Brilliant Ideas Quotes - Page 3

• Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.

  Federico Fellini

  Thinking, Genius, Excellent

  Federico Fellini, Damian Pettigrew (2003). “I'm a born liar: a Fellini lexicon”, Harry N Abrams Inc

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• A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.

  Freeman Dyson

  Science, Ideas, Engineering

  "Disturbing the Universe". Book by Freeman Dyson, 1979.

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• The founding fathers were not only brilliant, they were system builders and systematic thinkers. They came up with comprehensive plans and visions.

  Ron Chernow

  Father, Vision, Systematic

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• Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones.

  Paul Cezanne

  Artist, Light, Two

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• I was impressed by Hendrix. His attitude was brilliant. Even the way he walked was amazing.

  Ritchie Blackmore

  Attitude, Way, Brilliant

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• To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.

  Max Beerbohm

  Giving, Needs, Brilliant

  The Yellow Book, Jan. 1895

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• Jonathan is that brilliant little fire that burns within us all, that lives only for those moments when we reach perfection.

  Richard Bach

  Fire, Perfection, Littles

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• My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

  Jane Austen

  Inspiring, Clever, Ideas

  Persuasion ch. 16 (1818)

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• All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him.

  W. H. Auden

  Art, Believe, Simple

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• When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career.

  Ernie Harwell

  Careers, Brooklyn, Height

  Tom Keegan, Ernie Harwell (2002). “Ernie Harwell: My 60 Years in Baseball”, Triumph Books (IL)

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• Paris is always a good idea.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Inspirational, Travel, Ideas

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• Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free.

  Douglas Horton

  Ideas, Dimes, Dozen

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• Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.

  Plutarch

  Enemy, Quality, Excellent

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• It is one thing to own a woman, and it is another to have her within the bonds of an excellent mastery.

  John Norman

  Mastery, Excellent, One Thing

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• Forty years ago this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and millions died. I fear we're going down a rabbit hole once again - and if people can stop and think and reflect on some of the ideas and issues in this movie, perhaps I've done some damn good here!

  Errol Morris

  Country, Thinking, Years

  The 76th Annual Academy Awards, www.imdb.com. February 29, 2004.

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• We also have favourite place in France, called Charlot Premier in Nice, which does excellent oysters.

  Roger Moore

  Nice, Oysters, France

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• The first idea that the child must acquire, in order to be actively disciplined, is that of the difference between good and evil.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Ideas, Differences

  "The Montessori Reader".

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• I've always wanted to improve on the idea of living well, In moderation, wine is good for you - mentally, physically, and spiritually.

  Robert Mondavi

  Wine, Ideas, Moderation

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• My father had a brilliant scholastic record in high school and was awarded a college scholarship. Unfortunately he had to turn it down so that he could continue to support his family.

  Tony Visconti

  Father, School, College

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• Coldplay fans are the best in the world. If you like Coldplay then you're obviously very intelligent and good looking and all-around brilliant.

  Chris Martin

  Intelligent, World, Fans

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• A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent.

  Guy Kawasaki

  Work, Ideas, Luck

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• The Bee Gees who are brilliant, I just love great music.

  Michael Jackson

  Bees, Brilliant, Great Music

  "Michael Jackson, the King of Pop" by Jel D. Lewis Jones, 2005.

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• Don't use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.

  Henrik Ibsen

  Lying, Atheism, Use

  "The Wild Duck".

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• If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger.

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  Hard Work, Men, Ideas

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• Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or honorable.

  Mortimer Adler

  Men, Three, Way

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