Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.

Bell Hooks

We want to support the teachers' ideas and projects.

Keith Nagata

Good ideas are the backbone of good government.

Brian Schweitzer

Maybe we'll get a few more ideas.

Sean Flynn

We talked about the good experience we've had at tournaments in California. We wanted to create our own, and hopefully, we can take some things from out there and some of our ideas and make it better.

Brian Joros

As far as I can conceive, he didn't care. He wanted people to get his ideas, to change the world and make it beautiful. Sadly, he was more famous for being the most beautiful dancer and jumping really high.

Adam Garcia

The best way to get great ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away.

Charles Thompson

The only good ideas are the ones I can take credit for.

R. Stevens

We need plans and ideas from outside this committee.

Larry Martin

Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them.

Alan Perlis

Good ideas and good solutions sometimes work better than slick campaign ads.

William Aila

Everybody has their own ideas of Shangri-La ... I tried to teach myself to enjoy the present, enjoy the now.

Mark Knopfler

The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.

Linus Pauling

We will be attending with an open mind to listen to any ideas that are put forward.

Keith Wyness

Becky and Charlotte County are known for coming up with original ideas.

Jonell Modys

(Co-sponsoring) gives access to different populations and has created a bridge between ideas and cultures that might not have been there before.

Lillian Casillas

Sometimes I do wonder where Ruth Kelly gets her ideas from.

John Baumber

There are the ideas of the Nash equilibrium, a play on different ways to bundle things.

John Seely Brown

Republicans have nothing but bad ideas and Democrats have no ideas.

Lewis Black

These are ideas to get off dead-center.

Mike Volesky

Most exciting ideas are not important. Most important ideas are not exciting. Not every problem has a solution. Every solution has side effects.

Daniel E Geer Jr.

I probably get half my ideas when I'm out selling advertising. I'm already in the mode when I'm trying to get creative. You just pay attention. You have to.

Kevin Haley

These are just ideas right now. We need to have a lot more discussion.

Dave Barber

I think the ideas we threw back and forth seemed positive.

Shaun Rinier

We're talking about how every franchisee counts. Any franchise owner can talk to Fred and make his or her ideas known.

Don Fertman

There is no set way to use the moldings, so people can be creative. As they're decorating, they can come up with their own ideas.

Dave Fieramosca

I do love that high school group. They're willing to do anything to make it happen and they have such great ideas for fundraising.

Maggie Boba

I know they have lots of theories and ideas, but I don't know that they're any closer to nailing things down.

Richard Cook

This conference is a critical learning opportunity designed to allow the exchange of ideas with leaders and members of communities all around the country.

Carol Diamond

Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a carrier.

Louise Bogan

It fills up your mind with more ideas from math and other things.

Michael Hubbard

There were a lot of ideas, maybe even some we had not considered. It was good to get that feedback.

Dana Hartley

We intend to make it as easy as possible and to give them something to come home to. There will have to be some creative legislation and ideas.

Rodney Braxton

They can make the wild ideas; we come up with a reality.

Frank Bennett

It's an exchange of ideas and information to deal with the situation of the blockage.

Michael Jennings

There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.

Diane Ackerman

I get my ideas from everywhere -- preschools, Web sites and craft books.

Denise Inman

Equal participants doing similar things will generate lots of new ideas.

Tom McMakin

Right now, it's no more than a couple of ideas in his head that still have to be turned into games.

Van Baker

We all live every day in virtual environments, defined by our ideas.

Michael Crichton

I found it incredibly inspiring, and I would leave her class with all these ideas in my head.

Rachel Sheinkin

We have some ideas about a new demo. But the tour is ready, and we're geared up.

Gene Louis

She came up with some great ideas. She really knows how to execute.

Kathy Hauck

We go in there and we work on altering those ideas and in many cases go in different directions.

Les Paul

I pity the French Cinema because it has no money. I pity the American Cinema because it has no ideas.

Jean luc Godard

These children came to us with their ideas, which were fueled by a universal love and compassion for others.

Michael Hughes

Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.

Fran Lebowitz

You came up with some great ideas today. Remember to try to live them.

Rachel Cusick

The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowhere.

Ian Hunter

He's always coming up with new ideas and trying them out. I always enjoy working with people like that.

Gary Bender

Good ideas are a dime a dozen. People who can implement those ideas are as scarce as hen's teeth.

Jon Goodman

Ellen, Annie and Scorsese all collaborated and helped build the ad ideas.

John Hayes

It went from his mom supervising him to Jacob forming his own ideas about nutrition.

Lauren Brightwell

All sorts of scenarios are floated. That does not mean that any of these ideas will see the light of day.

Robert Dudley

There aren't many big ideas about how to solve the problems.

