“It's nice to be in a place where I can be a little more selective, and to be sought out for ideas that I have.” LittlesI CanIdeasNiceSelective Author:Will Ferrell
“Self-discovery is realistic. It's not built on ideas and philosophies. It's what works. Philosophies are nice if you like philosophies. But self-discovery is predicated on something that really brings you into enlightened states of mind.” IfsInspirationalMindIdeasSelfStatesPhilosophyNiceBuddhismDiscoveryBuiltSelf DiscoveryEnlightenedRealisticState Of Mind Author:Frederick Lenz
“I don't hold to the idea that God causes suffering and crisis. I just know that those things come along and God uses them. We think life should be a nice, clean ascending line. But inevitably something wanders onto the scene and creates havoc with the nice way we've arranged life to fall in place.” ThinkingKnowsWayShouldIdeasUseSufferingFallCausesLinesNiceSceneCrisisCleanWanderHavocAscending Author:Sue Monk Kidd
“Pacifism is a nice idea but it can get you killed. We're not there yet. Evolution is slow, small pox is fast.” IdeasNiceEvolutionComedianPacifismPox Author:George Carlin
“Feel eternity around you. Not as an idea, not as a nice intellectualization, but to really feel it; not to be some religious fanatic who's strung out on some weird idea of salvation to the exclusion of common sense.” FeelsIdeasReligiousCommonChristianityNiceEternitySalvationCommon SenseFanaticsExclusionReligious Fanatics Author:Frederick Lenz
“The reality is that the founding fathers were land speculators. The fact was that you couldn't vote in this country if you did not own land, and that was basically you had to be a white man who owned land. Now how did they get that land? They basically had to steal it from someone, and that would be probably the Indians. And so most of the initial founding fathers were, while they may have had some really nice ideas about democracy, they had a lot of issues with people of color. They had a lot of issues with people who held things that they coveted.” PeopleIfsMenMayIdeasCountryFactsRealityWould BeFatherWhiteDemocracyIssuesNiceLandColorVoteStealingWhite ManFoundingInitialsReally NiceSpeculators Author:Winona LaDuke
“Knowledge and ideas tend to be a bit like experience - nice, but not necessarily useful. Clear thinking, logical priorities and the ability to reason will beat bright ideas and unassisted experience everytime.” ThinkingIdeasReasonBitsAbilityClearNiceBeatsPrioritiesLogicalClear ThinkingBright Ideas Author:Carroll Smith
“In the stock market (as in much of life), the beginning of wisdom is admitting your ignorance. One of the many things you cannot know about stocks is exactly when they will up or go down. Over the long term, stocks generally rise at a nice pace. History shows they double in value every seven years or so. But in the short term, stocks are just plain wild. Over periods of days, weeks and months, no one has any idea what they will do. Still, nearly all investors think they are smart enough to divine such short-term movements. This hubris frequently gets them into trouble.” ThinkingKnowsYearsLongStillsIdeasEnoughShowsValuesTermNiceTroubleWeekMovementIgnoranceDivineMonthsPeriodsSmartSevenLong TermPaceInvestorsSeven YearsShort TermAdmittingHubris Author:James K. Glassman
“It would be great if we were on multiple planets, but I think that's unrealistic. Hawking says we have to be on multiple planets so an asteroid could come and you'd still have some humans left. It's a nice idea. It satisfies the multiple-eggs-in-multiple-baskets concept.” IfsThinkingHumansStillsIdeasWould BeLeftNicePlanetsConceptsEggsMultipleBasketsAsteroids Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I was one of the first people to almost actually vomit over hearing the use of the phrase "family values" and I pride myself on never having fallen for the idea that Barbara Bush was sweet and grandmotherly. I met Barbara Bush and, as I expected, she was a tank with eyes, not a nice person at all and why should that blow anybody away?” PeopleShouldFirstsPersonsIdeasUseEyeValuesNiceSweetPrideMetsBlowHearingExpectedFallenPhrasesTanksFamily ValuesBarbaraNice Person Author:Paula Poundstone
