The idea of a detached art, of poetry as a charm which exists only to distract our leisure, is a decadent idea and an unmistakable symptom of our pow….

To me, love is a pure idea forged in flesh, awkwardly maybe, but it had to connect to somewhere, despite twists and turns of underground cable. An al….

I never view aesthetic ideas as having an existence purely of their own but as a function they have in connection with political or moral values..

You need more than an idea to run a business.

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

The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting.

All this time…ever since I sold my soul, I’ve been clinging to this idea that there is something pure and decent out there. That there was something ….

Never leave the site of a strong idea without doing something to execute around it..

The novel's not the best form for disposing ideas, though that's one thing it can do. It likely is the best form, though, for conveying the experienc….

Never upstage a man. Don't top his joke, even if you have to bite your tongue to keep from doing it. Never launch loudly into your own opinions on a ….

I had no idea that he was going to write that, but I've always believed that insecurity was what would keep you always in your innocence, no matter w….

Surrender means seeing that "I am not separate" - just SEEING that "I am not separate." Nothing is surrendered, nothing is dropped; just a nonsense i….

Here is a very inexpensive costume idea. Wear a re-elect Obama button and go out as a journalist..

For telling a good and incisive religious joke, you should be praised. For telling a bad one, you should be ridiculed and reviled. The idea that you ….

Other people have a much better idea of what I might do than I..

but the idea of the Dark Lord in possesion of the Deathstick is, I must admit, formidable..

You know, freedom is a very popular idea, and young people love it, and they're open to ideas. And they like principled answers to our problems..

More attention to the History of Science is needed, as much by scientists as by historians, and especially by biologists, and this should mean a deli….

I want to fall in love with something in the way I fell in love with the idea of Harry before I write anything else..

I never felt like dying was a good idea..

I am simply in favor of intellectual hospitality-that is all. You come to me with a new idea. I invite you into the house. Let us see what you have. ….