I like ideas. I find them more exciting than human behavior for the most part.
If all ideas have to be bought, then you have an intellectually regressive system that will assure you have a highly knowledgeable elite and an ignorant mass.
I first pitched the idea of doing a series of cartoons based on Bible stories. They didn't much like it.
There are some things that are real, that you can see, that you can observe, like the moon, and grass and things. But for ideas to become real, they have to be played on your senses.
The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role.
Education is a chemical reaction between knowledge and the mind; the byproducts are new thoughts, new ideas, new perceptions, and new feelings.
When preparing a presentation, it’s never a good idea to begin with a rule. If you do, you’re focusing on the appearance of good delivery and not the effect of it.
My idea of relaxation is not lying down by a beach. I have to move around, do stuff. Though I'm a massive quiz show person.
My preparation is mainly just knowing the lines and getting in and knowing where your character is, knowing what it's about and having ideas that you can put in on the day.
Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.
There are many selfish people who are extremely original, then they take those pure ideas and use them to raise themselves up, that is an insincere move.
I'm a very private person, so I didn't like this idea of tweeting about me. And then I realized, 'Oh, this is actually a brilliant device in terms of interacting with the fans.'
I'm comfortable having a specific audience to write to. I like the idea that my audience doesn't see what I do as controversial.
If we humans are good at anything, it’s thinking we’ve got a terrific idea and going for it without acknowledging the potential consequences or our own ignorance.
I have no idea why people want to watch puppets be the slightly meaner version of the weirdo holding them. It's beyond my comprehension.
The idea of losing control is one that fascinates controlled people such as ourselves more than almost anything.
I would rather read a poorly structured story that has fresh ideas than a tightly structured one with cliches.
I grew up all around the world, and when I settled in a suburb in America, I didn't have any idea what I was supposed to wear.
Moral ideas about what constitutes a meritorious or meaningful use of one’s life and opportunities produce specific attitudes towards drug use and intoxication.
Madeline knew how that was. So many people had ideas of what you should and shouldn't do, but in the end you had to decide for yourself.
It's politely assumed that democracy is a means of containing and restraining violence. But violence comes not from genes but from ideas.
