America is an idea, an idea stronger than any army more powerful than any dictator or tyrant. And it’s an idea as alive and powerful today as it was when it was first proposed. – Joe Biden
Mollison’s Bureaucracy Hypothesis: If an idea can survive a bureaucratic review and be implemented it wasn’t worth doing. – Unknown
Because the GIs were sent massively to South Vietnam, maybe it’s a good idea to have a broadcast for them. – Hanoi Hannah
The doctor heard my heartbeat and found out I had an irregular heartbeat. I was not symptomatic or aware of my symptoms. I had no idea that this could make me five times more likely to have a stroke than somebody who doesn’t have this. – Howie Mandel
Frankly, I was surprised at how generous the Japanese press has been to the idea of a foreigner running Sony. – Howard Stringer
I think actors are attracted to the idea of other identities and concealing themselves behind some other identity. – Hugh Laurie
One of the simplest ways to get an idea of one trillion dollars is to consider the amount in terms of the passage of time. One million seconds is equal to roughly eleven days and twelve hours, and one billion seconds is thirty-two years. One trillion seconds equals thirty-two thousand years. – Geoff Davis
It was also my idea that the advisory committees of the Academy should replace the legal committees of the German Reichstag, which was gradually fading into the background in the Reich. – Hans Frank
I didn’t really watch ‘Dallas,’ so I wasn’t as wowed by the idea of Patrick Duffy as Swedes were ’cause he’s, like, the most famous guy in all of Sweden. – Greg Poehler
In politics, they found there were not enough females in the House of Commons, so they came up with the idea of shortlists having to have women on them. – Gordon Taylor
The idea is a straightforward one. We provide an account for every newborn in America, a $500 account. – Harold Ford, Jr.
What makes the food that we do at Alinea so interesting on the outside is that we really don’t let ourselves say no to an idea. – Grant Achatz
An idea can only be materialized with the help of a medium of expression, the inherent qualities of which must be surely sensed and understood in order to become the carrier of an idea. – Hans Hofmann
In the early days, I had very little idea about arrangements, and I wrote songs a little flat, as it were, just on an acoustic guitar. They didn’t really have quite enough nuance. – Graham Parker
That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well. – Harri Holkeri
I like the idea of paradox, between the authentic fabrics and sophisticated shapes and between masculine and feminine. I’m not so much for sportswear. I think it’s over. – Hedi Slimane
The very necessity of bringing our armament up to a certain level as rapidly as possible must place in the foreground the idea of as large returns as possible in foreign exchange and therewith the greatest possible assurance of raw material supplies, through exporting. – Hjalmar Schacht
Because when the film was first mooted, the Beatles didn’t like the idea at all. In fact they wouldn’t have any part in it. And when Brian had committed them, it was part of a deal he did with United Artists, I think. – George Martin
I’m fascinated by the emergence of a global class. They’re highly mobile; they reject the idea of place. – Hari Kunzru
The idea that we can make all things safe for all behaviors is in itself a dangerous and slippery slope. – Gever Tulley
I happen to dig being able to use whatever mystique I have to further the idea of peace. – Garrett Morris
That’s all about the natural order of things, the idea of nature protecting children but also children protecting nature. – Hugh Jackman