Alice Waters

In the matter of ideas the public prefer the cheap and nasty.

Charles Sanders Peirce

I'm not going to change my ideas about the Palestinians.

Alessandro Bernardini

We find great ideas and cultivate them off whatever platform we can think of.

Cyma Zarghami

'First Democracy,' ... is about the ideas that guided the Athenians in their efforts to build toward a perfect democracy. Without a firm grasp of these ideas, we will not understand democracy. And unless we understand democracy, we will be led astray by its doubles.

Paul Woodruff

Plan D is about debate, dialogue and listening. It is a means of harnessing political ideas to generate change.

Margot Wallstrom

When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain neighborhoods because of the color of our skin… Now the neighborhoods are the neighborhoods of ideas, you're not supposed to be there because … of the color of your skin.'

Clarence Thomas

We're looking for anything that can help bring traffic back to the area. We'll probably give a gift certificate to the person with the very best idea, but we've got enough money that if there are a couple of great ideas, we can award that too.

Bruce Cunningham

Congealed thinking is the forerunner of failure... make sure you are always receptive to new ideas.

George Crane

Transformational ideas like the Walkman are hard to come by these days.

Nitin Gupta

I have always fought for ideas -- until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten.

Margaret Anderson

I'm very excited by the breadth and number of ideas.

Ann Combs

With new jobs, new ideas, and growing confidence that our brightest days lie ahead, Wisconsin is on the move.

Democratic Govjim Doyle

He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.

Abraham Lincoln

The true God, the mighty God, is the God of ideas.

Alfred Victor Vigny

We're looking for fun, new ideas.

Greg Boyd

We have a lot more ideas for what to do with this than we can possibly follow up on.

Roger Meike

Having kids is a new experience for everybody, and this is a great way to share ideas and get new ideas.

Anne Johnson

A lot of students have business ideas. We work on those ideas and do counseling with them.

Wes Savage

A barrier is of ideas, not of things.

Mark Caine

I think the people saw the difference between someone who said he would do things, compared to someone who comes in with new ideas.

John Keegan

We're testing a number of ideas and the ones that test best will launch.

Richard Zannino

To push past ideas that are merely accessible and try to make them great.

Rob Burnett

There were a bunch of really funny [mascot ideas[, but they would not pass through the Board of Managers or administration.

Heidi Fieselmann

If you have ideas, bring them that night.

Shannon Edge

We sit around and b.s. a lot, some great ideas, some bad.

Jeff Bruning

There were some items and ideas they had that were solid, but a lot of these things we can do in-house.

Dean Acosta

I think game theory creates ideas that are important in solving and approaching conflict in general.

Robert Aumann

Clients are looking for new ideas. That doesn't come from systems.

Jed Glanvill

I think we need some new ideas to deal with a disease to which there is no effective vaccine.

Stephen O'brien

Globalization was a deep trend pushed by technology and right ideas, as much as anything else.

Jeffrey Sachs

Sometimes an actress is so good, you get ideas.

Peter Tolan

We're not requiring anything to be done. What we're doing in Kansas is allowing freedom of ideas, that are scientifically based, to be discussed in science class.

Kathy Martin

I feel like some of the problems I had in my life, I felt like she gave me some ideas for where I can succeed in areas I've been failing.

David Conley

I want people to call with their ideas.

Jim Petuch

I thought I had swell ideas, and wonderful musicians, but the hell of it, no one else did.

Glenn Miller

Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever.

Leon Trotsky

We're sprouting new ideas as we go along, and the plan is more or less the same.

Richard Cook

I have a great vision of what can happen here. I have a lot of good ideas, and I just hope I get a chance to make it all happen.

Karen Weitz

The cross-fertilization of ideas is right there. These breakthroughs do not come from one individual but groups of scientists.

Mauli Agrawal

The display gardens are just spectacular. You get ideas. ... It's just incredible how they can transform a building with huge displays.

Lois Willman

He's generous with his ideas, but doesn't mention specific stocks.

Al Auxier

The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.

John Maynard Keynes

The message on Darwin Day is this is one of the great unifying ideas in biology.

Kevin Padian

We are the public square and we are the place where ideas are supposed to flow freely, ... Postcards from Buster.

Pat Mitchell

We're starting with a clean slate. I feel like fresh ideas are coming back. It's a new beginning.

Mick Jones

Strong men have sound ideas and the force to make these ideas effective.

Andrew Mellon

The Europeans should tell us whether these ideas can work as the basis for continued negotiations or not. If yes, fine. If not, then the negotiations cannot continue.

Hassan Rowhani

It's not going to be an evening of Bush-bashing because that's very easy to do. Hopefully there will be some actual ideas in it.

