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I am passionate about tea, running, the idea that we are bound only by the limits of our imaginations, and maple syrup. — Misha Collins

Reformers who are always compromising, have not yet grasped the idea that truth is the only safe ground to stand upon. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton

A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes. — Claude Bernard

Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California. — Edsger Dijkstra

You would have only seen a skittish young deer jumping through the forest, having no idea it was a little girl. — Kellie Thacker

If I am convinced that I will procure the profoundest idea only by undergoing the profoundest pain, I shall beg for strength to endure that pain. — Kedar Joshi

I categorically resist this idea that films are supposed to be autobiographical and the only stories you tell are about your own life. — Stephen Daldry

Fashion only seems to make sense if it's rooted in some dimension of history or if it feels like a continuation of an idea. — Douglas Coupland

Not only is he mentally challenged, all he has is a couple of scary fangs and absolutely no idea what kind of fire is in this furnace. — Jayde Scott

I live only because it is in my power to die when I choose to: without the idea of suicide, I'd have killed myself right away. — Emile M. Cioran

I hated the idea of being half of an individual who could only be completed by someone else, the other half. I liked my independence." -Amya — Lydhia Marie

Men who have embraced one idea can live only by and for that idea. Beyond it, they have nothing but their memories. — Guy Sajer

To die is only to be as we were before we were born; yet no one feels any remorse, or regret, or repugnance, in contemplating this last idea. — William Hazlitt

Knowing who you are is good for one generation only. You haven't the foggiest idea where you stand now or who you are — Flannery O'Connor

I had no idea what I was speaking of, but only knew I must sound confident. Fear might work on a man, but confidence fights against fear. Odda — Bernard Cornwell

A great idea will remain only that, just a great idea, unless you put action behind it. — Sherry Gareis

Grace: The idea was immediately unbearable, only because I wanted it to be true so badly it hurt — Maggie Stiefvater

You should only work on the one idea that you are extremely passionate about and believe has the best chance of success. — Matthew Paulson

We all die someday. Maybe the only thing that makes that fact bearable is the idea that death is the only way we can return to the stars. — Beth Revis

I don't like the idea of drama schools. They only perpetuate the myth that everyone can do what I do — Zach Braff

My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea. — David Brin

I have only the idea I have made of myself to sustain me on oceans of nothingness — Henry De Montherlant

In life, have but one desire, one only
to love Jesus Christ with all your soul. Let that be the one fixed idea of your entire existence. — Pedro Arrupe

I want people to consider the idea that the only way of moving forward with their lives is to revisit and confront their issues and their pasts. — Sara Blecher

The dangerous man is the one who has only one idea, because then he'll fight and die for it.
[As quoted in The New Yorker, April 25, 2011] — Francis Crick

I'm the idea of the human imagination, which, when you think about it, is the only thing we can really be certain ISN'T imaginary. — Alan Moore

The idea that maybe you don't have to own a car if you only need one occasionally may catch on, just like time-sharing caught on in real estate. — Steve Case

If only we could have them back as babies today, now that we have some idea what to do with them. — Nancy Mairs

Man is immortal; therefore he must die endlessly. For life is a creative idea; it can only find itself in changing forms — Rabindranath Tagore

Americans will quarrel over how, who, or what to rescue or save, but the idea that the nation ought to be off doing it is challenged only by a few. — Nicholas Von Hoffman

To give you an idea of how fast we travelled - we left with two rabbits and when we arrived we still had only two. — Bob Hope

There's nothing as perfect as the initial idea. And the only reason I write and direct is to protect the writing, because that's what's most precious. — Ricky Gervais

I have noticed that doing the sensible thing is only a good idea when the decision is quite small. For the life-changing things, you must risk it. — Jeanette Winterson

Temptation said that we all dream of committing crimes, but that only the unbalanced make that macabre idea a reality. — Paulo Coelho

Nothing drives progress like the imagination. The idea precedes the deed. The only exceptions are accidents and natural selection. — Theodore Levitt

The audience will only truly respect you when they have no idea what is going on. — Nelson Rodrigues

Sweetheart, what gives you the idea that you're worth a half-year of celibacy?"
"I may not be; you're the only one who can answer that. — Lisa Kleypas

The idea of abstract power only exists for academics, not in real life. — Henry A. Kissinger

The idea that two is the ideal, and that one is only good as half of two. You are not a half, and you should never treat someone else like a half. — David Levithan

There's only one thing in life more dangerous than a bad idea, and that's a good one. — Greg Curtis

The idea that only the educated are privileged is an illusion. — A.R. Bremsley

Style ought to prove that one believes in an idea; not only that one thinks it but also feels it. — Friedrich Nietzsche

If I have an idea in my head, within no time it's into the computer, it may take more time to make it sound right, but that's the only issue. — Martin Garrix

That idea of URL was the basic clue to the universality of the Web. That was the only thing I insisted upon. — Tim Berners-Lee

I am only an idea, a requirement breathed to life-an instrument. A tool. — Dawn Metcalf

It is impossible to know nature is because that which is perceived to be nature is only the idea of nature aspiring in each person's mind. — Joseph P. Kauffman

There are only two things as complicated as insurance accounting and I have no idea what they are. — Andrew Tobias

I will always remember you, even though you had no idea I was even in the room. My words wouldn't come, I could only dream. A crush or a love? — Walter Bradford Cannon

