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I carry a small spiral notebook with me at all times and have been doing this for many years. There's a shoe box in my closet filled with these notebooks, each riddled with notes and impressions, ideas, schemes, and soup...

Quotes by Patrick deWitt

Each social formation, through each of its material activities, exerts its influence upon the civic whole; and each of its ideas and ideals wins also its place and power.

Quotes by Patrick Geddes

I have years of saying ideas that are not listened to. Then, weeks after, of producers finding out that I was right when some other guy comes in and says it. Sometimes I just tell my idea to my editor...

Quotes by Patricia Riggen

No, but it's not because I'm getting older that I'm trying to accelerate. But something very curious is happening: The older I get, the more ideas I'm getting.

Quotes by Patrice Leconte

When I was younger I was influenced by Kanye, his story of coming up and how he kept producing and producing and saying, 'I'm more than just a producer. I'm more than just a writer. I'm more than just a...

Quotes by PartyNextDoor

Gandhi's ideas were rooted in a wide experience of a freshly globalized world.

Quotes by Pankaj Mishra

One of the big myths about philanthropy is that it's all about donating funds for a cause. I like to look at it quite differently. Philanthropy is about 'giving' - not just in monetary terms but also in non-monetary aspects,...

Quotes by Pankaj Patel

I remember I wanted to be Zorro, but I also wanted to be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. I obviously had ideas above my station.

Quotes by Paolo Nutini

The way I work with my cinematographer is not based on general principles, but the ideas are triggered by the locations where we shoot.

Quotes by Paolo Sorrentino

Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.

Quotes by Palmer Luckey

The vast majority of people back higher taxes on the rich. Yet these are fringe ideas within most of the mainstream media, which marginalises those who support them.

Quotes by Owen Jones

Being typecast is the enemy of any actor, so if you can try to do something that flips on the head peoples' ideas of who you are or what you can do, that's my biggest aim.

Quotes by Owain Yeoman

I like explication of ideas, even if I'm wrong or even if it's a struggle or if it's a work in progress.

Quotes by Oneohtrix Point Never

We came in as organizers before creating the Black Lives Matter network and project, and we are still organizers, strategists, political thinkers, and philosophers, so we actually have a lot ideas and a lot of really thought out strategies.

Quotes by Opal Tometi

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means that one has got beyond being shocked, although one preserves one's own moral aesthetic preferences.

Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprang up.

Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

I think I always have many ideas for books in my head. It's like a forest full of mushrooms. Some are big, some are small.

Quotes by Olga Tokarczuk

I don't actually sit down and write, but I just have a lot of different ideas about films and making movies.

Quotes by Obie Trice

I'm still constantly thinking of ideas. I don't feel 90. I think I'm about 12.

Quotes by Norman Wisdom

Africa needs roads. Roads bring know-how and fertilizer to farmers and ideas and business for commerce.

Quotes by Norman Borlaug

Frequently Asked Questions

Do these quotes suggest ideas come from a particular place?
One pushes back on that notion: "I do not believe that the best ideas come from Washington." It suggests good ideas can come from anywhere, not just centers of power. For more quotes questioning conventional wisdom like this, see Always quotes.
Is there a quote about free speech and access to ideas?
Yes — one connects the two directly: "free speech is not just open dissemination of ideas and information. It includes limitless instant access to those ideas." It frames free speech as more than just the right to speak — also the right to reach information. For more on the value of good access to information, check out Good quotes.
Do any quotes discuss ideas as an escape from reality?
One addresses this directly, and pushes back on the assumption: "Escapism or nostalgia, for me, is not about having a terrible life and trying to get away via imaginary ideas or something." The speaker resists the idea that using imagination means running from a bad life.
Is there a quote about turning ideas into a creative project?
Yes — a personal, honest one: "My wife, Caroline Spector, and I pitched some comic ideas to various publishers back in the '80s, but nothing ever came of it." It's a relatable look at how not every good idea leads to success. If you enjoy honest, relatable reflections like this, Like quotes has more.
What's the common theme across these idea-related quotes?
Together, they show ideas as something personal and often resistant to easy categorization — they can come from anywhere, deserve free access, aren't just escapism, and don't always pan out. For more first-person reflections like these, browse Me quotes.

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