A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.
To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable.
If you write songs you have an idea how they're going to sound.
The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take you from film school to professional - the idea. That's what is original to you.
Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it.
I wanted all my visits to be official. When I sent the pass back with a note, I had no idea it would antagonize the president. I found out years later that it did.
Even the recognition of an individual whom we see every day is only possible as the result of an abstract idea of him formed by generalization from his appearances in the past.
I have no plans for a future Jemima Shore mystery, but would write one tomorrow if a good idea came to me.
For me, it was a revelation. There, was revealed a completely different Anne to the child that I had lost. I had no idea of the depths of her thoughts and feelings.
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.
China's idea of fair trade is government subsidies of its textile and apparel exports to the United States, currency manipulation, and forgiveness of loans by its government banks.
I like the idea of giving workers control and putting their money into their personal accounts.
I'm going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli.
You know what I want? The answer is, I truly don't know what I want. I don't want to do a television series. I want to do dramas as well as comedies, but I have no idea what kind or in what order. Just give me the chance at them.
First of all, it was such an honor to be chosen. You had to be voted in by players and coaches that time. But having it in Hawai'i was a brilliant idea.