Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joseph Joubert

Ideas never lack for words. It is words that lack ideas.

Joseph Joubert

Ideas never lack for words. It is words that lack ideas. As soon as the idea has come to its last degree of perfection, the word blossoms.

Ozzy Osbourne

I don’t know whose brilliant idea that was, but it wasn’t mine, that’s for sure.

P. G. Wodehouse

The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide.

P. G. Wodehouse

I pressed down the mental accelerator. The old lemon throbbed fiercely. I got an idea.

P. G. Wodehouse

It was one of those cases where you approve the broad, general principle of an idea but can't help being in a bit of a twitter at the prospect of putting it into practical effect. I explained this to Jeeves, and he said much the same thing had bothered Hamlet.

Ovid

He who has it in his power to commit sin, is less inclined to do so. The very idea of being able, weakens the desire.

Paul Newman

I have an extraordinary attention span. I manage to juggle two or three different ideas at the same time, and that's probably, if I have a gift, that's probably the best gift that's given me.

Paul Engle

Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.

Paul Farmer

The essence of global health equity is the idea that something so precious as health might be viewed as a right.

Marya Hornbacher

It's really interesting to me how all of us can experience the exact same event, and yet come away with wildly disparate interpretations of what happened. We each have totally different ideas of what was said, what was intended, and what really took place.

Marsilio Ficino

The ideas of things intellectually known pass into the substance of the intellect much more than do foods into the substance of the body.

Martha Graham

When you start with an idea, or something hits you, then you have to follow that through to the end, and it's the following through to the end that makes the pattern. That, for me, is choreography.

Martha Beck

The idea is to identify a destructive thought pattern, then simply label it and watch it and let it pass by whenever it appears in your mind.

Mark Haddon

I've come to realize that most good ideas are precisely the ones you can't describe.

Marion Cotillard

I was raised with the idea of beauty in a different way. To me, it is something that really comes out of you and surrounds you.

Oswald Chambers

The disciple is rich not in possessions, but in personal identity.

Oswald Chambers

Sanctification is not my idea of what I want God to do for me; sanctification is God’s idea of what He wants to do for me.

Oswald Chambers

We have an idea that God is leading us to a particular end, a desired goal; He is not...What we call the process God calls the end. His purpose is that I depend on Him and His power NOW. It is the process, not the end that is glorifying to God.

Paul Rudd

There's something great about the idea of working the land and living communally. That's healthy. That's good.

Paul Ryan

Throughout human history, the American Idea has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed.

Paul Ryan

I'm very proud of my pro-life record, and I've always adopted the idea that, the position that the method of conception doesn't change the definition of life.

Paul Allen

I enjoy creating new ideas, working on new creative projects.

Paul Arden

having too many ideas is not always a good thing.

Paul Arden

I watch TV more than I used to, and the commercials don't impress me. The standard of execution is very high, but the standard of ideas is appalling.

Paul Arden

Do not covet your ideas.

Paul Arden

Even a bad idea executed is better than a good idea undone.

Paul Auster

It's always a mystery to me, I have to confess. I've never been able to witness the birth of an idea. It seems as if one second, there's nothing particularly going on, and the next second, something is there.

Paul Auster

To tell you the truth, I'm not unhappy about it. I'm not even sure that I like the idea of adapting novels into films. It's very difficult to do, and it usually doesn't work. There are exceptions, but generally speaking, one feels disappointed with the result.

Pat Boone

I've always wanted to stay involved with young people. I never bought into the idea that entertainers owe nothing to their audience except a good performance.

Pat Benatar

At fifty. I thought I would be done. I thought I'd be finished by now. So I have no idea. I just leave it.

Pat Buchanan

Are you attracted by his new ideas or his new poll ratings?

Pat Conroy

There are no ideas in the South, just barbecue.