“You need a great idea, but then you've got to carry it through. If you get it right, you're going to be a critical success. But not everyone who works hard gets it right, or has the success they deserve: there's an element of luck.” IfsNeedsIdeasHardHard WorkElementsDeserveLuckCriticalGreat Idea Author:Ian Rankin
“The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left can't govern without ideas.” NeedsIdeasProblemLeft Author:Jose Saramago
“It is a good idea to become involved with sports and athletics. It makes you strong. You need to be strong to deal with this world and the powers and forces that block enlightenment.” WorldNeedsIdeasStrongForceSportsDealsThis WorldHealthBuddhismInvolvedEnlightenmentBlockGood IdeasAthletics Author:Frederick Lenz
“With me it's the whole thing, it's the conceit, the idea, what the poem is saying. And it goes on just as long as is necessary to say what needs to be said.” NeedsLongSaidIdeasWholeGoes OnConceit Author:James Laughlin
“The idea of a youth-based society that you live in for a certain time and then you no longer live anymore is an interesting idea for a movie, but you need young people that people want to go see.” PeopleWantNeedsIdeasYoungCertainInterestingYouthInteresting Ideas Author:Joel Silver
“I've been very lucky in the freedom that I've been given. Every artist needs two types of freedom: You need the freedom to - the freedom to come up with an idea or treatment - and then you need the other half of the freedom, and that's freedom from - somebody saying, 'This is great. This is how I want you to do it'.” WantNeedsTwoIdeasArtistGivenHalfTypeLuckyCome UpTreatmentI Want YouOther Half Author:Steve Sabol
“At the very core of my relationship to learning is the idea that we should be as organic as possible. We need to cultivate a deeply refined introspective sense, and build our relationship to learning around our nuance of character.” NeedsShouldIdeasCharacterCoreOur RelationshipRefinedIntrospectiveNuance Author:Joshua Waitzkin
“You need to feel good about your life. Winning is a great idea, but you can get stuck in it too. It's just another way of looking at life, an idea. You need to renew yourself and your spirit.” WayInspirationalNeedsFeelsIdeasSpiritWinningBuddhismStuckFeel GoodAnother WayGreat Idea Author:Frederick Lenz
“All you need do is listen to very smart people and sift out the ideas that are unworthy or implausible, and I wouldn't pretend for a moment that I hadn't made lots of mistakes and there are companies, perhaps, that we had been investors in.” PeopleNeedsMadeIdeasMomentsMistakeCompanySmartInvestorsUnworthySmart PeopleVery Smart Author:Michael Moritz
“Proselytism is solemn nonsense, it makes no sense. We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve our knowledge of the world around us. Sometimes after a meeting I want to arrange another one because new ideas are born and I discover new needs. This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the Good.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantNeedsImportantIdeasSometimesTogetherMovingBornImportant ThingsMeetingsCirclesNonsenseNew IdeasSolemnKnowledge Of The World Author:Pope Francis
“You need others. Too often people think that being unique means being isolated, and being a great artist means coming up with genius ideas out of nowhere. Nothing could be farther from the truth.” PeopleThinkingNeedsMeanIdeasArtistGeniusUniqueIsolatedGreat ArtGreat ArtistBeing Unique Author:John Lasseter
“I am committed to writing appropriate books for the middle grades. This means no bad language, no gratuitous or explicit violence, and no sexual content beyond what you might find in a PG-rated movie – expressions of who likes whom, holding hands, and perhaps the occasional kiss. The idea that we should treat sexual orientation itself as an adults-only topic, however, is absurd. Non-heterosexual children exist. To pretend they do not, to fail to recognize that they have needs for support and validation like any child, would be bad teaching, bad writing, and bad citizenship.” NeedsShouldWritingMeanChildrenBookIdeasHandsMightWould BeLanguageSupportViolenceFailingTeachingMiddleExpressionKissingAdultsTreatsCommittedLikesAbsurdGradesAppropriateCitizenshipTopicsOccasionalOrientationValidationExplicitHolding HandsBad WritingBad Language Author:Rick Riordan
“There's the idea that people should be able to control how the information that they're giving to websites is used and monetized in a more clear and powerful way. That's something that probably will need government action.” PeopleWayNeedsGivingShouldIdeasGovernmentAbleActionUsedPowerfulClearInformationWebsite Author:Eli Pariser
“Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone's idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.” NeedsIdeasPathPursueRight Path Author:Baz Luhrmann
“Rule One. You must know the difference between an asset and a liability, and buy assets. If you want to be rich, this is all you need to know. It is Rule No. 1. It is the only rule. This may sound absurdly simple, but most people have no idea how profound this rule is. Most people struggle financially because they do not know the difference between an asset and a liability.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantNeedsMayIdeasSoundDifferencesWealthSimpleStruggleRichProfoundNo IdeaAssetsLiability Book:Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! Source: Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
“Inspiration means that you don't have to figure things out, or think about them. Ideas and answers pop into your head and the energy carries you forward, if you allow it. Planning. . . is a way of ritually killing inspiration, which transcends the need for planning.” IfsThinkingWayNeedsMeanIdeasInspirationEnergyAnswersFiguresKillingPopsPlanningCarrie Author:Chuck Spezzano
“I don't claim to be an expert on this, but I think ADD and creativity may be the same thing; it's just that they can't sell you drugs for being creative. Seriously, the world needs people whose minds constantly wander, because that's how great ideas are stumbled upon.” PeopleThinkingWorldNeedsMindMayIdeasCreativityCreativeGratitudeDrugClaimsSellsAddWanderExpertsBe CreativeGreat Idea Author:Hal Elrod
