Idea Quotes (4539 Quotes)

I like the idea of being self-sufficient. You didn't have to rely on the store, you had to do it all yourself.

We studied different countries around the world that are representative of different situations and took a look at where they'd end up. One thing that happens right away, which nobody seems to have thought of, is that the total global population increases dramatically. From an original projection of 8 billion we end up topping out at 10 to 11 billion. In many countries, this would have an enormous, and not necessarily positive, impact. For example, the idea that China would go from 1.5 to 1.8 billion, just because of this, is a bit frightening.

The idea is that students who prepare themselves academically in high school will be assured tuition and fees will be paid for them at the community college level.

We're always planning things, but exactly what the administration and trustees will approve, one never knows. We have to get around to a point that they think is a good idea.

In the middle of a recession, where we're just climbing out of it, where the economy -unemployment is still at 9.7 percent, the idea of raising taxes and reducing spending is a prescription for disaster.

My idea was that Fleury was going to expect I would do the same thing as last time. I think that helped me out.

I think the idea of having the show divided into two parts was that Tom Tom Club opened for Talking Heads in Europe, and it was the best we'd ever had as an opening act.

That was brand new in 1995 when we had the idea. In July 1996 we launched the service and then just hit a fantastic curve. When I started it was hard. Every dollar that was spent had to be accounted for. We were willing to go the next five or six years to make that successful. We were very fortunate that within a span of two years we saw personal reward from that experience.

For us, we let the circumstances dictate what will happen with us. We're more inclined to let whatever demand there is for something manifest itself before we push our own agenda on the world. We didn't come up with the idea of recording new songs. It was (Jake) who suggested it and we went along with it, so I guess it would depend on what kind of influence we got from outside whether we would actually go and do more songs or not.

When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.

very supportive of this idea.

They're shooting while I'm touring. I'd love to do it if there was no hassle, but it would be a side trip. I know what my gig is. The idea of working for Disney gives me the shivers in the first place.

I have no idea. As Mike (Whiteley) said, if this was baseball, it'd be easy. You'd just pick up right where you left off.

To give you an idea what it feels like to be going in with some of the best baseball players of all-time, I mean it is fantastic. I have to say this about them, there are so many of these guys up here that were my role models, people I looked up to, people I wanted to be like.

Wellness programs have been part of the governor's health care agenda since he was elected. Hospital report cards have been high on the governor's agenda, and the idea of recruiting health care professionals is something he supports.

Consumers are encouraged to browse through information on our farms before they get to the open house so they have an idea of which farmers they might want to get to know first.

The idea is to boost the home-ownership rate, ... Rates for ... newlyweds are (currently) low. We're looking for ways to increase (that).

Anyway, that was the germ of the idea and of course... you know this was early days of sociology and whatever, especially on television.

Typically, when the muscle fibers tear there is a little bit of bleeding in the injury. That gives us an idea of the extent of the injury. How that resolves that is the question. If it starts feeling a lot better, we may repeat the MRI at a future date to see if it looks much better. It may.

Conceptually, I don't have any problems with this idea. It's just a question of where do we start and how do we get there.

My issue is race. I feel black people nowadays have to conform to this one ideal. We all have to be the same. We all have to be hard and ghetto and listen to only one genre of music which would be Rap and RB. And if one of us steps out of the mold we're not black anymore. Well, that's dumb. When did music determine your racial background Or a musical instrument I can't believe the dumb things people say when you're doing something different. I mean, it would be ok if music and how you dress and act actually determined your race, but the last time I checked it was your genes that determined your color. And I think anyone who chooses to believe in this fabrication is ignorant. Isn't this what the Civil Rights Movement was about, equality Didn't Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speak of diversity and how we should hold hands at the table of brotherhood Well how are you supposed to do this when we try to conform to this idea. Not conforming doesn't make you have less pride in your race but it's helping make a window of opportunities for your race. Well, as for me, I'm stepping out of the box and going forward to be who I am, and if people disagree, fk them. I believe this will bring me closer to the goal that god ordained for me. And doing this doesn't mean I'm selling out my race, but it means I'm not selling out who I am.

