“I love meeting fans. They're always fun, they always have good things to say, smart questions to ask, and plenty of ideas for me to explore in the future.” IdeasAsksFunFansSmartGood ThingsMeetingsPlenty Author:Tamora Pierce
“The process of just being in front of people, having to stand up for your ideas, and ask - and then ask people for money, which is a very hard thing to do.” PeopleIdeasHardAsksProcessFrontsThings To DoJust BeingHard Things Author:David Plotz
“I had this idea when I was in the hospital, .. It seems like every year I always have different people come and ask for a Christmas song and it seemed strangely appropriate for me this year because Christmas is the time that I am supposed to be sort of back and up and running and whatnot. So I just wrote a song about returning from this very interesting journey and kind of getting back to normal and getting back to work and my regular life.” PeopleYearsKindIdeasDifferentSeemsRunningSongAsksInterestingJourneyNormalChristmasSupposed To BeAppropriateHospitalsVery InterestingDifferent PeoplesBack To WorkChristmas Song Author:Andrew McMahon
“The effect of our knowledge rather ought to be, first, to teach us reverence and fear; and, secondly, to induce us, under its guidance and teaching, to ask every good thing from [God], and, when it is received, ascribe it to him. For how can the idea of God enter your mind without instantly giving rise to the thought, that since you are his workmanship, you are bound, by the very law of creation, to submit to his authority?-\-\that your life is due to him?-\-\that whatever you do ought to have reference to him.” GivingMindFirstsIdeasLawLife IsAsksTeachTeachingEffectsCreationOughtAuthorityGood ThingsBoundsVery GoodDuesGuidanceReverenceSubmitWorkmanship Book:The Institutes Of The Christian Religion, Books First and Second Source: The Institutes Of The Christian Religion, Books First and Second
“I'm a child myself, in the sense that I'm still looking. Children are fascinated by black holes and ask me questions. I find they soon get the idea if it is explained in nontechnical language.” IfsChildrenStillsIdeasAsksLanguageBlackHolesAsk MeFascinatedBlack Hole Author:Stephen Hawking
“Ideas are somewhat like babies - they are born small, immature, and shapeless. They are promise rather than fulfillment. In the innovative company executives do not say, "This is a damn-fool idea." Instead they ask, "What would be needed to make this embryonic, half-baked, foolish idea into something that makes sense, that is an opportunity for us?"” IdeasWould BeAsksOpportunityBornHalfCompanyBabyFoolNeededPromiseFoolishMake SenseFulfillmentDamnExecutivesInnovativeImmature Author:Peter Drucker
“People ask me whether I think that one day I might wake up one morning and run dry, but I've had the opposite feeling - that I would die before I had time to write all the ideas in my drawer.” PeopleThinkingWritingIdeasFeelingsMightRunningDiesAsksMorningOne DayOppositesWake UpAsk MeDryDrawers Author:Woody Allen
“One more item for the delusional Miss Grundys still obtusely citing Reagan as their model of “niceness”: As governor of California, Reagan gave student protesters at Berkeley the finger. Remember that next time you ask yourself: “What would Reagan do?” People who are afraid of ideas whitewash Reagan like they whitewash Jesus. Sorry to break it to you, but the Reagan era did not consist of eight years of Reagan joking about his naps.” PeopleYearsStillsIdeasRememberNextAsksJesusBreakMissingStudentsModelsFingersSorryEightErasCaliforniaGovernorsNext TimeItemsNapsDelusionalCitingBerkeleyNiceness Author:Ann Coulter
“The phrase "may you live in interesting times" is the lowest in a trilogy of Chinese curses that continue "may you come to the attention of those in authority" and finish with "may the gods give you everything you ask for." I have no idea about its authenticity.” GivingMayIdeasAsksInterestingAttentionAuthorityAuthenticityChineseNo IdeaCursePhrasesLowestTrilogiesInteresting Times Author:Terry Pratchett
“My friends ... they usually rib me about how I just sleep in and watch Oprah and that I don't really have a proper job. I've given up arguing now, so I just agree with them, even though half the time I realise I've started work before they have. Still, it's best to keep the romantic idea alive. If they call around midday and ask if they woke me, I always say yes.” IfsStillsIdeasJobsAsksGivenSleepHalfWatchesAliveMy FriendsAgreeArguingRealisingGiven UpRibs Author:Markus Zusak
“To achieve consistently terrific customer service, you must hire wonderful people who believe in your company's goals, habitually do better than the norm and who will love their jobs; make sure that their ideas and opinions are heard and respected; then give them the freedom to help and solve problems for your customers. Rather than providing rules or scripts, you should ask them to treat the customer as they themselves would like to be treated - which is surely the highest standard.” PeopleGivingShouldBelieveIdeasHelpingProblemJobsAsksGoalCompanyOpinionWonderfulHeardAchieveHighestStandardsTreatsScriptsSolveCustomersTreatedProvidingConsistentlyBelieve In YouNormTerrific Author:Richard Branson
