Quotes: Idea

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best.

A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the word livewire.

Before acting, I wanted to become a journalist. I also toyed with the idea of being a chef – but that’s only when people asked me what I wanted to be. In fact, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I didn’t ever believe that I was good enough to be come one.

These martyrs of patriotism gave their lives for an idea.

Yes, in fact, it’s hard to believe this, but it was almost 18 years ago when I first got the idea.

You were made perfectly to be loved – and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.

You get to say, ‘Here’s my philosophical idea about what the costume should like,’ and the costume designer comes and gives you choices and sometimes they’re all good, and I say, ‘What do you think?’ and they pick the right thing.

Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and delight for me is this idea that I get to rhyme.

The idea that I wrote something that stood for the way I feel about things, and that it lasts, that’s probably my favorite thing that I’ve done.

One does not set out with the idea that I’ve just had a great idea and now I’m going to go and carry it out. Almost all art that’s made like that doesn’t go anywhere.