Quotes about ideas
ideas used solve
He had grown used to the idea that Dumbledore could solve anything. J. K. Rowling
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 reading-poetry skins
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 Engle
ideas essence might
The essence of global health equity is the idea that something so precious as health might be viewed as a right. Paul Farmer
ideas interesting different
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. Marya Hornbacher
ideas body substance
The ideas of things intellectually known pass into the substance of the intellect much more than do foods into the substance of the body. Marsilio Ficino
ideas patterns ends
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 Graham
ideas mind patterns
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. Martha Beck
ideas realizing good-ideas
I've come to realize that most good ideas are precisely the ones you can't describe. Mark Haddon
ideas way different
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. Marion Cotillard
ideas want sanctification
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
ideas goal purpose
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.
ideas land healthy
There's something great about the idea of working the land and living communally. That's healthy. That's good. Paul Rudd
ideas done helping
Throughout human history, the American Idea has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed. Paul Ryan
ideas pro-life records
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.
ideas creating creative
I enjoy creating new ideas, working on new creative projects. Paul Allen
ideas good-things
having too many ideas is not always a good thing. Paul Arden