Right now it's only a notion, but I think I can get the money to make it into a concept, and later turn it into an idea. — Woody Allen

My responsibility, she thought, and the idea brought no fear now, only an extraordinary sense of gratitude.
My kingdom. — Erika Johansen

No speech is ever considered, but only the speaker. It's so much easier to pass judgement on a man than on an idea. — Ayn Rand

The subsistence level is only a conventional idea, and conventions change. — Arthur Lewis

If the idea that my safety can only be enhanced by putting other people's privacy and safety in danger, then I don't want to be more safe. — Shepard Fairey

The very idea of the nude is only a neutralization of a primitive and violent act. — Pierre Klossowski

If you have some idea you believe in, don't listen to the croaking chorus. Listen only to what your own inner voice tells you. — Dale Carnegie

Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea. — John Gunther

Maybe I will do what I want with my life!
The only problem is that I have no idea what I want to do with it. — Orson Scott Card

An innovative idea is special because only a certain few get to have it — Scott E Roy

I think there's this idea that lipstick is something quite old or something you'd only wear at night. — Emma Watson

Calling her mother who didn't seem particularly worried, but claimed she had no idea," Jett said. "The roommate's gone with her, so I can only — J.C. Reed

A thought functions only as a fragmentary part in the formulation of an idea. — Hans Hofmann

At Pixar, we do sequels only when we come up with a great idea, and we always strive to be different than the original. — John Lasseter

The idea of Jewish unity, of a plan, an organization, unfortunately exists only in the brains of Hitler and Streicher. — Stefan Zweig

I think it's our unique product selection and the idea that everything we sell only can be purchased at Ikea. — Joseph Roth

What? Corpus. Body. Corpse. Good idea the Latin. Stupifies them first. Hospice for the dying. They don't seem to chew it; only swallow it down. — James Joyce

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea. — Edward De Bono

The idea of waste only comes into our Christianity when we underestimate the worth of our Lord. — Watchman Nee

Many great ideas are not unique. They only become unique when the men who have the wherewithal actually to implement them come together. — Robin Hobb

Not only has President Bush broken his word on funding, he has not put in the effort required to turn this excellent idea into a lifesaving reality. — Jamie Drummond

There's a joy in having the molecule of an idea, then testing it in front of audiences at secret shows that people only know about the night before. — Mike Myers

Then the two of us stood staring at one another. I had no idea what the fuck just happened, and only a part of me liked it. The other half loved it. — Whitney Gracia Williams

I like the idea that my work isn't intended only for the Earth, but for the entire Universe. — Hiroshi Hamaya

Idea and experience will never coincide in the center; only through art and action are they united. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

We have to change this idea that women are only supposed to work in the house ... Women should go out and be what they want — Malala Yousafzai

There's something illiberal about the way infants are thrust into the hands of people who have no idea what they're doing, who can only experiment. — Adam Haslett

The only worthwhile idea is the one on which you take action. — John Jantsch

There exists a microscopic breed of brain beetle, commonly known as an 'idea'. An idea desires only one thing: To catch the perfect brain wave. — Leah Broadby

A cat can outrace the best thoroughbred horse if only it can grasp the idea of racing. — Mark Helprin

The idea of protoplasm, which was really a name for our ignorance, [is] only a little less misleading than the expression "Vital force". — John B. S. Haldane

I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mold society. — Marya Mannes

As we watch TV or films, there are no organic transitions, only edits. The idea of A becoming B, rather than A jumping to B, has become foreign. — Esa-Pekka Salonen

I have found out one thing and that is, if you have an idea, and it is a good idea, if you only stick to it you will come out all right. — Cecil Rhodes

The idea is essentially repulsive, of a society held together only by the relations and feelings arising out of pecuniary interest. — John Stuart Mill

And in the end, we were all just humans.. drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Only during the action is the idea of matter influenced. — Pierre Alechinsky

You see mother, you had no life of your own. They have no idea. One has only a life of one's own. — Barbara Kingsolver

Finance epitomizes indefinite thinking because it's the only way to make money when you have no idea how to create wealth. — Peter Thiel

And only men could have invented the idea of a king. — David Vann

In China, any idea that dared to take flight would only crash back to the ground. The gravity of reality is too strong. — Liu Cixin

You can only photograph a fragment of the here and now. The photograph presents the world as object; language, the world as idea. — Neil Postman

Only by accepting our desires can we have an idea of who we are. — Paulo Coelho

A country, a style or an epoch are interesting only for the idea behind them. — Christian Dior

A startup will always prefer to work with an IP attorney, who believes in their idea, not one, who is only bothered about billing. — Kalyan C. Kankanala

It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea. — Robert Anton Wilson

That is for me decide, not you. It is said that only fools stand in the way of a new idea; I trust, magisters, that there are no fools among you. — Sarah Prineas

The whole idea of ideas in art is useless. Only have ideas about form. — Matthew Collings

Liberalism can only be defined negatively. It is a mere critique, not a living idea. — Francis Parker Yockey

Give up the idea of 'color' for awhile! Consider masses - values, only ... One dark and one light place in every picture. — William Morris Hunt

Any idea is only as valuable as its ability to solve a problem. — Sally Hogshead

Cut in dressmaking is like grammar in language. A good design should be like a well made sentence and it should only express one idea at a time, — Charles James