Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, Oh, you can't do that.
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Related If somebody came up with a really good idea, everyone would back it. Especially when we did the show... DAVE FOLEY Before, it was always, 'Oh, no, here comes Clancy, that insurance agent.' Now it's, '... TOM CLANCY Somebody who lives next door, who stands up for a cause, who do something that causes a change with ... BETTY MIDDLEBROOK There's times when you're having dinner with a good friend and you're in the middle of a... VERNE TROYER You have to treat people gently because we're all in a process. What might seem like a good idea... AMY GRANT I had the idea that I should beat up every player I tangled with and nothing ever convinced me it wa... TED LINDSAY I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't li... ZADIE SMITH Who elected Larry King America's grief counselor? We, the viewing public, did, by driving up his... JAMES WOLCOTT You don't wanna walk around and say, 'I'm somebody's niece, I'm somebody's c... MARIA SHRIVER There's always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little - and it's always somebod... CULLEN HIGHTOWER This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up... MATT TAIBBI There's a whole lot of America that looks at each other and says, 'Well, there's 340 mil... JEB BUSH A republican stands up in congress and says 'I GOT A REALLY BAD IDEA!!' and the democrat stands up a... LEWIS BLACK I think 'Tattoo's a song that can go so many different ways. Some people think of it as a br... JORDIN SPARKS Oh yes, I'm at my happiest when I have a good idea and I'm drawing it well, and it comes out well an... CHARLES M. SCHULZ There's a mindset of flexibility and adaptability that comes with us. We don't mind hardship... JAMES F. AMOS I like somebody who's not so crazy but likes to have a good time... and who is thoughtful and ki... KATE BOSWORTH People have to learn who they are - you can't have somebody else telling you who you are. HALE IRWIN There's always going to be somebody who takes a dislike to you and you can't waste time worr... PAULA RADCLIFFE I walk around - people know who I am. I've got friends. I can make ends meet. I grew up around p... NATE DIAZ You can't pick up the telephone and say, 'Connect me with someone else who has a kid with le... HOWARD RHEINGOLD You see somebody on a football field make a great, athletic 70-yard run, but the athleticism is imme... ASHTON EATON If you have a character that doesn't have anything wrong with him, there's nothing funny abo... WILL ARNETT In the movies, you want a good story and characters that are honest, but you are also looking for a ... ASHTON KUTCHER My idea of beauty is somebody that doesn't have to try too much, someone who is effortless and f... JESSICA ENNIS What I love about new technology is that it really pushes the art. It really pushes it in a way that... ROBERT RODRIGUEZ For every person that doesn't like you, there's gonna be somebody who does. LANCE GROSS There are checks and balances in science. There's somebody checking the people doing the science... MICHAEL SHERMER I want a guy who's going to be accepting of - one, my big 'ol, loud Mexican family - and als... BECKY G You can tell it's good if you light it and a blue flame comes up; that means it's good moons... JOHNNY KNOXVILLE I do still get the odd fan letter about The Good Life, clearly written by somebody aged 18, who says... FELICITY KENDAL Every movie goes through that U-shape where you start with 'Oh that's a great idea. I love i... JENNIFER YUH NELSON The idea that every time you do a film you're supposed to be tortured confuses me. I mean, guys ... GEORGE CLOONEY It is a good man who stands up for his friends, but an honorable man who stands up for his enemies. VIOLET HABERDASHER I won't say there's a good Richard and a bad Richard, but I've got a switch, and when it... RICHARD SEYMOUR In today's world, it never looks good when you're suing somebody who earned $20,000 for writ... ROBERT GOTTLIEB I'm seeing a guy now who has nothing to do with films. It's so much nicer with somebody who ... KERRY CONDON You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears ... RODNEY ATKINS Whenever I'm talking about relationships, it's always at least three things. It's my rel... JOSE JAMES I love theater. I love the idea that you can transform, become somebody else, and look at life with ... NATASHA TSAKOS I'm sure there's somebody out there who doesn't like Betty White because she's short... ELLEN DEGENERES I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next do... CHINUA ACHEBE If the right idea comes up, and it feels true to talk about somebody being in a truck, and that'... SHANE MCANALLY I do what I do. You like it, great. You don't, go listen to somebody else. I'm stickin' ... ICE CUBE In my opinion, the only real asset one has is one's reputation, right? I mean, any company and i... ERIC BETZIG You can't make everybody love you. It's an exercise in futility, and it's probably not e... ROBERT CRUMB In the world of musical theatre, if everyone says it's a good idea, you wonder why nobody has do... TIM RICE A dirty player is somebody who ultimately is trying to hurt somebody. There's a huge difference.... NDAMUKONG SUH It's funny - if you impersonate somebody, they have no idea it's them. TRACEY ULLMAN There we times when everybody in the house has the flu. You're cleaning up vomit and it's 2 ... MEG TILLY That's the thing with dementia. If you're with somebody who has a serious illness, you can u... JUDY PARFITT Sometimes my body wakes me up and says 'Hey, you haven't had pain in a while. How about pain... MATTIE STEPANEK It's hard being a hostage in somebody else's mouth - or a character in somebody else's n... DAVID ANTIN A good fart joke makes me bawl with laughter, so will somebody farting. And the word 'poo.' ... JENNY ECLAIR You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy thi... IRIS APFEL Superman's always chasing after someone who just mugged somebody, and I've never seen that h... DANIEL CLOWES I tell all the young guys, don't make choices because somebody else is telling you it's good... BRAD PITT Sometimes I want to just pull the off switch, but you can't because if you go outside, you have ... NICKI MINAJ I think there is something in my books that says these are people doing their best under difficult c... SONYA HARTNETT I think so many young girls get caught up in the challenge of being with somebody who's dangerou... NIKKI REED He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a very low standard of it in mind WILLIAM HAZLITT Stand-up was my entree into the entertainment world. I didn't have to act out somebody else'... CHELSEA HANDLER It's absolutely of no importance who or what V was under the mask. He isn't a who or a what,... DAVID LLOYD I don't think it's hypothetical whether or not it's a good idea to topple secular dictat... RAND PAUL In my stories, whenever there's somebody wonderful and charming and bright and intelligent, that... MAEVE BINCHY 'Harat' is actually - it's a Lebanese dialect word. It comes from 'the mapmaker,'... RABIH ALAMEDDINE The really good idea is always traceable back quite a long way, often to a not very good idea which ... JOHN CLEESE If you're smart, you'll always be humble. You can learn all you want, but there'll alway... DAVID DUCHOVNY I love Mike Tyson. I was a fan, as everybody else was. The moment somebody stood up to him, he didn&... DANIEL CORMIER You just never give up, no matter how hard the challenges are, and observe this world with a healthy... RENNY HARLIN Information helps you to see that you're not alone. That there's somebody in Mississippi and... MAYA ANGELOU I know somebody from university who's called Phil Collins, and I think there's something ter... DAVID WALLIAMS If you start with a good idea, you can encapsulate it in a phrase and explain it. I like high-concep... JANE CAMPION There's this idea of bankers retiring and painting watercolours. You can't dabble in art - i... JUSTIN CARTWRIGHT I never breathe through the nose, not when I'm singing. In the opera, you don't have so much... BEVERLY SILLS He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have
had a very low standard of it in his... WILLIAM HAZLITT If a reviewer is beating me up, I just say, 'Oh well, my writing is not to his or her taste.'... DAN BROWN There's this idea that it has to be made in London. But we've got everything up here, and if... JOHNNY VEGAS I can't imagine a more loyal employee to have than somebody who's laid their life on the lin... JAMES A. WINNEFELD, JR. Everybody in America who didn't come over the Bering Strait ice bridge stole his land from someb... P. J. O'ROURKE A liberal is a man who is willing to spend somebody else's money. CARTER GLASS I have real TV studios. If I have an idea, I can go shoot it. I can experiment. If I choose to air i... CRISS ANGEL One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebo... MICHELLE OBAMA You can't make anything without making mistakes, do you know what I mean? Robert De Niro's i... JAMES CORDEN Somebody else has to step up. We had a couple people that had opportunities, they just didn't (step ... WAYNE BRACKENBURY A lot of people who have depression understand that the last thing in the world you want to do when ... DOROTHY HAMILL There's this famous observation that I totally believe: Great startup ideas are the ones that li... SAM ALTMAN As you get better and better working out, there's no one who can keep up with you running. If yo... GEORGE FOREMAN I'm all in favor of people - myself included - going into the same territory if there's some... MICHAEL LEHMANN It's a good thing I don't read everything Eddie says, or I'd be up in arms and not enjoy... SAMMY HAGAR Something I miss terribly from the '60s - the most important phrase in the English language was,... ALAN ARKIN It's the combination: big idea with a good entrepreneur: there's nothing more powerful. BILL DRAYTON You turn up on set, and somebody who has come out of Oxford, has done a BBC course, is telling you h... EDDIE MARSAN When I have to promote things now, sometimes I realize that I had a movie in mind, but in the end, i... KARINE VANASSE I don't care if it's somebody else's song. Most of the time, you'll find that I'... TAJ MAHAL But no, I'm not political. My obligation is to pull the lever and elect somebody who's going... MARK WAHLBERG I see it every day: People trying to create a home that somebody else tells them they should have. I... NATE BERKUS I don't understand actors who complain when they get work. 'I'm working too much. I'... ALDIS HODGE I'm always open to the possibility that somebody's got a better idea than I have. It happens... WILLIAM SHATNER As soon as someone tells me: 'You're rather sexy,' I wish I could disappear. If somebody... DANIEL CRAIG
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