“Height isn't something you can have and just let be, like nice teeth or naturally curly hair. People have this idea you have to put it to use, playing basketball, for example, or observing the weather up there. If you are a girl, they feel a particular need to point your height out to you, as if you might not have noticed.” PeopleIfsNeedsFeelsIdeasUseBodyMightGirlNiceExampleParticularHairBasketballSizeTeethWeatherHeightObservingPlaying BasketballCurly HairNice Teeth Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“When I was younger I thought success was something different. I thought, " When I grow up, I want to be famous. I want to be a star. I want to be in movies. When I grow up I want to see the world, drive nice cars. I want to have groupies." But my idea of success is different today. For me, the most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and not to give into peer pressure, to try to be something that you're not. To live your life as an honest and compassionate person. To contribute in some way.” WorldWayWantGivingTryingPersonsImportantIdeasDifferentMotivationalTodaySuccessLife IsPurposeStarsGrowsGrowing UpNiceHonestCarIntegrityPressureImportant ThingsCompassionatePeersLive Your LifeGiving BackPeer PressureGroupieNice CarsImportant Things In Your Life Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“The nice thing about 'Futurama' for me personally was that it was a way to honor some of the traditional ideas in literary science fiction, not so much movie or television science fiction - although we have that too, obviously. Our situation, a workplace comedy, led to all sorts of stuff.” WayIdeasStuffFictionSituationComedyNiceTelevisionHonorScience FictionTraditionalWorkplaceNice Things Author:Matt Groening
“The idea of forever is kind of ridiculous, which is unfortunate because its kind of a nice thing to say, you know. I think it softens the blow of mortality and having to say goodbye to everything you know and everyone you love and all that kind of thing.” ThinkingKnowsKindIdeasForeverNiceBlowRidiculousGoodbyeMortalityUnfortunateSaying GoodbyeNice ThingsOne You Love Author:Conor Oberst
“It's helpful for me to get ideas - the physical action of painting. Sometimes it frees up your writer brain. It's nice for me now that the writing has become a serious career that painting can become more like a hobby.” WritingIdeasSometimesActionBrainCareersNicePaintingSeriousHelpfulHobbies Author:Erin Morgenstern
“The move from scarcity thinking to abundance thinking, from zero-sum competition to one-hundred-sum collaboration, is not just a “nice” or “moral” idea. In the twenty-first century, it's plain good sense. Scarcity says, “I'm going to keep all my ideas to myself and sell more than anyone else.” Abundance says, “By mentoring, coaching, and sharing all our best ideas, we're going to create a powerful tide that raises all our ships-and we'll all sell more as a result".” ThinkingFirstsIdeasMovingResultsPowerfulMoralNiceCenturyHundredTwentiesRaisesSellsCompetitionShipsCoachingAbundanceZeroCollaborationTidesGood SenseScarcityMentoring Author:Daniel Burrus
“It's nice to win an award, I would assume. I've never won one, but I would imagine it's great. I have no idea what I'll do.” IdeasWinningNiceImagineAssumingNo IdeaAwards Author:Seth Rogen
“I thought the idea of 'Smurfs' lent itself to the 3-D environment pretty well, I think, better than some of the farm animal movies that have been done before. I was a fan of the 'Smurfs' and they come with their own fan base, which I thought was nice.” ThinkingWellsHas BeensIdeasDoneAnimalEnvironmentNiceFansFarmsSmurf Author:Neil Patrick Harris
“That would have been a nice place, inside an idea, but it wasn't a place to live. It was necessary to live where the idea and the fact collided.” Has BeensIdeasFactsNicePlaces To Live Author:William McIlvanney
“Some people don't understand that but it's nice when it really just gets to the point then that it [music] doesn't get played so much that you're overdoing a lot of things; that it's fresh ideas. And they come out fresh and if you're already in the mode, I guess, to simplify some things so that it comes across better on record, it's the right time to be tasteful with somethin'.” PeopleIfsIdeasRecordsNiceRight TimeSimplifyFresh Ideas Author:Stevie Ray Vaughan
“The beautiful thing about podcasting is it's just talking. It can be funny, or it can be terrifying. It can be sweet. It can be obnoxious. It almost has no definitive form. In that sense it's one of the best ways to explore an idea, and certainly much less limiting than trying to express the same idea in stand up comedy. For some ideas stand up is best, but it's really, really nice to have podcasts as well.” WayTryingWellsIdeasBeautifulFormTalkingComedyNiceSweetBest WayBeautiful ThingsReally NiceObnoxiousStand Up ComedyPodcasting Author:Joe Rogan
“Attention is a strange sort of being, anyway, the idea of attention if someone appreciates your work. It's always nice that someone appreciates your work.” IfsIdeasAttentionNiceStrangeAppreciateWorking ItAppreciate You Author:Johnny Depp
