Quotes about Having an Idea

True leadership isn't about having an idea. It's about having an idea and recruiting other people to execute on this vision. Votes: 4

I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something else. Working is therefore a way of getting rid of an idea. Votes: 4

Sincerity is never having an idea of oneself. Votes: 3

It's like this: The time between having an idea and its public launch is measured in days not months, weeks not years. Votes: 3

Entrepreneurship is not really building a product, it's not having an idea, it's not being in the right place at the right time. It's fundamentally company building. Votes: 3

What's great about making movies is the sort of additive process of bringing people together and having an idea and watching the idea be added to and at the end you have this thing. Votes: 3

You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is. Votes: 2

If an idea's worth having once, it's worth having twice. Votes: 2

My ideas are always better. We have an understanding in place. Votes: 2

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea. Votes: 2

If you write songs you have an idea how they're going to sound. Votes: 2

If I don't have a model in front of me, I don't have an idea. Votes: 2

When I have an idea, I'm like a pregnant woman. I just have to deliver. Votes: 2

Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs. Votes: 2

At every step the vast majority have expressed horror at the idea of an aggressive war. Votes: 2

I have an ideas book at home with far more ideas than I will ever be able to write. Votes: 2

There's an idealization of being an entrepreneur, but the most important thing is to have a really great idea. Votes: 2

You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea. Votes: 2

Writer's block! It doesn't exist. You just long for ideas to go away so you have an idea of peace. Votes: 2

I have this belief that if you have an idea, and you have to write it down to remember it, then it can't be a great idea. Votes: 2

If all ideas have to be bought, then you have an intellectually regressive system that will assure you have a highly knowledgeable elite and an ignorant mass. Votes: 2

Man never had an idea - man will never have an idea, except those supplied to him by his surroundings. Every idea in the world that man has came to him by nature. Votes: 2

Democracy matters because it reflects an idea of equality and an idea of liberty. It reflects an idea of dignity, the dignity of the individual, the idea that each individual should have an equal vote, an equal say, in the formation of their government. Votes: 2

The way Fatboy Slim layers motifs is the same as 18th-century baroque counterpoint. You have an idea, then you have an answer to the idea in another voice, then you have a counter idea accompanying the original idea, and you build up your texture like that. I'm really into Kruder and Dorfmeister at the moment, and they do the same thing. Votes: 2

I'm loving the idea of having a baby Votes: 0

The idea of having a steady job is appealing. Votes: 0

The great masterpiece of Dada was the idea of having fun. Votes: 0

The idea of having Australians upset at me is just awful. Votes: 0

I kinda like the idea of having an album that's all me. Votes: 0

Truth consists of having the same idea about something that God has. Votes: 0

The idea of having dreams that don't come true is really terrifying. Votes: 0

I'm mischievous. The idea of taking risks and having real-world consequences energizes me. Votes: 0

The very idea of having children brings out this deep revulsion in me. Votes: 0

Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea. Votes: 0

The thing I hate about the film business, is having to pitch your idea. Votes: 0

Having a great idea is important. But having a great team is also important. Votes: 0

The idea of life having a purpose stands and falls with the religious system. Votes: 0

The idea of writer's block or not having inspiration is totally terrifying to me. Votes: 0

I like the idea of having a little bit of a mystery about me. Votes: 0

Having the world's best idea will do you no good unless you act on it. Votes: 0

The idea of having a large family, I definitely had a romantic notion of it. Votes: 0

I hate that tabloid idea of anybody who is famous having to forfeit their privacy. Votes: 0

Today, people tend to credit me with having the original idea and made the first circuits. Votes: 0

I just don't like the idea of having an operation to hold up the ageing process. Votes: 0

I've always thought that writing isn't really that hard. It's having a good idea that's hard. Votes: 0

I love jewellery, and the idea of having something you've created become tangible is really exciting. Votes: 0

To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable. Votes: 0

If this is your idea of glamour, I'm having second thoughts about letting you make me over. Votes: 0

I'm done with the whole idea of having my own children. It doesn't seem like any fun. Votes: 0

I love the idea of the street vibe, having folks together, out in the street at midnight. Votes: 0

My idea of a good night has always been having a lovely meal and a proper conversation. Votes: 0

I don't like the idea of [having] a thick skin. I think we [should] be more childlike. Votes: 0

The whole process of writing a novel is having this great, beautiful idea and then spoiling it. Votes: 0

The future may require not so much having a new idea as stopping having an old idea. Votes: 0

Your idea of fidelity is not having more than one man in bed at the same time. Votes: 0

I'm so drawn to the frontier mentality and that idea of having to figure everything out from scratch. Votes: 0

The idea of having to make constant reference to politics is anathema to my calling as a writer. Votes: 0

Sometimes not having any idea where we’re going works out better than we could possibly have imagined. Votes: 0

The idea of a perfect vacation is not working or not having to work and having no appointments. Votes: 0

I gotta make a living somehow, and make ends meet. I accept the idea of having a retirement. Votes: 0

She was now drowning in that pool of desires without having any idea about the depth of it. Votes: 0

I consider myself to be a romantic person, and I love the idea of having a soul mate. Votes: 0

I'm having a vacation, and it's so beautiful, and maybe I'll never get another film idea in my life. Votes: 0

Building a business is not rocket science, it's about having a great idea and seeing it through with integrity. Votes: 0

We need to give credence to the nonsexual relationships...the idea of having significant others instead of a significant other. Votes: 0

You have no idea how pleasant it is not to have any future. It's like having a totally efficient contraceptive. Votes: 0

The idea of sitting in a booth, and having someone pay me to sign autographs, seems so gross to me. Votes: 0

