I think the idea of the social construction of beauty - this idea that beauty is simply whatever culture or society says it is - is on the run. Of... →
Denis Dutton
Oh, I had an idea for a pilot of my own at the time, and then Carl sent me about eight scripts and simply I threw my idea out the window because the... →
Dick Van Dyke
The idea that global warming is the most important problem facing the world is total nonsense and is doing a lot of harm.
Freeman Dyson
If you didn't have patents, no one would bother to spend money on research and development. But with patents, if someone has a good idea and a... →
James Dyson
You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised.
The writers are writing human beings, and they're writing about the human condition and how difficult it is to function in that condition. I... →
George Dzundza
The whole point of cryopreserving only one's head is based on the idea that one can simply grow in the laboratory an entire new body, without a... →
Aubrey de Grey
Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is 'The Book of British Birds,' and you have a rough idea of... →
Terry Eagleton
In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.
Charles Eames
My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me, and if the government kills... →
Steve Earle