“The idea that no gentleman ever swears is all wrong. He can swear and still be a gentleman if he does it in a nice and benevolent and affectionate way.” IfsWayDoeStillsIdeasFunnyNiceGentlemanSwearBenevolentAffectionateSwearingCursing Author:Mark Twain
“I've got different ideas of complete happiness. But one is being by myself out in a forest, completely happy. Another is walking with a dog in some nice place. And three is sitting around preferably a fire, but not necessarily, and drinking red wine with friends and telling stories.” IdeasDifferentStoriesThreeFireNiceDogWalkingSittingRedWineDrinkingForestsTelling StoriesSitting AroundDifferent IdeasRed WineSome NiceWine With FriendsComplete Happiness Author:Jane Goodall
“I like the idea of becoming [fairly] good at lots of things rather than very good at just one thing. So it would be nice to be okay at the guitar or at the piano, a reasonable cook, perhaps able to fix your car or do some basic carpentry, and be able to write the odd article. Rather than being super good at one tiny thing, to be kind of average at lots of things. It might mean that you have a more kind of enjoyable, complete life.” WritingKindMeanIdeasMightWould BeAbleNiceOne ThingCarBecomingOkayGuitarVery GoodAverageTinyCooksOddPianoJust OneReasonableBe KindArticlesBeing NiceEnjoyableCarpentryTiny ThingsComplete Life Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“I get nice letters, but really I have no idea. I just try to enthuse people. You've been married for 31 years.” PeopleTryingYearsIdeasNiceMarriedLettersNo Idea Author:Alan Titchmarsh
“We have no idea who we really are. Whatever glory bestowed, whatever glory is being restored, we thought the whole Christian thing was about... something else. Trying not to sin. Going to church. Being nice. Jesus says it is about healing your heart, setting it free, restoring your glory. A religious fog has tried to veil all that, put us under some sort of spell or amnesia, to keeup us from coming alive.” TryingHeartIdeasWholeChristianJesusChurchReligiousSinHealingNiceAliveGlorySettingSettingsNo IdeaSpellsBeing NiceFogVeilsAmnesiaRestoringGoing To Church Book:Eldredge 3 in 1 - Sacred Romance , Waking the Dead, Desire Source: Eldredge 3 in 1 - Sacred Romance , Waking the Dead, Desire
“I love the idea of getting to play different characters and tell some stories. When you're passionate about a project, it's nice to get the part.” IdeasDifferentPlayCharacterStoriesNiceProjectsPassionateDifferent Characters Author:Emma Roberts
“I'm a nice middle class public schoolboy who underachieved and wasn't going anywhere fast. I didn't get any GCSEs or A-levels. But everyone was like: "Please, will you do something?" And I was thinking: "Well, I kind of like the idea of joining the French Foreign Legion."” ThinkingWellsKindIdeasLevelsClassNiceMiddlePleaseMiddle ClassPublic SchoolJoiningLegion Author:Tom Hardy
“I mean I don't think it got me interested in acting. I think it might be what makes it so that I can have the idea of the variety of people in the world, different incomes. That helps. When you're going to play someone it's interesting and nice to see experiences that aren't like yours. But there's always the remarkable similarity of all people.” PeopleThinkingWorldMeanI CanIdeasDifferentPlayHelpingMightInterestingActingNiceLike YouIncomeVarietyRemarkableSimilarity Author:Peter Sarsgaard
“It's always nice to know people are watching and having their own ideas about things and it's nice when your audience starts trying to guess what's going to happen, it means they're really interested.” PeopleKnowsTryingMeanIdeasHappensAudienceNice Author:Vincent Kartheiser
“I think that there's some brainwashing going on with this idea that we don't have time to cook anymore. We have made cooking seem much more complicated than it is, and part of that comes from watching cooking shows on television-we've turned cooking into a spectator sport. ...My wife and I both work, and we can get a very nice dinner on the table in a half hour. It would not take any less time for us to drive to a fast-food outlet and order, sit down, and bus our table.” ThinkingMadeIdeasShowsSeemsOrderSportsHoursHalfNiceWifeTelevisionDown AndTablesCookingComplicatedDinnerMy WifeCooksBusSpectatorsOutletsVery NiceFast FoodHalf HoursBrainwashingCooking Shows Author:Michael Pollan
