“The free-trade idea, logically applied, will abolish usury; and with usury will disappear the chief bone of contention between labor and capital. But, just at this point, free-traders go over to the enemy; and many writers on political economy, in flat contradiction of the essential principles of that science, have made elaborate arguments to prove self-government in finance, impossible! What shall we think of men who, having dethroned kings, demolished popes, destroyed slave oligarchies and assailed tariff monopoly, advise submission to the most oppressive and dishonest of despotisms, Usury?” ThinkingMenMadeIdeasSelfGovernmentPoliticalEnemyPrinciplesEconomyImpossibleKingsProveEssentialsArgumentLaborTradeSlaveBonesDisappearFinanceDestroyedChiefsContradictionFlatsPopeSubmissionMonopolyAdviseDespotismAbolishThink Of MeContentionFree TradeTradersOligarchySelf-governmentTariffsPolitical EconomyUsuryLabor And Capital Author:Ezra Heywood
“We're all so clogged with dead ideas passed from generation to generation that even the best of us don't know the way out We invented the Revolution but we don't know how to run it Look everyone wants to keep something from the past a souvenir of the old regime This man decides to keep a painting This one keeps his mistress He [ pointing ] keeps his garden He [ pointing ] keeps his estate He keeps his country house He keeps his factories This man couldn't part with his shipyards This one kept his army and that one keeps his king” KnowsMenWayWantLooksIdeasCountryRunningPastHouseKnow HowGenerationsPaintingRevolutionKingsGardenArmyFactoriesRegimesEstatesPointingMistressSouvenirsCountry Houses Author:Peter Weiss
“The idea that America elected a black man to be its president forty years after it declined to allow Martin Luther King Jr. to stand on a balcony without getting shot still maintains its power to awe and inspire.” MenYearsStillsIdeasAmericaBlackPresidentInspireKingsShotsAweFortyLutherBalconies Author:Charlie Pierce
“For centuries before Google, MIT, and IDEO, modern hotbeds of innovation, we struggled to explain any kind of creation, from the universe itself to the multitudes of ideas around us. While we can make atomic bombs, and dry-clean silk ties, we still don't have satisfying answers for simple questions like: Where do songs come from? Are there an infinite variety of possible kinds of cheese? How did Shakespeare and Stephen King invent so much, while we're satisfied watching sitcom reruns? Our popular answers have been unconvincing, enabling misleading, fantasy-laden myths to grow strong.” KindHas BeensStillsIdeasSongUniverseStrongGrowsSimpleAnswersFantasyModernCenturyCreationKingsInnovationInfiniteCleanMythSatisfiedVarietyTiesDryBombsSatisfyingCheeseGoogleMultitudesMisleadSilkSitcomEnablingAtomic BombMitReruns Author:Scott Berkun
“Some men develop their own singularity. Football makes men conform to stereotypes: the warrior or the hunter. Football produces a certain kind of masculinity - the drunk kind, the king who will yell the worst nationalist's ideas. In front of those, it is very difficult to be a dignified woman.” MenKindIdeasCertainDifficultWorstFrontsProduceFootballKingsDrunkWarriorStereotypeConformHuntersMasculinitySingularity Author:Orlan
“I started doing some more specific research on Wales in that period because I like the idea of being authentic to the territory, and with that came the knowledge that there was this great rebellion that was happening with the Marcher barons and conflict with the king. A lot of it wasn't documented by the English.” IdeasKingsPeriodsConflictHappeningsResearchRebellionTerritoryWalesBeing Authentic Author:Kurt Sutter
“Stephen King says that if you forget an idea, then it can't have been any good. He means he, not you. You are not Stephen King. Do not attempt to emulate Stephen King at home.” IfsMeanHas BeensIdeasHomeForgetKingsEmulate Author:Warren Ellis
“Just getting something to work usually means writing reams of code fast, like a Stephen King novel, but making it maintainable and high-quality code that really expresses the ideas well, is like writing poetry. Art is taking away.” WritingWellsMeanArtIdeasQualityNovelKingsArt IsCodeHigh QualityWriting Poetry Author:Erik Naggum
“George Washington might have become our king, but chose not to. His governing idea was that government is our servant because we are inherently free. It is an idea too many in government today forget.” IdeasGovernmentMightTodayForgetKingsServantGoverning Author:Dick Armey
“It would be easy to show that at our present rate of progress the kingdoms of this world never could become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ. Indeed, many in the Church are giving up the idea of it except on the occasion of the advent of Christ, which, as it chimes in with our own idleness, is likely to be a popular doctrine. I myself believe that King Jesus will reign, and the idols be utterly abolished. . . . The Holy Ghost would never suffer the imputation to rest upon His holy name that He was not able to convert the world.” WorldGivingBelieveIdeasShowsWould BeAbleSufferingJesusNamesEasyChristChurchLordProgressThis WorldKingsHolyGiving UpRateGhostKingdomsDoctrineOccasionsIdolsReignIdlenessOur LordHoly GhostAdventChimes Author:Charles Spurgeon
“My favorite play in drama school was 'The Bacchae.' It's about a king who literally gets eaten alive by all the women in the play in a kind of orgy - it's related to the word 'bacchanal' - and I loved that idea of animalistic chaos and following our own desires.” KindIdeasPlaySchoolDesireAliveKingsDramaChaosMy FavoriteFollowingRelatedAnimalistic Author:Hugh Jackman
