Work on causal theories of knowledge - early work by Armstrong, and Dretske, and Goldman - seemed far more satisfying. As I started to see the ways i….

Away with the idea of getting independence first, and looking for liberty afterwards... Our liberties, once lost, may be lost forever..

Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause..

The idea of man as the dominant mammal of the earth whose whole behaviour tends to be dominated by his own desire for dominance gripped me. It seemed….

If ideas and beliefs are to be denied validity outside the geographical and cultural bounds of their origin, Buddhism would be confined to north Indi….

Animations are really powerful - it's not just entertainment, it's a very cunning way to get good ideas across..

Evolutionary biologists often avoid using the term "race" because there is so much racist baggage that comes with the term. However, they are often o….

We all are [normal]. Their idea of normal just happens to be different to some other people's idea of normal. But this is the world we live in. Some ….

Do not try to make your headline so short that it fails to express your idea properly. It's more important to say what you want to say - even if it t….

There was a time when the women of Afghanistan - at least in Kabul - were out there. They were allowed to study, they were doctors and surgeons, walk….

Do you remember what Darwin says about music? He claims that the power of producing and appreciating it existed among the human race long before the ….

Art is free, but of course you have to be alert to catch it when it comes onto the canvas. I don’t choose the ideas, they choose me. I don’t wait for….

Passions are merely ideas in their initial stage..

I do think that at a certain point, the reboot sequel mode has to give way to original ideas and back to a place where, you know, films are, you know….

Why would anyone get married and have babies? That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard in my life. Or the scariest thing I've ever heard in my life..

We’re taught at such an early age to be against the communists, yet most of us don’t have the faintest idea what communism is. Only a fool lets someb….

The compelling thing about making art - or making anything, I suppose - is the moment when the vaporous, insubstantial idea becomes a solid there, a ….

... poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dream….

By dislaiming the idea of a next life, we can take more excitement in this one!.

The main question in drama, the way I was taught, is always, 'What does the protagonist want?' That's what drama is. It comes down to that. It's not ….

You can't have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas..