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Ideas are like rabitts, take one pair, lear how to breed...

Ideas are like rabitts, take one pair, lear how to breed them and soon you will have a dozen.

Quote by John Ernst Steinbeck about idea

Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on...

Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.

Quote by Lynn Abbey

Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them...

Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else would be either.

Quote by Jackie Collins

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands...

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Quote by Antoine de Rivarol about idea, interest, talent

Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the...

Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself.

Quote by Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer about idea, thinking

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that...

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.

Quote by James Abram Garfield about idea, war, world

Ideas control the world.

Ideas control the world.

Quote by James Abram Garfield about idea, world

I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small...

I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.

Quote by Arnold Schwarzenegger about idea, future

I like science fiction movies, but I think they are...

I like science fiction movies, but I think they are useful for giving us ideas and I think science fiction is very good at giving ideas.

Quote by James Cash Penney about science, fiction, good, good luck

Beware of people carrying ideas. Beware of ideas carrying...

Beware of people carrying ideas. Beware of ideas carrying people.

Quote by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison about idea, people

Only your ideas can really convince you.

Only your ideas can really convince you.

Quote by Nicolae Iorga about idea

Only the wise possess ideas; the greater part of mankind...

Only the wise possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about idea

With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about history, present, body, being

I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about risk, commerce, writers

If you write, one of the questions you're always trying to answer is, Where do you get your ideas? And, if you write, you know how pointless a question this is and how difficult it is to answer.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about pointless, question

Neophyte writers tend to believe that there is something magical about ideas and that if they can just get a hold of a good one, then their futures are ensured.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about writers, good, good luck

Land began to be seen as something to be owned privately and exploited for private interests, and never was entirely reconciled with the old ideas that land should be utilized in common for the good of all.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about common sense, old, olderness, good, good luck

When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at...

When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas.

Quote by M. H. Abrams about history

Photography is more than a medium for factual...

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.

Quote by Ansel Adams about art, photography, communication, magic

Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but...

Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.

Quote by Pearl Bailey

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