#idea

Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#fundamental #ideas #progress

Most people have the wrong idea about me because I've been very private. ↗

— Carol Vorderman

#because #been #i #idea #me

My idea here is that, inasmuch as certain cognitive tasks and principles are tied to nature's laws, these tasks and principles are indifferent to language, culture, gender, or the particular mode of information that is provided. ↗

— Edward Tufte

#cognitive #culture #gender #here #idea

As long as I was breathing with the contractions and not pushing against them, I felt better. That idea is fundamental-to feel pain and not to resist; to go towards it. It is an incredibly spiritual practice. ↗

— Christy Turlington

#better #breathing #feel #felt #go

In economics, one of the most important concepts is 'opportunity cost' - the idea that once you spend your money on something, you can't spend it again on something else. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#concepts #cost #economics #else #idea

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. ↗

— Benjamin Walker

#bad #base #creatures #drawn #fascinating

Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating. But I carried that with me for the rest of my life. ↗

— Vera Wang

#against #although #always #anyone #better

It's hard if you start believing that you should be really that perfect fantasy ideal, that people start believing because of all of the retouching. You can delve into that fantasy world and play with it, but when you walk away, that's not you. ↗

— Gemma Ward

#because #believing #delve #fantasy #fantasy world

You're in a movie because you're appealing and because you represent the aspiration, the fantasy, the ideal. ↗

— Rachel Ward

#aspiration #because #fantasy #ideal #movie

Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific or a great idea, God Bless, keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and paid forward for the next kid who comes along. ↗

— Elizabeth Warren

#big #bless #built #comes #contract