“I'm not sitting around thinking of ideas for TV shows.” ThinkingIdeasShowsTvsSittingTv ShowsSitting Around Author:Damon Lindelof
“I think that everything is part of creativity - the more you create, the more you have ideas, and the more you meet people.” PeopleThinkingIdeasCreativity Author:Melanie Laurent
“I think I am too interested in my own ideas to copy anyone else's, but I find that other people's imagery, the flow of language in the outside world, games with words, and ideas about relationships are all most important to me.” PeopleThinkingWorldImportantIdeasGamesLanguageMy OwnFlowCopiesImageryOutside World Author:Margaret Mahy
“I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up with it, with the insecurities. There are times when I long for continuity and stability, but I also love the idea of not knowing what I'll be doing next - or even if I'm going to work.” PeopleIfsThinkingLongIdeasNextActorsKnowingConditionsInsecurityStabilityNot KnowingGoing To WorkContinuity Author:Matthew Macfadyen
“The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how these activities can be given added value.” ThinkingHumansIdeasValuesGivenWalkingActivityCommunicateArchitectureAestheticRootedHuman ActivityAdded Value Author:Thom Mayne
“To me, the whole idea of fame and I think it can be a real test of somebody, of who they are. You know, 'cause some strange things happen. I've seen some peculiar things as far as a person just living their life.” ThinkingKnowsPersonsIdeasRealWholeHappensCausesStrangeFameTestsThings HappenPeculiarStrange Things Author:Tobey Maguire
“The idea that everything is purposeful really changes the way you live. To think that everything that you do has a ripple effect, that every word that you speak, every action that you make affects other people and the planet.” PeopleThinkingWayIdeasActionSpeakEffectsPlanetsRippleRipple Effect Author:Victoria Moran
“My dad served in the Air Force as ground crew for several years, and doesn't really talk about it. I know that it's there. I think my main thing about direct or indirect experiences as near to home as it were is the idea of self-sacrifice really.” ThinkingKnowsYearsIdeasSelfHomeForceSacrificeAirDadDirectMy DadCrewSelf SacrificeAir ForceIndirect Author:Jeremy Northam
“Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think.” ThinkingWorldWayKindIdeasInterestingEvolutionFantasticAnthropologyInteresting Places Author:Randy Newman
“I think it's dangerous to get into ideas of planning careers.” ThinkingIdeasCareersDangerousPlanning Author:Clive Owen
“I don't think they like the idea that the people who are buying the record get to choose what goes out, because it's their job. The fans even pre-ordered stock to make sure that I had some sort of presence.” PeopleThinkingIdeasJobsRecordsFansBuying Author:John Otway
“The power of thought, of idea, is incommensurable, is immeasurable. The world is dominated by thought.” ThinkingWorldIdeasPositive ThinkingPower Of Thought Book:My method, including American impressions Source: My method, including American impressions
“I think I am about 5 for 500 when it comes to successful ideas vs flops.” ThinkingIdeasFunnySuccessfulThoughtfulBloggingBloggers Author:Jeremy Schoemaker
“I know that everybody is so obsessed with this idea of fame, and they think that I'm obsessed. In all honesty, I'm just doing me.” ThinkingKnowsIdeasHonestyFameObsessedDoing MeJust Doing Me Author:Aubrey O'Day
“I feel more comfortable when I'm somebody else, I think. When I'm taking a picture as myself, the whole idea of taking a headshot, to me, feels very false.” ThinkingFeelsIdeasWholeComfortableHeadshots Author:Missi Pyle
“I think that people have to have to have a sense of what ideas are one the progressive side, the Democratic side in order ultimately to be effective in the political world.” PeopleThinkingWorldIdeasPoliticalOrderSidesDemocraticProgressive Author:John Podesta
“In fact, I think that Governor Clinton, when he was running, and President Clinton, when he was serving, actually governed with a wide range of advisors and a perspective that blended the best of ideas from the center and the left.” ThinkingIdeasFactsRunningLeftPresidentPerspectiveClintonWideRangeServingGovernorsAdvisorsPresident Clinton Author:John Podesta
“Hollywood will put you in a box, so to speak. Some people will have seen you in 'La Bamba' or another dramatic film and think, 'Okay, that's what Lou does.' But they don't really have an idea of the range or diversity that I can bring to a project.” PeopleThinkingDoeI CanIdeasFilmSpeakDiversityProjectsOkayHollywoodBoxesRangeDramatic Author:Lou Diamond Phillips
“I think, you know, as an actor we get these terribly sort of pretentious ideas in our heads. We try to take everything very seriously at first, you know, until we lighten up, we get onboard, and have a laugh.” ThinkingKnowsTryingFirstsIdeasActorsLaughingPretentiousHave A Laugh Author:Rosamund Pike