“Having more and newer things each year has become not just something we want but something we need. The idea of more, of ever increasing wealth, has become the center of our identity and our security, and we are caught up by it as the addict by his drugs.” WantNeedsYearsIdeasWealthInspiringSecurityIdentityDrugCaughtCaught UpAddict Author:Paul L Wachtel
“The idea is the least labor and capital and resources you put together and the more you accumulate the better capitalist you are. So the suggestion I will make to you is that the idea of constant accumulation, which is what America is about, what consumerism, NAFTA are about, means that you always take more than you need and you don't leave the rest. So I suggest that it is possible from an indigenous world view that capitalism is inherently out of order with natural law.” WorldNeedsMeanIdeasTogetherAmericaLawOrderNaturalViewsCapitalismResourcesLaborConstantCapitalistConsumerismSuggestionsIndigenousAccumulationNatural LawOverconsumptionWorld ViewNaftaLabor And Capital Author:Winona LaDuke
“To meditate what you need to do is free yourself from your ideas and your thoughts. All of the higher dimensional planes, the higher realities, the infinite cosmos itself is beyond thought.” NeedsIdeasRealityHigherInfinitePlanesCosmosFree Yourself Author:Frederick Lenz
“What is the most powerful force in the world? And I think you would agree that is a big idea if it is in the hands of an entrepreneur who is actually going to make the idea not only happen, but spread all across society. And we understand that in business but we have need for entrepreneurship just as much in education, human rights, health, and the environment as we do in hotels and steel.” IfsThinkingWorldNeedsHumansIdeasHandsBigsHappensForcePowerfulEnvironmentRightsAgreeEntrepreneurHuman RightsSpreadEntrepreneurshipHotelMost PowerfulSteelBig Ideas Author:Bill Drayton
“I always try to buy just what I need. You get ideas as to what's in season and what's best. I think if you have a preconceived idea before shopping, that makes it difficult. You have to have an open mind.” IfsThinkingNeedsTryingMindIdeasDifficultSeasonsShoppingNeed YouOpen MindI Need YouPreconceived Ideas Author:Julia Child
“The unphilosophical majority among men are the ones most helplessly dependent on their era's dominant ideas. In times of crises these men need the guidance of some kind of theory; but, being unfamiliar with the field of ideas, they do not know that alternatives to the popular theories are possible. They know only what they have always been taught.” KnowsMenNeedsKindIdeasFieldsTaughtTheoryCrisisMajorityAlternativesErasGuidanceDependentDominantUnfamiliarTimes Of Crisis Book:Ominous Parallels Source: Ominous Parallels
“The idea of school choice is spreading like wildfire around the country, because it's the one education reform that puts real choices and real opportunities in the hands of families who desperately need them.” NeedsIdeasRealCountryHandsSchoolChoicesOpportunityReformWildfiresEducation ReformSchool Choice Author:Clint Bolick
“Artists... do not need the applause or condemnation of the critics, the ideas of other artists, or the demands of the collectors.” NeedsIdeasArtistDemandCriticsApplauseCollectorsCondemnation Author:Robert Genn
“Disneyland is something that will never be finished. It's something that I can keep developing. It will be a live, breathing thing that will need change. A picture is a thing, once you wrap it up and turn it over to Technicolor, you're through. Snow White is a dead issue with me. But I can change the park, because it's alive.” NeedsI CanIdeasDreamTurnsImaginationWhiteIssuesAliveFinishedSnowDevelopingBreathingParksWrapsNeed A ChangeDisneylandSnow White Author:Walt Disney
“A very real barrier to faith is this feeling of self-sufficiency, this unrealistic idea that one can accomplish everything by his or her own self. Some people have the conviction they must do it all alone. They have no faith in others. . . they are convinced that there is no one able to do the job as well as themselves. They refuse to admit that they may need the help of friends, doctor, minister, or even God.” PeopleNeedsWellsMayIdeasRealSelfHelpingFeelingsAbleJobsFaithDoctorsRefuseConvictionAccomplishConvincedMinistersBarriersFaith In GodAll AloneSelf SufficiencySufficiency Author:Norman Vincent Peale
“Each day that we live, we're taking in new information, ideas, concepts, experiences, and sensations. We need to consciously stand guard at the doors of our minds to make sure that whatever we're allowing to enter will cause our lives to be enriched, that the experiences we pursue will add to our stockpile of possibility.” NeedsMindIdeasMotivationalCausesOur LivesDoorsInformationPossibilityConceptsAddPursueEach DaySensationsAllowingNew Information Author:Tony Robbins
“It's up to you to avail yourself to knowledge. Knowledge doesn't need you. The idea of a compassionate God was formulated, obviously, by someone who didn't want to do any work.” WantNeedsIdeasGodCompassionateNeed YouUp To You Author:Frederick Lenz
“In the name of friendship you should make sure your door is always open to listen. Don't feel you need to provide unsolicited possible solutions, answers or even ideas. Listening without judgment and offering assistance when asked should be enough. That's friendship's high calling.” NeedsFeelsShouldIdeasEnoughNamesWomenAnswersDoorsListeningCallingJudgmentSolutionsOfferingAssistance Author:Amy Dickinson
“We're not really taught how to recreate constructively. We need to do more than find diversions; we need to restore and expand ourselves. Our idea of relaxing is all too often to plop down in front of the television set and let its pandering idiocy liquefy our brains. Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery - it recharges by running.” NeedsMindIdeasMotivationalRunningProcessBrainCarFrontsTelevisionTaughtBatteriesDiversionIdiocyThought Process Author:Bill Watterson
“All paintings start with concept, which is another word for image or imagination. The mistake is to isolate the concept as if the idea did not need to be given permanent form.” IfsNeedsIdeasFormGivenImaginationMistakePaintingConceptsPermanent Author:Joseph Plaskett