#idea

If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#idea #illustrating #near #novel #simply

My parents had an old-fashioned ideal of college, that four years at a liberal arts college should be a liberal arts education. ↗

— Julie Bowen

#arts education #college #education #four #had

No longer is the female destined solely for the home and the rearing of the family and only the male for the marketplace and the world of ideas. ↗

— William J. Brennan, Jr.

#family #female #home #ideas #longer

I've had really great experiences working with first-time directors. They come at filmmaking with fresh ideas. I've been very lucky that way. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#come #directors #experiences #filmmaking #first-time

The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

#ideal #life #never #our #still

Economy is the basis of society. When the economy is stable, society develops. The ideal economy combines the spiritual and the material, and the best commodities to trade in are sincerity and love. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#best #combines #commodities #develops #economy

It's funny - if you impersonate somebody, they have no idea it's them. ↗

— Tracey Ullman

#idea #impersonate #no idea #somebody #them

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

#become #costs #fine #idealism #prohibitive

It seems to me that the idea traditionally defended of endeavoring to maintain existing ethnic balances simply doesn't work any more. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

#balances #defended #endeavoring #ethnic #existing

As with most liberal sexual ideas, what makes the world a better place for men invariably makes it a duller and more dangerous place for women. ↗

— Julie Burchill

#better place #dangerous #dangerous place #duller #ideas