“At all times, think like a writer, and keep those antennae twitching - that way, you pick up new ideas.” ThinkingWayIdeasPicksAll TimeNew IdeasTwitching Author:Ian Rankin
“I think part of the fun of being an actor is getting to work with different directors and seeing their take on it, what they're passionate about. They all have different ideas about your character.” ThinkingIdeasDifferentCharacterActorsFunSeeingDirectorsPassionateDifferent Ideas Author:Elizabeth Reaser
“The idea that you can live off the grid and just do your own thing is a very American idea - that you should be able to do your own thing, if you want to, if you're willing to pay the price for it. I think the price has gotten higher and higher.” IfsThinkingWantShouldIdeasAblePayWillingHigherPay The PriceGrids Author:Dana Spiotta
“I know in this time of great technological advancement, the idea of reading a book seems almost anachronistic, but I think it's worth preserving.” ThinkingKnowsBookIdeasSeemsReadingTechnologicalAdvancementTechnological Advancement Author:Garth Stein
“One more time? We've done this. We've done this at least four times where there's a new government program to help homeowners who have trouble with their mortgages. None of these programs have worked. I don't know why anyone would think that this next idea is going to work. All it does is delay the clearing of the market. As soon as the market clears and we understand where the prices really are - that will be the most important thing we can do in order to improve home values around the country.” ThinkingKnowsDoeImportantIdeasCountryDoneHelpingHomeGovernmentValuesOrderNextCan DoFourTroubleProgramImportant ThingsConservativeMore TimeDelayGoing To WorkMortgageClearingGovernment ProgramsNew GovernmentConservative ValuesHomeowners Author:John Boehner
“Part of writing a novel is being willing to leap into the blackness. You have very little idea, really, of what's going to happen. You have a broad sense, maybe, but it's this rash leap. It's like spelunking. You kind of create the right path for yourself. But, boy, are there so many points at which you think, absolutely, I'm going down the wrong hole here. And I can't get back to the right hole. I'm not going to be able to get this section back to the right hole - so I'm just going to have to cut it.” ThinkingWritingKindLittlesI CanIdeasHappensAbleBoysNovelPathCuttingWillingHolesLeapGet BackBroadsSectionsBlacknessRight Path Author:Chang-Rae Lee
“Everything is stuck together. People are stuck together. They can't change. Ideas are stuck together - they're irrevocable. We think that the end of the universe is as far as the telescope can see.” PeopleThinkingIdeasEndsTogetherHumanityUniverseBuddhismStuckCan't ChangeTelescopesIrrevocable Author:Frederick Lenz
“In this world we see nothing but diversity. Everyone thinks separate ideas and wants to develop a separate identity. They fight wars with each other. They destroy each other's identities.” ThinkingWorldWantIdeasWarHumanityFightingIdentityThis WorldBuddhismDiversity Author:Frederick Lenz
“I always think first about the nature of the story. When I had the idea for 'The Namesake,' I felt that it had to be a novel - it couldn't work as a story.” ThinkingFirstsIdeasStoriesFeltNovelNamesake Author:Jhumpa Lahiri
“I've always wanted to make 'Swamp Thing.' I like 'Swamp Thing.' I think it's a good idea, and I thought it would be a good venue for a 3-D movie, but there were rights issues with 'Swamp Thing.'” ThinkingIdeasWould BeWantedIssuesRightsGood IdeasVenuesSwamps Author:Joel Silver
“If you look at the publishers I've worked with, generally, they're a great bunch. Creation is unlike any other publishing house you can think of. The people I've worked with have integrity and intelligence and, almost always, less money than ideas.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksIdeasHouseCreationIntegrityBunchPublishingPublishersPublishing House Author:Peter Sotos
“I've been thinking a lot about space. It was one of those slow-motion realisations how little we are, how far we are from everything else in our solar system. This idea of distance started kind of haunting me. How do you go forth and accomplish things but not end up leaving everything you started out with in the dust?” ThinkingKindLittlesIdeasEndsSpaceDistanceLeavingAccomplishDustHauntingSolar SystemRealisationSlow Motion Author:Regina Spektor
“Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is good... Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world a better place.” PeopleThinkingWorldIdeasEnoughWould BeMovingFightingEvilVisionGood And EvilBetter PlaceGood Against EvilGood Evil Author:Pope Francis
“Oddly enough, I think that everybody can relate to revenge, on some level. Everyone has wanted to exact it, at some point, and everybody has tampered with the idea, even if they didn't actually go through with it.” IfsThinkingIdeasEnoughWantedLevelsRevengeRelateExacting Revenge Author:Emily VanCamp