I sort of love the idea of, you know, watching something and then having to wait for the next episode. Votes: 0

I never liked the idea of doing what a machine says. I hate having to salute something built in a factory. Votes: 0

This idea of having back-up plans is ingrained into us to make us believe that that's the smart thing to do. Votes: 0

We talked about Tootsie, the idea in Tootsie is that a man becomes a better man for having been a woman. Votes: 0

You would have only seen a skittish young deer jumping through the forest, having no idea it was a little girl. Votes: 0

I love the idea of birds having human qualities...I think all humans want to be birds so we can fly. Votes: 0

The idea of a Chicago band that wanted to sing songs about California is really funny. Having never been to California. Votes: 0

Having a great idea for a product is important, but having a great idea for product distribution is even more important. Votes: 0

But there was something I liked about the idea of those seeds buried so deep having at least a chance to emerge Votes: 0

The idea that being human and having rights are equivalent - that rights are inherent - is unintelligible in a Darwinian world. Votes: 0

I think motherhood is just about instinct. I remember coming home from the hospital and having no idea what we were doing. Votes: 0

Think beyond the pain. Think beyond the difficulty. Commit to having one good idea every day. What new idea will you claim today? Votes: 0

I like the idea of having a paperless society.But to be paperless means you have to be so careful with your identity. Votes: 0

I don't think anybody came into the movie business to be unoriginal and plagiarising and not having an original idea in their brain. Votes: 0

Today the earth is populated with billions of people desperately hoping to "get somewhere," but having no idea of where they're going. Votes: 0

Gear is the least important part of the equation. Having a vision and being able to articulate an idea visually are much more important. Votes: 0

People think innovation is just having a good idea but a lot of it is just moving quickly and trying a lot of things. Votes: 0

Having 'best friends' is - at least for me - as outdated and small-minded a concept as the idea of 'Sunday best clothes.' Votes: 0

Putting your name on something and having no idea how it came about if someone else did all the work - that's not me. Votes: 0

Writing is just having a sheet of paper, a pen and not a shadow of an idea of what you are going to say. Votes: 0

The people who complain the loudest about never having an opportunity in life are usually the ones who have no idea what they really want. Votes: 0

But having had your bright, fresh, original idea, the really hard part is turning it into a successful product. That's what takes all the sweat. Votes: 0

I like it here in New York. I like the idea of having to keep eyes in the back of your head all the time. Votes: 0

The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping. Votes: 0

When I was 14 I would pick up my brother's bass guitar, and I would just pound on it, having no idea how to play it. Votes: 0

The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said. Votes: 0

There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect of having to think about it. Votes: 0

It is not a bad idea to get in the habit of writing down one's thoughts. It saves one having to bother anyone else with them. Votes: 0

Whenever I meet with nutritionists, we discuss the idea of having everything in moderation and that people should eat protein or fiber when they eat sugar. Votes: 0

Yes, we worship the idea of the "self-made man" - otherwise we'd go on strike against Bill Gates having all that money! We worship that idea. Votes: 0

This idea holds out hope that the human race will prosper mightily in the years ahead-because ideas are having sex with each other as never before. Votes: 0

I hate the idea of always having to interpret other people's ideas and thoughts and words, because I'm very independent and, I guess, a free thinker. Votes: 0

If there's unemployment, having the government help reduce that unemployment, increase employment directly is a pretty good idea. It's not driving out competition; it's not crowding out. Votes: 0

I grew up not really having anything, so the idea that I can take care of my family and my friends now is a really cool bonus. Votes: 0

An unexamined idea, to paraphrase Socrates, is not worth having and a society whose ideas are never explored for possible error may eventually find its foundations insecure. Votes: 0

I don't wear glasses, so I like the idea of not having to put them on to watch a movie. It's a hard barrier to get beyond. Votes: 0

Once upon a time, this idea of having a trained, disciplined, cultivated memory was not nearly so alien as it would seem to us to be today. Votes: 0

I like the idea of being caught between things, always being a bit of an outsider, having an outside eye on things - almost like a Shakespearean fool. Votes: 0

I think the idea of having a game based on reality is compelling right off the bat because everyone has some experience with the subject of the game. Votes: 0

I love the idea of having a kid who says, 'Yeah, of course I knew about Billie Holiday and Johnny Cash when I was nine years old.' Votes: 0

That's what being a front man is all about - the idea of having something supple underneath you, that machine that roars and can turn on a dime. Votes: 0

I like the idea of having an old Gibson [guitar], but I don't have one. The Gibson has a different quality, but it's almost like you need both. Votes: 0

I want to disabuse people of the idea that knowledge is power. Knowing how to get to Detroit is not the same thing as having the bus fare. Votes: 0

The idea of having to conform to someone else's ideal is unacceptable. I'm gonna be me. And if I can't be me, then I'd rather not do it. Votes: 0

There's a joy in having the molecule of an idea, then testing it in front of audiences at secret shows that people only know about the night before. Votes: 0

I am addicted to hockey now. I've seen it on TV, but to be there? I had no idea that white people were having so much fun without me. Votes: 0

The thing is, in America, it just seemed ridiculous - I mean, the idea of having a hit record over there, ... It was just something you could never do. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

We don't have enough Latinos on TV just getting cast in supporting roles; the idea of having your own show named after you seemed like such a long shot. Votes: 0

As much as I'm drawn to writing about teenage girls, I like the idea of having the freedom to branch out and write about different ages, for different ages. Votes: 0

School is basically about one point of view - the one the teacher has or the textbooks have. They don't like the idea of having different points of view,... Votes: 0

If you can imagine a man having a vasectomy without anesthetic to the sound of frantic sitar-playing, you will have some idea of what popular Turkish music is like. Votes: 0