We were just going down into Turn 3 and he hit me and kept driving right through me. I don't know what he was thinking. I have no idea.

Because of the incidents before, they had seen inmates be transferred so they thought that was a good idea.

I think I am the right person at the right time for this job. Lynnwood is at a critical period. We need leadership desperately. I've campaigned on the idea of why to vote for me. It's because of my leadership, experience and vision.

I've been kicking for about a week or so. I'm just about to start training pretty full on. The idea is not to go too fast but I hope that from now on, I'll get a couple of games in and get match fit.

People were highly angry over the idea that someone from outside the community could come in and insult them on their turf, ... I heard that repeatedly.

Every day of my life I walk with the idea that I am black, no matter how successful I am. And our success is tempered by that; you're successful in this way given the fact you are black, and most blacks don't get to that point.

Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding a bit of competition, and it's fun to be able to deliver it.

We had some fans ask for it and thought it was a good idea. You do whatever you can to make it a great atmosphere for everybody.

I assume the Adrenalin will be flowing. If it's a close game and we have a chance to win the championship, it might seem like the World Series. I have no idea. I've had guys tell me the feeling is pretty special.

I'm looking to shoot a movie in Australia. You've got to look outside of Hollywood if you want to find people with passion. I've actually got an idea for this friendship that happens with a couple of Australian natives and an Australian guy and an American guy.

Tear out pages from magazines or print out pages from decorating Web sites to provide an idea of your taste and what's available.

The idea of avant-garde art is a very suspicious thing to me, the idea that poetry is new and it keeps being new the way Chevrolets every year are new.

He's very idealistic, very politically minded and a very motivated kid. It started as a research idea, but it became almost a dream for him.

Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

I wouldn't go so far as to say WAP is dead. But the idea that an IT manager or Webmaster should have to learn WML to create a WAP site is hogwash, ... The idea that WML replaces HTML is silly.

There can't be too much of this. It is going to be a long job to reach a whole generation perhaps two and embed the idea of conversation. If we make the effort now and keep on repeating the message, I am sure it will get through tidy up after yourselves or even better, don't litter in the first place.

The full-grown modern human being who seeks but refuge finds instead boredom and mental dissolution, unless he can be, even in his withdrawal, creative. He can find the quality of happiness in the strain and travail only of achievement and growth. And he is conscious of touching the highest pinnacle of furfilment which his life-urges demand when his is consumed in the service of an idea, in the conquest of the goal pursued.

It's vertical, low-velocity drops. Where they came from I have no idea.

I told him to hit one out, ... I told him to relax, make sure you stay on the ball and track it. He went up there with that idea.

My core beliefs revolve around the idea that we should live to the best of our abilities-we should live and let live.

He who receives an idea from me receives instruction for himself without lessening mine as he who lights his taper at mine receives light without darkening me.

He's an all-around player. The nice thing about him is he can shoot the ball and shoot it with a good deal of accuracy. He makes his free throws too. He's just now starting to get an idea of what he can do when he really works at it.

If you want to get an idea across, wrap it up in a person.

I think that if you have a strong narrative, if the idea of the song can be boiled down to the basics, it won't change that much.

To think about how many yards he put up in such a short time this season, it's truly remarkable. I think that kind of shows those schools that were looking at him only on defense that he had the right idea.

As the special election has dragged on, one of the side effects have been greater voter cynicism about the reasons the governor called the election, ... The governor has never been able to sell them on the idea and have questioned his motives.

After the idea, there is plenty of time to learn the technology.

We don't want two separate cultures but to blend it into one great culture. ... The idea is to make the stores more competitive while staying focused on the customer.

The idea is to meld all of these new technologies into a home that truly offers its resident what every homebuyer is looking for -- peace of mind.