“If you were to ask me to speak Swedish or Dutch or German, I have no idea if I could pull that off!” IfsIdeasAsksSpeakNo IdeaAsk MeIf I CouldDutchSwedish Author:Marisol Nichols
“Change depends on people knowing the truth. Change depends on people speaking that truth out loud. That's what movements do. Movements educate people to the truth. They pass along information and ideas that many others do not know, and they cause them to ask questions, to challenge their own long-held beliefs. ... Movements are the way ordinary people get more freedom and justice. Movements are how we keep a check on power and those who abuse it.” PeopleKnowsWayLongIdeasAsksBeliefCausesChallengesJusticeKnowingInformationMovementDependsOrdinaryAbuseActivismChecksLoudEducateSocial ChangeOrdinary PeopleKnowing The Truth Author:Unita Blackwell
“"Where do you get your ideas?" That's the one question I'm genuinely sick of being asked, and also genuinely fascinated by. What fascinates me is not that people ask the question, but what kind of answer are they really looking for? Because if I tell them the truth, which is "I make them up," they seem very disappointed. They want to know about the trek I do once a year to the mountain.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantYearsKindIdeasSeemsAsksAnswersMountainSickDisappointedFascinated Author:Neil Gaiman
“If your project or organization depends on knowing things that other people don't know (but could find out if they wanted to), your days are probably numbered. Ask a travel agent The alternative, while difficult, is obvious. Provide enough non-commodity service and customization that it doesn't matter if the ideas spread. In fact, it will help you when they do.” PeopleIfsKnowsIdeasMatterEnoughFactsHelpingWantedAsksDifficultKnowingDependsProjectsOrganizationObviousSpreadAgentsAlternativesCommodityKnowing ThingsTravel Agent Author:Seth Godin
“God has done more than I could ask or even imagine on more occasions than I could ever recount. His ways are higher than my ways. My ideas simply cannot compete with his.” WayIdeasDoneAsksImagineHigherOccasionsMy Way Author:Dillon Burroughs
“The new advocates of ID [Intelligent Design] ask that their ideas be judged by scientific, not religious, criteria. OK, let's see how well ID stacks up as a scientific alternative to Darwinism. To gauge how well ID is doing as a platform for scientific research, I logged into the best database of the biological literature. A search for keyword ''evolution'' yielded 24,000 hits in the last decade. A search for ''intelligent design'' yielded not a single piece of research. Evolution by natural selection remains the basis of every successful biological research program.” WellsIdeasLastsAsksLiteratureNaturalReligiousSuccessfulPiecesAtheismDesignEvolutionResearchProgramBasesIntelligentRemainsPositive AtheismDecadesAlternativesJudgedPlatformsSelectionCriteriaNatural SelectionDarwinismScientific ResearchGaugesIntelligent DesignDatabasesKeywords Author:Chet Raymo
“Above all do not ask that justice be just: It is just, because it is justice. The idea of a just justice could have originated only in the brain of an anarchist.” IdeasAsksJusticeBrainAnarchist Author:Honore de Balzac
“Never ask who's right. Start out by asking what is right. And you find that out by listening to dissenting, disagreeing opinions.” IdeasAsksOpinionListeningAsking Author:Peter Drucker
“Stevenson had noble ideas--as did the young Franklin for that matter. But Stevenson felt that the way to implement them was to present himself as a thoughtful idealist and wait for the world to flock to him. He considered it below him, or wrong, to scramble out among the people and ask them what they wanted. Roosevelt grappled voters to him. Stevenson shied off from them. Some thought him too pure to desire power, though he showed ambition when it mattered.” PeopleWorldWayIdeasMatterWantedYoungDesireAsksFeltWaitingPureAmbitionNobleThoughtfulVotersFlocksFranklinIdealist Author:Garry Wills
“I've failed a million times on stage. I've listened to notes that I knew weren't right. I've pitched ideas and let other people change them, knowing that it was the wrong choice. The question you have to ask yourself is: How do you want to fail? Do you want to fail in a way that feels like it respects your tastes and value system?” PeopleWayWantFeelsIdeasValuesChoicesAsksMillionsKnowingFailingStageTasteNotesWrong ChoicesValue Systems Author:Amy Poehler
“All during the day, in the chinks of time between the things we find ourselves obliged to do, there are the moments when our minds ask: 'What next?' In these chinks of time, ask Him: 'Lord, think Thy thoughts in my mind. What is on Thy mind for me to do now?' When we ask Christ, 'What next?' we tune in and give Him a chance to pour His ideas through our enkindled imagination. If we persist, it becomes a habit.” IfsThinkingGivingMindIdeasMomentsNextAsksChristImaginationChanceLordHabitTunesPersistObligedChinks Author:Frank Laubach
“Microsoft looks at new ideas, they don't evaluate whether the idea will move the industry forward, they ask, 'how will it help us sell more copies of Windows?” LooksIdeasHelpingMovingAsksIndustryWindowSellsCopiesNew IdeasMicrosoftEvaluate Author:Bill Gates