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"Because the GIs were sent massively to South Vietnam, maybe it's a good idea to have a broadcast for them."

"Because the GIs were sent massively to South Vietnam, maybe it's a good idea to have a broadcast for them."

Hanoi Hannah, Vietnamese Celebrity

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"Even such an obvious idea as to observe an animal with vertigo or to rotate an animal did not occur to him, in spite of the fact that he conducted numerous vertigo experiments with human subjects and made frequent use of animal experiments."

"Even such an obvious idea as to observe an animal with vertigo or to rotate an animal did not occur to him, in spite of the fact that he conducted numerous vertigo experiments with human subjects and made frequent use of animal experiments."

Robert Barany, Austrian Scientist

Idea, Fact, Obvious, Vertigo

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"Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California."

"Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California."

Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch Scientist

Idea, Programming

140

"When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always."

"When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always."

Rita Rudner, American Comedian

Idea, First, Name, Right

132

"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all."

"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Idea, Being, Unworthy

97

"It is my opinion that everything must be based on a simple idea. And it is my opinion that this idea, once we have finally discovered it, will be so compelling, so beautiful, that we will say to one another, yes, how could it have been any different."

"It is my opinion that everything must be based on a simple idea. And it is my opinion that this idea, once we have finally discovered it, will be so compelling, so beautiful, that we will say to one another, yes, how could it have been any different."

John Archibald Wheeler, American Physicist

Idea, Opinion, Will

85

"When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state."

"When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state."

Swami Vivekananda, Indian Clergyman

Idea, Mind, State

79

"There is nothing that makes us feel so good as the idea that someone else is an evil-doer."

"There is nothing that makes us feel so good as the idea that someone else is an evil-doer."

Robert Lynd, Irish Essayist

Idea, Evil, Nothing

79

"No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea has so fruitfully stimulated his intellect; yet no other concept stands in greater need of clarification than that of the infinite."

"No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea has so fruitfully stimulated his intellect; yet no other concept stands in greater need of clarification than that of the infinite."

David Hilbert, German Mathematician

Idea, Infinite, Intellect, Man

78

"The theory of cultural bias... is the idea that a culture is based on a particular form of organization. It can't be transplanted except to another variant of that organization."

"The theory of cultural bias... is the idea that a culture is based on a particular form of organization. It can't be transplanted except to another variant of that organization."

Mary Douglas, British Scientist

Idea, Culture, Theory

72

"All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman."

"All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman."

Charlie Chaplin, English Actor

Idea, Chance, Gentleman, Giving

70

"Because when the film was first mooted, the Beatles didn't like the idea at all. In fact they wouldn't have any part in it. And when Brian had committed them, it was part of a deal he did with United Artists, I think."

"Because when the film was first mooted, the Beatles didn't like the idea at all. In fact they wouldn't have any part in it. And when Brian had committed them, it was part of a deal he did with United Artists, I think."

George Martin, English Producer

Idea, Artists, Fact, Film

66

"If you get trapped in the idea that what is most important is what image of yourself you're giving to the world, you're on a dangerous path."

"If you get trapped in the idea that what is most important is what image of yourself you're giving to the world, you're on a dangerous path."

Jeanne Moreau, French Actress

Idea, Giving, World

64

"The idea is to die young as late as possible."

"The idea is to die young as late as possible."

Ashley Montagu, English Scientist

64

"Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions."

"Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions."

Oliver Holmes, Jr., American Judge

Idea, Man, Mind, Oliver Holmes

64

"The idea to do the album only on keyboards kind of happened by accident. I was quite happy with the sound and felt it really didn't need more instruments, so I didn't use them."

"The idea to do the album only on keyboards kind of happened by accident. I was quite happy with the sound and felt it really didn't need more instruments, so I didn't use them."

Gary Wright, American Musician

Idea, Accident, Sound

61

"The idea of revenge coming from a 14-year-old girl isn't, you know, exactly right."