Jim David

At Columbine High School, it is essential that you have respect for your fellow students who may have different opinions and ideas.

Frank Deangelis

Whoopi had very definite ideas that they not only had to be ethnically diverse but economically diverse because that's one of the great things about being on a team, that you can have that kind of diversity.

Marjorie Cohn

We've got quite a few ideas. We still have a Land Rover in Australia.

Donna Abbott

The writer's pen is to ideas what the net is to butterflies.

Paul Carvel

For me, it's the ideas that are worth celebrating. We can't really understand who we are without them.

Michael Weisberg

You've got to talk, you've got to communicate, you've got to share ideas.

Joanne Hopton

While a lab Director can get done the things that he regards as important, he has the more important job of bringing out the best ideas of the broader scientific community.

Burton Richter

It would seem to me he would be more comfortable with a freer exchange of ideas, not coming in 100 percent convinced of what should be done.

Robert Parry

We have no illusions about it. The status quo won't hold. We have to go in with new, interesting ideas that are cost-effective.

Wayne Clarkson

There is nothing easier than lopping off heads and nothing harder than developing ideas.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

We're not going against Islam whatsoever. This is about free speech and the free marketplace of ideas.

Brock Hill

There are always ideas you can take home.

Helen Jones

I'm not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I look at is a great opportunity for ideas.

Martha Stewart

I think he's going to bring new ideas to Chestnut Street.

Walter Barnes

I came up with three good ideas, but one really stuck with me.

Mark Britton

Capital isn't that important in business. Experience isn't that important. You can get both of these things. What is important is ideas.

Harvey S. Firestone

We should have done them a couple of years ago, probably. They are ideas who's time has come.

Adam Searing

Beware of people carrying ideas. Beware of ideas carrying people.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

Ideas aren't real estate, they grow collectively and that knocks out the egotistical loneliness that generally infects art.

Robert Redford

Alicia is a very energetic workaholic. She's always thinking. We're always feeding ideas off each other, which generates huge cell-phone bills, by the way.

Jeff Robinson

Mr. Boomer wasn't expressing any thoughts or ideas at the time. Certainly this couldn't be considered artistic, so I don't think there was First Amendment coverage for what he did that day.

Rich Vollbach

We hoped to point out deficiencies or good points about the procedures we have in place now. We came away with some good ideas and things we had never thought about.

Gary Petersen

It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa.

Wangari Maathai

What makes men of genius, or rather, what they make, is not new ideas, it is that idea - possessing them - that what has been said has still not been said enough.

Eugene Delacroix

When you get a good idea, reward it. The odds are you'll get more good ideas from that same employee.

Chester Elton

We are looking for the best ideas wherever they can be found.

Alexander Garvin

They were working with similar ideas and similar notions about Denver and what architecture in Denver could be.

Dan Kohl

Nick had a lot of ideas. He was full of plans to change the universe.

Adam Gollner

We are open to all kinds of ideas.

Valerie Cunningham

They had some ideas from their parents. Who forms a political ideal between 12 and 15?

David Morley

What is going to build up the party are new ideas, creativity and imagination.

Jerry Meek

Others go to bed with their mistresses; I with my ideas.

Jose Marti

I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to prevailing fads.

Grace Paley

Japan is a fast adopter of new ideas. If you're hot in Japan, you're hot really fast.

Alex Lee

The L.M.D.C. is grateful for your willingness to share your ideas in this important effort.

Lou Tomson

Ideas, ideas, backward and forward. His influence is layers and layers of spirit.

Dizzy Gillespie

We need to bring some new blood to the table, some new ideas.

Sam Katz

There is no better way of elevating the novel than by making it into a construct which contains ideas.

Heinrich Mann

Me and my father are very close, and we exchange ideas all the time, and to me it's beyond belief that he could be a spy. All I can think is that Dong Wei mentioned his name and then they caught my father.

Xie Yuanyang

The whole point of this is to generate ideas. Innovation, that's the key. That's what we're interested in.

Pat Ivey

We have protected the state of Kansas from her and her ideas as best we can. Now, there will be that battle of who's really done what and who gets credit for it.

Sen Karin Brownlee

We have some ideas, but we'd like to really work out the menu with the winning bidder.

Chuck Hunter

If I were in his situation, I think I'd want to run some of my ideas by some friends, and even enemies.

Joe Barnhart

Any ideas on how we can make sure she does not get it? Can you ping Karl on this?

Jack Abramoff

Victory makes all your ideas look smarter.

Steve Jarding

There are a lot of good ideas that are coming.

Mary Flagg

Ideas either come or they don't come.

Jasper Johns

There's been a revolution of ideas and creative thinking in Japan. Enough companies had their backs against the wall that they've been forced to change.

