#ideas

Plots come to me at such odd moments, when I am walking along the street, or examining a hat shop…suddenly a splendid idea comes into my head. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#plots #writing #writing-life #life

You don't run for public office unless you have a specific vision. You are driven by ideas and a vision. ↗

— Julie Nixon Eisenhower

#ideas #office #public #public office #run

To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That is a freedom. The freedom to criticize ideas, any ideas - even if they are sincerely held beliefs - is one of the fundamental freedoms of society. A law which attempts to say you can criticize and ridicule ideas as long as they are not religious ideas is a very peculiar law indeed. ↗

— Rowan Atkinson

#beliefs #criticism #criticize #freedom #freedom-of-speech

All the ideas in the universe can be described by words. Therefore, if you simply take all the words and rearrange them randomly enough times, you’re bound to hit upon at least a few great ideas eventually. Sausage donkey swallows flying guillotine, my love assembly line.
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— Jarod Kintz

#donkey #flying #greatness #ideas #random

That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#creativity #ideas #art

Angie: "How do I pitch these ideas to her?" Mira: "From a distance, preferably wearing body armor. ↗

— Kristin Hannah

#ideas #psychology #love

There are enough ideas, images, symbols, and experiences in your head already to work with for a lifetime. It's a little like having a car with an unpredictable battery, though. Sometimes you get in and it starts right up. Other times, especially if it has been sitting idle for awhile, you turn the key and nothing happens. ↗

— Bert Dodson

#drawing #ideas #art

Someday, men will visit ideas instead of places. ↗

— Toba Beta

#places #visit #men

The problem in this business isn’t to keep people from stealing your ideas; it's making them steal your ideas! ↗

— Howard Aiken

#ideas #research #science #business

The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That's why we go to movies and say, "Oh, the book is better. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#books #ideas #movies #movies