One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose save his stren….

When you really do find a new idea or you're in and it's all working, that's the gift. It's like a musician when they hit a riff, that's when you're ….

I don't like the idea that fame could mean that people can no longer relate to me..

To conjure a particular knowledge you visualize an architectural structure and then you walk around and see the details that then bring back the word….

An art critic is someone who hopes to see his ideas translated to canvas without having to learn how to paint..

New ideas are one of the most overrated concepts of our time. Most of the important ideas that we live with aren't new at all..

Because I take very seriously the idea that I can make an impact in the world, I hold back my voice so I can make more of an impact when I do use it.….

This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural..

Wilderness, like the national park system, was an American idea..

The impossibility of separating the nomenclature of a science from the science itself, is owing to this, that every branch of physical science must c….

MONOSYLLABIC, adj. Composed of words of one syllable . . . Commonly Saxon - that is to say, words of a barbarous people destitute of ideas and incapa….

I've always been amazed by Da Vinci, because he worked out science on his own. He would work by drawing things and writing down his ideas. Of course,….

My idea of beauty is somebody that doesn't have to try too much, someone who is effortless and fresh..

This is ideological colonization. They colonize people with ideas that try to change mentalities or structures, but this is not new. This was done by….

It's not worth it, it's not about money, especially when you're dealing with a culture. It should be about elevating the idea of what we are and who ….

I have no plans for a future Jemima Shore mystery, but would write one tomorrow if a good idea came to me..

My commitment to the Olympics is not a political commitment. It's not a commitment to any particular social system or cultural idea. It is a commitme….

The whole idea that the rescue was staged or the soldiers were shooting blanks, that's just obvious stuff. Why would you do that in the middle of a w….

Everybody acts as if they have free will. They act as if they can make these decisions; do they know they don't? I think there's been some back-down ….

He has to find more and better ways of occupying his time. His time, what a bankrupt idea, as if he's been given a box of time belonging to him alone….

The finest and most beautiful ideas on morals and manners have been swept away before our times, and nothing is left for us but to glean after the an….