"The idea of revenge coming from a 14-year-old girl isn't, you know, exactly right."

Hailee Steinfeld, American Actress

Idea, Revenge, Right

61

"What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means something, but you're not always sure what. Then when you get on the set, the actors teach you."

"What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means something, but you're not always sure what. Then when you get on the set, the actors teach you."

Gary Oldman, English Actor

Idea, Actors, Consciousness

61

"So now my road map has changed and I don't have a really clear idea of what the next stops are."

"So now my road map has changed and I don't have a really clear idea of what the next stops are."

Linda Vester, American Entertainer

Idea, Now, Road

60

"Perhaps my information hurt the Soviet Union more than it helped. I have no idea. It was not something I ever discussed with the KGB officers that I was dealing with."

"Perhaps my information hurt the Soviet Union more than it helped. I have no idea. It was not something I ever discussed with the KGB officers that I was dealing with."

Aldrich Ames, American Criminal

Idea, Hurt, Information

59

"Well, I think what's most important is the idea of something."

"Well, I think what's most important is the idea of something."

Joshua Homme, American Musician

58

"Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it."

"Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it."

Rex Harrison, British Actor

Idea, Feeling, Wrong

58

"It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'"

"It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'"

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

Idea, First, Old

57

"When a performance isn't working, it's usually because the actor is trying to do something and they're not able to express their idea very well. It's a muddled expression."

"When a performance isn't working, it's usually because the actor is trying to do something and they're not able to express their idea very well. It's a muddled expression."

Casey Affleck, American Actor

Idea, Performance, Expression

57

"It was but then, when you're, one of the great poisonous events that have infected us all who were in South Africa is that the idea of difference is drip fed into your veins. It's that that you fight."

"It was but then, when you're, one of the great poisonous events that have infected us all who were in South Africa is that the idea of difference is drip fed into your veins. It's that that you fight."

Janet Suzman, South African Actress

Idea, Difference, Events, Fight

56

"Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue."

"Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue."

Hermione Gingold, English Actress

Idea, Fighting, Tongue, Woman

55

"But I'm not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would just be different. Because the play will always be there exactly as it was, and in a musical you could tell a lot of the story through songs."

"But I'm not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would just be different. Because the play will always be there exactly as it was, and in a musical you could tell a lot of the story through songs."

Harvey Fierstein, American Actor

Idea, Play, Song, Songs

55

"I always liked the story of Noah's Ark and the idea of starting anew by rescuing the things you like and leaving the rest behind."

"I always liked the story of Noah's Ark and the idea of starting anew by rescuing the things you like and leaving the rest behind."

Zach Braff, American Actor

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"It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if it's the idea of the offender to extinguish himself in the commission of the crime."

"It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if it's the idea of the offender to extinguish himself in the commission of the crime."

John Ashcroft, American Public Servant

Idea, Crime, Help

54

"The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event."

"The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event."

Ethel Barrymore, American Actress

53

"I'm into the idea of responsibility and edification and these things have found me and I have found them. I wanted to be in the movie and I made it known to Mike."

"I'm into the idea of responsibility and edification and these things have found me and I have found them. I wanted to be in the movie and I made it known to Mike."

Rob Morrow, American Actor

Idea, Responsibility

53

"When I started making my own records, I had this idea of drowning out the singer and putting the rest in the foreground. It was the background that interested me."

"When I started making my own records, I had this idea of drowning out the singer and putting the rest in the foreground. It was the background that interested me."

Brian Eno, British Musician

53

"It was not simply out of a spirit of contradiction that I exposed a light source to magnetic forces. The idea came to me during an investigation of the effect discovered by Kerr on light reflected by magnetic mirrors."

"It was not simply out of a spirit of contradiction that I exposed a light source to magnetic forces. The idea came to me during an investigation of the effect discovered by Kerr on light reflected by magnetic mirrors."

Pieter Zeeman, Dutch Physicist

Idea, Contradiction, Effect, Investigation

53

"You know, I am just a musician and I have no idea these days what good and bad is in terms of labels."