Todd Jacobson

College football stands for traditions and families and passionate fans. It represents ideas that Capital One believes in.

Pam Girardo

Each of those stories will be original, ... It's a good outlet for ideas I don't use in the books.

Kathy Reichs

We're suffering from a shortage of rigorous ideas about what's happening to function in the human brain in these diseases.

Lawrence Goldstein

But it's also a bottomless pit for story ideas.

Fred Goss

It's one of the great ideas in science ever.

Kevin Padian

College is about exchanging ideas and growing as a person effective. Clear and appropriate communication is an integral part of that.

Wade Robinson

Each year, there's definitely something new and special about [the garden show]. It's a good place to steal ideas.

Bill Mullins

Bio-Colossus is great because it mirrors the attitude of the university itself: our feet are on the ground but our head and our ideas are in the clouds.

Geoff Ward

We are in a phase now where ideas are becoming reality.

Stefan Pryor

I'm fighting the battle for ideas.

Chris Matthews

To lead the country does not mean to combine the bad [ideas] of two parties.

Bernd Pischetsrieder

You don't get those people who are just looking for decorating ideas.

Ron Phipps

What we discovered was that we all had the same ideas. And almost the same exact questions.

Greg Mills

It's lawful adult expression that is accepted in America in both the marketplace of ideas and the commercial marketplace.

Paul Cambria

Ideas move rapidly when their time comes.

Carolyn Heilbrun

We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane.

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

All the ideas just came out. We were crying, laughing when we were writing it.

Jeannie Long

We layer in our next 30 best ideas for those investors who want more diversification.

Jim Mccall

He is great about sharing his ideas and safety information.

Jim Atwood

I think we will see some good ideas, but as you have noticed already, the good ideas are difficult sometimes to put in practice.

Tarja Halonen

It's just a bunch of ideas that involved hospitals. Kind of odd, but it's whatever odd ideas we come up with.

Steve Menegozzi

We're concerned about good ideas and bad ideas.

George Read

I think I can bring about fresh ideas, fresh blood.

Michael Sessions

The goal is not to tear down the theater, but may be to find another use for it. We're open to ideas.

Michael Foster

We connected. Very compatible. Very similar ideas on how you run a quality organization.

Wayne Krivsky

As Oscar Wilde should have said, when bad ideas have nowhere else to go, they emigrate to America and become university courses.

Frederic Raphael

It's so new. We haven't played any of the songs live yet, but there's some really good ideas floating around.

Pelle Almqvist

So long as new ideas are created, sales will continue to reach new highs.

Dorthea Brande

Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.

Pericles

Chris is new here and he has some great ideas. We're hoping to build a core strength program that will help our kids to accomplish their goals.

Kristy Mcclain

We try not to have ideas, preferring accidents. To create, you must empty yourself of every artistic thought.

George Gilbert

We want to allow adults to be exposed to new ideas whereas they are able to discuss different books from a different aspect and flex their minds a little.

Nancy Fenton

I want to start right away getting some ideas on where we want to add to what we have already done [in the Measure K campaign].

Linda Clark

We can't be slowed excess bureaucracy. Anything that helps get our best ideas in Wisconsin into the global marketplace faster is good for Wisconsin.

Tom Still

The record company has some ideas and stuff, and we'll see, It's still early - very, very early.

William Hung

I'm honored the voters have trusted me to bring some change to the board. Voters were looking for smart changes and new ideas.

Adam Warpinski

Make the layouts rough and the ideas fancy.

Stavros Cosmopulos

We had a lot of ideas we wanted to put in place. (But) there was a chain of command.

Dana Sauve

I hope not! I hope I will be able to find someone who is willing to live with my crazy lifestyle and crazy ideas.

Sabeer Bhatia

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail.

Alfred Whitney Griswold

We're going to knock these ideas around.

Tony Tavares

Help us solve these problems. We need your ideas. We need your enthusiasm.

Chris Goodwin

We live in a web of ideas, a fabric of our own making.

Joseph Chilton Pearce

Now we would like some ideas for different shows. These must be quality shows.

Fred Brown

Innovation should not be carried out only by engineers. Every one might have new ideas every day.

Dr. Li Wanlin

I'm happy to bring ideas and examples of what has worked here.

Mark Kost

Everyone says there's a war of ideas out there, and I agree. The sad fact is that we're on the wrong side.

Daniel Benjamin

Any ideas about a coercive, forceful solution to the issue are highly counter-productive and cannot be supported.

Sergei Lavrov

Even when he was beginning to open this thing, he would ask for advice and he was open to ideas. He knows he doesn't know everything there is to know. Neither one of us do.

Brent Martin