Ideas are one thing and what happens is another..

I believe that we are a story-driven species and that we understand how things are put together, in the context of narrative. It's a shame that scien….

I love this idea of trying to create that intellectual eroticism. That was what I was working toward all along..

Only the ideas that we really live have any value..

Anxious. Intriguing word. It literally means, "to be divided" or "distracted." It conveys the idea of being so mentally ill at ease that you cannot d….

I'm trying to take culture and put it onstage, demonstrate it is capable of sustaining you. There is no idea that can't be contained by life: Asian l….

There's no idea in the world that is not contained by black life. I could write forever about the black experience in America..

This type of discourse in the campaign is just unwarranted. But it was started by Ms.[Hillary] Clinton. Ms. Clinton has started the idea of calling D….

When you start working, everybody is in your studio- the past, your friends, enemies, the art world, and above all, your own ideas- all are there. Bu….

Our youth must always be free, discussing and exchanging ideas concerned with what is happening throughout the entire world..

The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion or in politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no in the endeavor of sc….

For all I know we may be visited by a different extraterrestrial civilization every second Tuesday, but there's no support for this appealing idea. T….

[Those] who have an excessive faith in their theories or in their ideas are not only poorly disposed to make discoveries, but they also make very poo….

It is my opinion that everything must be based on a simple idea. And it is my opinion that this idea, once we have finally discovered it, will be so ….

The central idea of string theory is quite straightforward. If you examine any piece of matter ever more finely, at first you'll find molecules, atom….

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neig….

I believe with all my heart that America remains 'the great idea' that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to becom….

We are all ill; but even a universal sickness implies an idea of health..

I have never said this to anyone before.” Leo’s voice was like ragged velvet. “But the idea of you with child is the most insanely arousing thing I’v….

I am shocked at how much time I spend in the White House. I mean, you know, for people on the outside, the idea of going to the White House for a mee….

Books can create a depth of story, a background of information and ideas, that televison and movies can't. Sure, the television shows may shock, but ….