#idea

The idea of trying to create things that last - forever knowledge - has guided my work for a long time now. ↗

— Edward Tufte

#forever #guided #idea #knowledge #last

I've always written. When I was in school, the only teacher who ever liked me was my creative writing teacher. I used to enter poetry competitions, and I don't think I ever lost one. So I had the idea for a while of being some kind of poet. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

#being #competitions #creative #creative writing #enter

Any man who takes a job with the idea that it is simply a springboard for something else is a chump. His attention will be more on the other things than on the job at hand and so he will fail. ↗

— Charles Edison

#attention #else #fail #hand #his

Having bought furniture for my own house, and bought furniture for our house in Washington, a furniture store seemed like a good idea, and it also played into my personal history. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#bought #furniture #good #good idea #having

When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#goes #heartbeat #i #idea #notion

The idea of revenge coming from a 14-year-old girl isn't, you know, exactly right. ↗

— Hailee Steinfeld

#exactly #girl #idea #know #revenge

Sanctions are a bad idea. ↗

— Mohamed ElBaradei

#bad idea #idea #sanctions

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life. ↗

— George Eliot

#idea #less #life #more #more or less

We manage to bounce ideas off one another. Every band fights, but at the end of the day, we're very positive about the way we fight. At least we come out with a result. ↗

— Keith Emerson

#another #band #bounce #come #day

In the game of life, it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season. ↗

— Bill Vaughan

#few #game #good #good idea #idea