“The vampire craze is kind of fascinating. We're interested in the idea of immorality and I think we're drawn to people or creatures who can give in to those base impulses and just be bad and not feel bad about it.” PeopleThinkingGivingFeelsKindIdeasCreaturesVampireImpulseFascinatingImmoralityCraze Author:Benjamin Walker
“I think my wife saw a picture of the rock group Journey, and they're kind of aging, and the one guy had dyed blonde hair with black roots, and... my idea was to get a little earring, I wanted to have a dangling earring.” ThinkingKindLittlesIdeasWantedGuyBlackSawsWifeGroupsJourneyRocksHairRootsAgingMy WifeBlondeEarringsBlonde Hair Author:Fred Willard
“Hubbard set up the Church of Scientology in Hollywood in 1954 for a reason. He understood that celebrity was increasingly a feature of American public life, and celebrities themselves were going to be worshipped as minor deities were in the ancient world. The idea was: if you could get them, think how many people would follow.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldIdeasReasonChurchUnderstoodHollywoodAncientFeaturesMinorsDeitiesPublic LifeScientologyAncient World Author:Lawrence Wright
“Looking back at my earlier pictures, I think that the work is very much coming from the same place. I have gone through a period of challenging myself with a complicated idea to currently challenging myself with the idea of simplicity.” ThinkingIdeasChallengesGonePeriodsSimplicityComplicatedLooking BackChallenging Myself Author:Tim Walker
“I think that idea of being far away from the people that you love is something that everyone can relate to.” PeopleThinkingIdeasLove IsRelateFar Away Author:Duncan Jones
“I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built upon the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think. Whereas if the child is left to himself, he will think more and better , if less "showily." Let him come and go freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself... Teaching fills the mind with artificial associations that must be got rid of before the child can develop independent ideas out of actual experiences.” IfsThinkingMindKindChildrenIdeasRealSeemsLeftTeachingSpecialTaughtBuiltIndependentImpressionIdiotSuspectsAssociationArtificialComes And GoesReal ThingsEducation SystemSchooledEpistemologyHomeschoolingUnschoolingPedagogySupposition Author:Anne Sullivan Macy
“I have always been a big advocate of tap water-not because I think it harmless but because the idea of purchasing water extracted from some remote watershed and then hauled halfway round the world bothers me. Drinking bottled water relieves people of their concern about ecological threats to the river they live by or to the basins of groundwater they live over. It's the same kind of thinking that leads some to the complacent conclusion that if things on earth get bad enough, well, we'll just blast off to a space station somewhere else.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWellsKindIdeasEnoughBigsEarthWaterSpaceConcernRiversThreatDrinkingEnvironmentalRoundsConclusionBotherOver ItLive ByStationsSomewhere ElseHalfwayBlastEcologicalComplacentDrinking WaterPurchasingWatershedsBottled WaterTap WaterGroundwater Author:Sandra Steingraber
“There are really only three important things to remember in life: To care, to share, and to be fair. This is not a new idea at all, and yet, observing how most people live their lives, you might think it was.” PeopleThinkingInspirationalImportantIdeasMightCareRememberThreeShareBuddhismFairsImportant ThingsNew IdeasObserving Author:Frederick Lenz
“To have ideas is to gather flowers; to think is to weave them into garlands.” ThinkingIdeasFlowerGarlands Author:Sophie Swetchine
“If there are going to be people out there making war on other people, don't you think it's a good idea for some of those people to at least follow a code of ethics? Not 'honor' but something you can pin down and be sure of, something with the same rules for everybody.” PeopleIfsThinkingIdeasWarHonorEthicsDown AndCodeGood IdeasPinsCode Of Ethics Author:Mercedes Lackey
“On a personal level, I love the idea of hosting an awards show. I think that sounds like kind of a fun thing to do.” ThinkingKindIdeasShowsFunSoundLevelsThings To DoAwardsFun ThingsAward Shows Author:Zachary Levi
“I think there's a lot of mythos about what's required in acting. The way that actors talk about acting is generally quite punishing, and I think actors want to put forward the idea that they do all of this work because, you know, it's a post-De Niro world, when, largely, in fact, it's almost never true.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayWantIdeasFactsActorsActingPostsDe Niro Author:Ben Mendelsohn
“I think good actors - good, collaborative actors who see themselves as leaders in a given production - can and should offer ideas that have nothing to do with wanting to direct themselves.” ThinkingShouldIdeasActorsGivenLeaderOffersDirectProductionsGood Actors Author:Joe Mantello
“I don't think it's a good idea to plan to sell a company.” ThinkingIdeasCompanyPlansSellsGood Ideas Author:Elon Musk