"You know, I am just a musician and I have no idea these days what good and bad is in terms of labels."

Billy Sherwood, American Musician

52

"I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film."

"I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film."

Philip Seymour Hoffman, American Actor

Idea, Career, Film

52

"I haven't been out in the marketplace in a while. I'm thinking about going back into it. I've got some things set up over the next couple of months just to go and see. But I have no idea what the specific way to a solution is anymore. It's mysterious to me."

"I haven't been out in the marketplace in a while. I'm thinking about going back into it. I've got some things set up over the next couple of months just to go and see. But I have no idea what the specific way to a solution is anymore. It's mysterious to me."

Michael Nesmith, American Musician

Idea, Months, Solution, Thinking

52

"I like the idea of growing old gracefully and full of wrinkles... like Audrey Hepburn."

"I like the idea of growing old gracefully and full of wrinkles... like Audrey Hepburn."

Natalie Imbruglia, Australian Musician

52

"Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea."

"Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea."

Mick Taylor, English Musician

Idea, African, Ancestry

52

"I loved the idea of touching base with an audience."

"I loved the idea of touching base with an audience."

Jerry Stiller, American Comedian

52

"I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana."

"I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana."

Phil Donahue, American Entertainer

Idea, Corporate, News, Television

52

"An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied."

"An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied."

Arnold H. Glasow, American Humorist

Idea, Action, Will

52

"Each member does whatever they want with the song and it totally changes it from whatever idea I hear around it. It turns it into a Sonic Youth song and completely away from it being a solo song."

"Each member does whatever they want with the song and it totally changes it from whatever idea I hear around it. It turns it into a Sonic Youth song and completely away from it being a solo song."

Thurston Moore, American Musician

Idea, Being, Song, Want

52

"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."

"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."

Louis Freeh, American Lawyer

Idea, President, Years

51

"I was half asleep lying there writing this lyric in my head at about 3:30 in the morning. I woke Steve up with this idea and then we went into the living room where there was a little upright piano and finished the song. I wonder where that piano is now?"

"I was half asleep lying there writing this lyric in my head at about 3:30 in the morning. I woke Steve up with this idea and then we went into the living room where there was a little upright piano and finished the song. I wonder where that piano is now?"

Jim Capaldi, British Musician

Idea, Living, Lying, Now

50

"And I had an old-fashioned idea that dividends were a good thing."

"And I had an old-fashioned idea that dividends were a good thing."

James MacArthur, American Actor

50

"There was an idea of accepting everyone; there was no sense of exclusion."

"There was an idea of accepting everyone; there was no sense of exclusion."

Bill Pullman, American Actor

50

"No, sometimes we just have to take liberties because the idea was so good. I wish we'd just gone with the idea that Patsy had been a man. It would have been fantastic."

"No, sometimes we just have to take liberties because the idea was so good. I wish we'd just gone with the idea that Patsy had been a man. It would have been fantastic."

Jennifer Saunders, British Comedian

50

"There is an idea, the basis of an internal structure, expanded and split into different shapes or groups of sound constantly changing in shape, direction, and speed, attracted and repulsed by various forces."

"There is an idea, the basis of an internal structure, expanded and split into different shapes or groups of sound constantly changing in shape, direction, and speed, attracted and repulsed by various forces."

Edgard Varese, American Composer

Idea, Direction, Sound

50

"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."

"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."

Joanna Newsom, American Musician

Idea, Delight, Excitement

50

"To begin with, you must realize that any idea accepted by the brain is automatically transformed into an action of some sort. It may take seconds or minutes or longer - but ideas always produce a reaction of some sort."

"To begin with, you must realize that any idea accepted by the brain is automatically transformed into an action of some sort. It may take seconds or minutes or longer - but ideas always produce a reaction of some sort."

Scott Reed, American Political Consultant

Idea, Ideas, Action, May

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