The future is going to require really smart people. What we think are crises today probably will be no big deal, and we have no idea what will really be crises in the future.
Most creative work is a process of people passing ideas and inspirations from the past into the future and adding their own creativity along the way.
The idea of future or past, either way, is a core part of entertainment. It's something we've always loved as humans. Its part of our psyche, I think.
The idea that science is just some luxury that you'll get around to if you can afford it is regressive to any future a country might dream for itself.
When our opponents on the Left have no serious ideas of their own, they resort to emotional appeals that play up Americans' fears about the future.
I meditate and I also think about meditation. Which is funny. I think about Maharishi, about just the idea of meditating. It gives me something.
I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That's what I grew up with - doing television, doing shows every week.
People don't want to listen to a celebrity tweeting about their charities and shows. That's why comedy writers do well - we put out little funny ideas.
I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.
Most women seem to be required to pit themselves against men in dramatic situations, and the men got to pit themselves against ideas or God.
A lot of people reject the idea of God as Father if they've had a competitive relationship with their own father.
I think God's wrath and purgatory are the only things keeping me on the straight and narrow. I like the idea of purgatory. It's like a cosmic do-over.
Brand is not a product, that's for sure; it's not one item. It's an idea, it's a theory, it's a meaning, it's how you carry yourself. It's aspirational, it's inspirational.
The idea of trying to create things that last - forever knowledge - has guided my work for a long time now.
Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.
People are fascinated with eternal life and physical power - the idea of having no vulnerability. We all feel small and powerless in the world at times, so the temptation to be a vampire is compelling.
Make sure that your kids or the kids in your life have an opportunity to share their ideas, and to teach you something about what we know.
The idea of a young girl who knows exactly what she wants with her life is the most threatening and unappealing thing you can imagine.
You jot down ideas, memories, whatever, concerning your real life that somehow parallels the character you're playing, and you incorporate that in your scene work.
Even Charles Darwin, that human decoder ring of bizarre behavior, found the idea of saving a stranger's life to be a total head-scratcher.
I don't ever want to lose that mind-set where you've got to be able to realize different ideas-slash-fantasies-slash-possibilities in your life.
