of Dumbledore's corpse frightened Harry much less than the possibility that he might have misunderstood the living Dumbledore's intentions.
ideas purpose ankles
I just wondered where you —” Ron broke off, shrugging. “Nothing. I’m going back to bed.” “Just thought you’d come nosing around, did you?” Harry shouted. He knew that Ron had no idea what he’d walked in on, knew he hadn’t done it on purpose, but he didn’t care — at this moment he hated everything about Ron, right down to the several inches of bare ankle showing beneath his pajama trousers.
ideas people different
The poor are discussed as this homogeneous mash, like porridge. The idea that they might be individuals, and be where they are for very different, diverse reasons, again seems to escape some people.
ideas stones way
I find that discussing an idea out loud is often the way to kill it stone dead.
ideas gone deaf
I have gone temporarily deaf and haven't any idea what you said, Harry.
ideas giving night-time
Nothing like a nighttime stroll to give you ideas.
ideas wealth-of-knowledge house
An immense and ever-increasing wealth of knowledge is scattered about the world today; knowledge that would probably suffice to solve all the mighty difficulties of our age, but it is dispersed and unorganized. We need a sort of mental clearing house for the mind: a depot where knowledge and ideas are received, sorted, summarized, digested, clarified and compared. H. G. Wells
ideas cynical literature
Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true. H. L. Mencken
ideas belief politician
Save among politicians it is no longer necessary for any educated American to profess belief in Thirteenth Century ideas
ideas healthy literature
As if paralyzed by the national fear of ideas, the democratic distrust of whatever strikes beneath the prevailing platitudes, it evades all resolute and honest dealing with what, after all, must be every healthy literature's elementary materials.
ideas envy imbeciles
A skeptic as to all ideas, including especially my own, I have never suffered a pang when the ideas of some other imbecile prevailed.
ideas white house
We suffer most when the White House busts with ideas.
ideas diaries brilliant
The other thing that I started doing for myself was, I went through my diary of ideas that I keep and made sure that the translation of the comic to the movie was good. Guillermo del Toro
ideas people may
You learn more about a person from the people around that person than you do from the person themselves. We all have our own ideas of who we are that may or may not be justified, and you can really find out a heck of a lot more accurately from the people around an individual. Greg Kinnear
ideas fairy-tale fairy
The idea of my life as a fairy tale is itself a fairy tale, Grace Kelly
ideas two technique
The history of science is rich in example of the fruitfulness of bringing two sets of techniques, two sets of ideas, developed in separate contexts for the pursuit of new truth, into touch with one another. J. Robert Oppenheimer
ideas people needs
It's unnatural and unhealthy for a nation to be engaged in global crusades for some principle or idea while neglecting the needs of its own people. J. William Fulbright
ideas giving tolerance
Intellectually, the Republican idea deserves the tolerance and respect one gives to the dead. H. P. Lovecraft
ideas interesting
What makes the food that we do at Alinea so interesting on the outside is that we really don't let ourselves say no to an idea. Grant Achatz
ideas stronger bombs
Before it was a Bomb, the Bomb was an Idea. Superman, however, was a Faster, Stronger, Better Idea. Grant Morrison
ideas devil want
What makes our poetry so contemptible nowadays is its paucity of ideas. If you want to be read, invent. Who the Devil wouldn't like to read something new? Georg C. Lichtenberg
ideas world
Ideas too are a life and a world.
ideas liberty mankind
How did mankind ever come by the idea of liberty? What a grand thought it was!
ideas body nobility
Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads.