“SPAM is taking e-mail, which is a wonderful tool, and exploiting the idea that it's very inexpensive to send mail.” IdeasWonderfulToolsMailInexpensiveSpam Author:Bill Gates
“You've no idea how wonderful toilet paper is until it's taken away from you by an unfeeling universe. I think it's the defining characteristic of human civilization, the ability to manufacture something decent to wipe your ass on.” ThinkingHumansIdeasUniverseAbilityTakenWonderfulCivilizationPaperAssNo IdeaCharacteristicsDecentToiletsDefiningWipeAway From YouToilet PaperHuman CivilizationUnfeeling Book:Judas Unchained Source: Judas Unchained
“And, Bruce and I are pretty close as well. We're both from Texas and we both understand each other. When I'm having trouble with a scene, I'll just go over to him and be like, "I have no idea what's happening here. What are we doing?" He's just been such a wonderful sounding board and, obviously, he's a tremendously talented actor.” WellsIdeasActorsWonderfulTroubleSceneHappeningsNo IdeaBoardsTexas Author:Angie Harmon
“I thought I had swell ideas, and wonderful musicians, but the hell of it, no one else did.” IdeasHellWonderfulMusician Author:Glenn Miller
“I had no idea what effect something blockbustering would have. To me, it was just a job that I was trying to do the best I could. We had shot the first five shows before it went on the air. Then, it was this firecracker hit, and people were recognizing me, so it was just nuts. It was overwhelming, insane, wonderful and scary all at the same time. It's really peculiar that people see you on television and then think they have a personal relationship with you. So, they want to touch you, and grab you, and sit down and have lunch with you. It's strange, and you never get used to that.” PeopleThinkingWantTryingFirstsIdeasShowsJobsUsedFiveWonderfulAirEffectsTelevisionStrangeShotsDown AndScaryInsaneNo IdeaLunchOverwhelmingPeculiarNutsRecognizingDo The BestPersonal RelationshipsFirecracker Author:Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
“It was part of a financial situation. I could only afford records in thrift stores. Then you could find wonderful things, but now everything is a collectible. I like the recycling idea --using the stuff that people don't want anymore, and make new music out of it. There was an element of looking back and listening to your parents' records and doing something with that stuff. Sort of acknowledging the past while rejecting it at the same time.” PeopleWantIdeasPastStuffParentSituationRecordsWonderfulListeningElementsFinancialStoresLooking BackWonderful ThingsRejectingRecyclingThriftNew MusicCollectibles Author:Christian Marclay
“To know enough about things is one prerequisite for (having) wonderful ideas.” KnowsIdeasEnoughWonderfulPrerequisites Author:Eleanor Duckworth
“The International Criminal Court, like most international institutions, is a wonderful idea. A noble idea. All it needs to work is planetary government, worldwide democracy and the triumph of reason over tribal loyalties, political doctrines and individual ambition. In other words, it requires that we all live in the world described by the "Star Trek" television shows.” WorldNeedsIdeasReasonShowsGovernmentPoliticalIndividualStarsDemocracyWonderfulTelevisionAmbitionInstitutionsCourtInternationalNobleCriminalsLoyaltyDoctrineTriumphTelevision Shows Author:James Lileks
“We were terribly excited, and I think we took it on our shoulders that we were creating the 21st century in 1971. That was the idea. And we wanted to just blast everything in the past, rather like the vorticists did at the beginning of the century in the Britain or the dadaists did Europe, you know. It was the same sensibility of everything is rubbish, and all rubbish is wonderful.” ThinkingKnowsIdeasWantedPastWonderfulCenturyCreatingEuropeExcitedShouldersBritainSensibility21st CenturyBlastRubbish Author:David Bowie
“And by banning [smartphones] from the set, the whole crew tends to work tighter with each other. And then it just becomes a thing where people kind of fall in love with the idea, 'This is the film-industry that I signed up for! This is really wonderful.' But then they go back to another set and everybody's on their cellphone, everyone's in their own little box, and they get depressed about it.” PeopleKindLittlesIdeasWholeFilmFallWonderfulIndustryFalling In LoveBoxesCrewFilm IndustrySmartphonesCellphone Author:Quentin Tarantino
“I used LiveJournal frequently, almost daily, since ~age 13 until ~18. I kept a personal diary there. I also participated in various "LiveJournal communities". At the risk of sounding patronizing or something, I see LiveJournal and now Tumblr as wonderful because they give young girls ways to interact with eachother and learn and talk about new interests, ideas etc as well as support eachother emotionally.” WayGivingWellsIdeasAgeYoungUsedGirlInterestCommunitySupportWonderfulRiskVariousEtcDiariesPatronizing Author:Marie Calloway
“I have been married to my wife, Paula, for 25 years. We have wonderful kids. Things are - it's been a really rich life, so I started thinking, is there a way to get valence a little more into the stories, the idea that, yes, things can go wrong, but also they can go right.” ThinkingWayYearsLittlesHas BeensIdeasStoriesKidsRichWifeWonderfulMarriedMy WifeRich Life Author:George Saunders
“I don't know whether I can say that having a career in philosophy has turned out as I imagined, since in many ways I had little idea of what such a life would be like. But philosophy is still tremendously exciting to me, and the opportunity to think, and talk, and write about these issues has been wonderful.” ThinkingKnowsWayWritingLittlesHas BeensStillsI CanIdeasPhilosophyWould BeOpportunityCareersIssuesWonderfulExciting Author:Hilary Kornblith
“There is this idea of history as something you make, as a meaningful narrative with a beginning and an end, the end being a utopia of happiness that we'll reach through socialism or free trade or democracy, and then it will all be wonderful.” IdeasEndsDemocracyWonderfulTradeMeaningfulSocialismNarrativeUtopiaFree Trade Author:Pankaj Mishra
“I write all the time. The wonderful thing about having a cell phone is that if I get an idea, I knock it out and it's in my phone and I can transfer it to my computer and go into the studio and bring it up.” IfsWritingI CanIdeasWonderfulComputerPhonesStudiosCellsWonderful ThingsCell PhoneTransfers Author:Ian Astbury
“I think there's nothing more wonderful than using fiction to reflect real-world cultural ideas.” ThinkingWorldIdeasRealFictionWonderfulReal World Author:Jesse Eisenberg
“NATO was a wonderful idea. It was formed in 1949. We are as far away from NATO as NATO was when it was done in time from the presidency of Grover Cleveland.” IdeasDoneWonderfulFar AwayPresidencyNatoClevelandGrover Author:Barney Frank