“If you come up with the original idea on your laptop, anything else is an embellishment of that idea. It's nice to have the option to mix inside a big studio, but at the end of the day, it comes from an original spark, which often happens while sitting on the couch.” IfsIdeasEndsBigsHappensNiceSittingOriginalsCome UpStudiosThe End Of The DaySparksCouchesLaptopsOriginal IdeasEmbellishment Author:Hudson Mohawke
“I don't know how that budget would have been worked out, but that was the initial idea. Obviously, we couldn't have had a show with nine expensive actors in it. It was very nice that they were even interested in doing that. But, I was so proud of what we'd done that I couldn't think of a compelling reason to do a lesser version of it.” ThinkingKnowsHas BeensIdeasReasonDoneShowsActorsKnow HowNiceProudNineVersionsBudgetsExpensiveCompellingInitialsVery NiceCompelling Reason Author:Mitchell Hurwitz
“I feel like, when the audience connects with something, they enjoy the experience so much that they want other people to go have it. They're like, "Don't talk about it. Don't tell. Just go!" It's a nice feeling to have people coming around it that way, protecting the ideas in it, so that everyone can see it for themselves.” PeopleWayWantFeelsIdeasFeelingsEnjoyAudienceNiceNice Feeling Author:Brit Marling
“It's just nice to be able to communicate and be able to identify with a lot of different cultures. I have no idea what it would be like to be just one thing and speak one language. I feel enormously privileged to travel and be able to mingle and speak to people that, had I only known English, I wouldn't have been able to meet.” PeopleFeelsHas BeensIdeasDifferentWould BeAbleCultureSpeakLanguageKnownNiceOne ThingCommunicateNo IdeaJust OnePrivilegedDifferent Cultures Author:Cary Fukunaga
“It's weird, but if I decide to do an album, then the ideas start fitting themselves together. I consider myself a nice, slow burn. Plus, it's not a race. And I have a lot to share.” IfsIdeasTogetherRaceNiceShareAlbumsPlusFitting Author:Erykah Badu
“It's really nice when you can sit down with somebody and just talk to them, and talk about your ideas and what you think the character is, and they respond to it. It's a really nice way to do it, but it doesn't happen very often.” ThinkingWayIdeasCharacterHappensNiceReally Nice Author:Aaron Ashmore
“It doesn't matter if you're good at anything, just try your best. Then there's the idea that individually they're flawed but together they can do amazing things. I think that's a very nice message and it's not something you hit people over the head with. It just comes with The Muppets; it's what they're about. It's that kind of innocent try, try, try quality. And it also makes them underdogs. You can't help but support the underdog.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingKindIdeasMatterHelpingTogetherCan DoQualitySupportNiceMessagesInnocentFlawedVery NiceAmazing ThingsUnderdogTry Your BestMuppet Author:James Bobin
“In a normal family, a surprise means presents, cake and a party. For me ? I had no idea. And my family, doing something nice is seen as an attack. When I was nine, I 'attacked' my father with a fathers day gift. A visor organiser for his car, because it was useful. And it rhymed. Visor. Organiser. I was nine.” MeanIdeasFatherPartyNiceCarNormalMy FamilySurpriseNineNo IdeaCakeFathers DaySurprise MeNormal Family Author:Christopher Titus
“One of the nice things about being in a band is that you depend on each other for ideas, so it's not all up to me to do everything myself. There's always that fear that you'll run out of stuff. The most difficult part for me is writing lyrics, and that starts to get difficult after you've written, like, 120 songs.” WritingIdeasRunningSongStuffDifficultNiceWrittenDependsBandNice Things Author:Dean Wareham
“I do know that kind fate allowed me to find a couple of nice ideas after many years of feverish labor.” KnowsYearsKindIdeasNiceFateCoupleLaborHard Work Pays Off Book:The Ultimate Quotable Einstein Source: The Ultimate Quotable Einstein
“Here's an idea: How about just 'Americans?' That has a nice ring to it, if you ask me. Placing undue emphasis on our 'separateness' is a step backward. Bring back the melting pot.” IfsIdeasAsksStepsNiceRingsAsk MePotEmphasisMeltingSeparatenessMelting Pot Author:Bobby Jindal
“I mean, the idea that it might help somebody out or help somebody make the decision to become a stewardess or otherwise... No, that's one of the nice things about making music or making movies, is that art does have the power to affect people. I feel really privileged to be a part of that.” PeopleFeelsMeanDoeArtIdeasHelpingMightDecisionNicePrivilegedNice ThingsStewardess Author:Zooey Deschanel