top of page

"I think the whole idea of me was that I wasn't going to be but that I wanted to be, desperately."

Chris Elliott, American Comedian

25

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"I think the whole idea of me was that I wasn't going to be but that I wanted to be, desperately."

Exlpore more Idea quotes

"I have no idea what readership is of written editorials, but it doesn't come anywhere close to the readership of editorial cartoons."

Paul Conrad, American Cartoonist

"You kind of alluded to it in your introduction. I mean, for the last 300 or so years, the exact sciences have been dominated by what is really a good idea, which is the idea that one can describe the natural world using mathematical equations."

Stephen Wolfram, English Scientist

Idea, World, Years

"There's this idea that it has to be made in London. But we've got everything up here, and if you've got comics who are gifted because of where they're from, you shouldn't drag them away from that natural resource."

Johnny Vegas, British Comedian

"I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing."

Kate Smith, American Musician

"The Jug Band was exactly what I wanted to do, and it wasn't my idea."

John Sebastian, American Musician

"'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else."

Ugo Betti, Italian Playwright

Idea, Man, Nothing

"I have a good idea every two years. Give me a topic, I will give you the idea!"

Fritz Zwicky, Swiss Scientist

Idea, Will, Years

"My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors."

Bette Midler, American Actress

"Create a good idea and leave it in the darkness; you will then see that people will come with the candles in their hands to find it, because just like the bad, the good has also a special scent!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Idea, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Inspirational

"Usually one or two things happen: Either you have an idea straightaway - the sort of sound that you want or the instrumentation or one particular sound that you want to feature - or you don't."

Anne Dudley, English Composer

Idea, Sound, Want

Explore more quotes by Chris Elliott

"Somehow, by just continually pestering the general public by appearing on television, they accepted me and wanted more."

"That's what keeps me up at three in the morning: Who's looking at reviews of Cabin Boy right now?"

"I missed the boat when I was doing Late Night."

"I think the whole idea of me was that I wasn't going to be but that I wanted to be, desperately."

bottom of page