“King Henry VIII, who said to his lawyer, Forget the alimony, I've got a better idea. Never got a dinner!” SaidIdeasForgetKingsDinnerLawyerAlimonyHenry ViiiHenry VKing Henry Author:Red Buttons
“I had all these songs lying around. They had all these woman characters, and I thought the idea of the Woman King would be a good way to tie them all together.” WayIdeasCharacterWould BeTogetherLyingSongKingsTiesGood Way Author:Iron & Wine
“I got a call from a mutual friend of ours, Charles King, who's also the executive producer. [Steven Caple Jr and I] had a conversation about it. I read it. We kind of finished each other's sentences when it came to the nuances and personality flaws that the character had, and some stereotypes and things we were trying to stay away from. We agreed on that as well. He just kind of allowed me to run rampant with the ideas. As we paced ourselves through, we developed Turquoise.” TryingWellsKindIdeasCharacterRunningPersonalityKingsConversationSentencesFinishedProducersExecutivesMutualFlawsStereotypeNuancePersonality FlawsTurquoise Author:Erykah Badu
“Some people think that [it was] Martin Luther King Jr.'s idea to have a boycott. It was a black woman, a teacher, who said we should boycott the buses. You had people like Fannie Lou Hamer; Delta, Mississippi.” PeopleThinkingShouldSaidIdeasBlackTeacherKingsBusBlack WomenLutherMississippiBoycottDelta Author:John Lewis
“What good would it be to fight a war with the British and end up with your own king? Nobody had any idea that George Washington would be George Washington.” IdeasWarEndsWould BeFightingKingsBritish Author:Kevin Gutzman
“I have no idea and I think Steven King strongest suit is the characters that he does create, all in the same area where he lives. The way he describes them is one of his fortes and it boggles my mind how he's able to do that and to create so many. It must be thousands by now.” ThinkingWayMindDoeIdeasCharacterAbleKingsAreasSuitsNo IdeaStrongestForte Author:Kathy Bates
“I think Hamas should be challenged to consider really embracing Gandhi and Dr. Kings philosophy of advocating nonviolence as a way to achieve self determination, end occupation, achieve unity within their country, and gain allies within Israel. I think this idea of an eye for and eye, a rocket for a bomb, will never bring about peace for either side.” ThinkingWayShouldIdeasEndsSelfCountryPhilosophyEyeSidesAchieveKingsGainsDeterminationUnityIsraelBombsOccupationAlliesSelf DeterminationNonviolenceDrsRocketsAdvocatingHamas Author:Jesse Jackson
“I had no idea what to expect! When the series began, I was new to comics, so I really had to keep my head down and plow forward so that I could learn as much about this new medium as possible. I wanted so much to do a good job and to please Stephen King and all the longtime Dark Tower fans.” IdeasWantedJobsDarkFansKingsPleaseDown AndSeriesMediumsNo IdeaTowersGood JobDark Tower Author:Robin Furth
“Sometimes, as I'm following a story thread to its ultimate conclusion, I find that I start swimming in deep water and need to run an idea by Steve [King].” NeedsIdeasSometimesStoriesRunningWaterKingsUltimateFollowingConclusionSwimmingThreadDeep Water Author:Robin Furth
“It is extreme arrogance for one to think he is the only one who can govern his country and nobody else can do it. We're all human. After 10, 15 years you get tired, you run out of steam and ideas, you have to give a chance to somebody else. And whether you yourself are inclined to stay on, all those around you are pushing you to stay on for what they will gain. One has to have the strength of character to say the time has come to move on...unless you are a king.” ThinkingGivingYearsHumansIdeasCountryCharacterRunningMovingCan DoChanceKingsGainsTiredExtremesArrogancePushingSteamStrength Of Character Author:Kofi Annan
“If you're just starting out as a writer, you could do worse than strip your television's electric plug-wire, wrap a spike around it, and then stick it back into the wall. See what blows, and how far. Just an idea.” IfsWritingIdeasTelevisionWallKingsSticksStartingBlowElectricWireWrapsPlugsStarting Out Book:On writing: a memoir of the craft Source: On writing: a memoir of the craft
“Stealing ideas from contemporaries is rude and tasteless. Stealing from the long dead is considered literary and admirable. The same is true of grave-robbing. Loot your local cemetery and find yourself mired in social awkwardness. But unearth the tomb of an ancient king and you can feel free to pop off his toe rings. You'll probably end up on a book tour, or bagging an honorary degree or two.” FeelsLongTwoBookIdeasEndsSocialKingsDegreesAncientPopsRingsGravesStealingLocalsFinding YourselfRudeToesTombsAdmirableCemeteryAwkwardnessRobbingHonorarySocial Awkwardness Author:N.D. Wilson
“For we each of us deserve everything, every luxury that was ever piled in the tombs of the dead Kings, and we each of us deserve nothing, not a mouthful of bread in hunger. Have we not eaten while another starved? Will you punish us for that? Will you reward us for the virtue of starving while others ate? No man earns punishment, no man earns reward. Free your mind of the idea of deserving, the idea of earning, and you will begin to be able to think.” ThinkingMenMindIdeasAbleVirtueKingsDeserveRewardsHungerPunishmentBreadLuxuryEarningStarvingTombsDeservingFree Your Mind Author:Ursula K. Le Guin