I failed to fulfill what should have been an interesting role. I couldn't take their formula and bring what I had my humor my ideas and make it my own.

Our ability to find humor in the world to make connections between previously unconnected notions to create new ideas to share in a common culture: All these essentially human acts depend on memory.

There are no ideas in the Republican Party right now in the Congress. They're the party of no. They desperately need some intellectual leadership. And whatever you think of Newt Gingrich he can supply intellectual leadership. So I hope he does run.

We've got the wind at our back right now. Americans are waking up to the realities of their previous choices. We must keep America moving back to preeminence because our values and conservative ideas are the world's greatest hope.

Any institution faces two basic choices if they hope to spark new ideas. One is to leverage the brains trust within their organization by creating a special event dedicated to new thinking. The other is to look outside themselves to stimulate solutions.

In motivating people you've got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people I hope by example - and perhaps by excitement by having productive ideas to make others feel involved.

I am intrigued by inanimate objects. They're a piece of history someone's statement and ideas of life.

History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.

The history of mankind is the history of ideas.

What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history in German intellectual life.

The United States is the only power in history that became great by giving and not by taking. I think the crisis was when the United States had more money than ideas. Money doesn't produce money. Ideas produce money.

Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

Ideas shape the course of history.

A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas a place where history comes to life.

When the rich think about the poor they have poor ideas.

With a host of proposals on the table and a President examining new ideas for health reform we have an obligation to give real reform our best shot.

I believe there is a relationship between having an interest in the arts and the behaviour of society as a whole. Some politicians find it difficult that the arts is a weapon of happiness... Politics is often about deprivation rather than the opening up of ideas and nourishing creative endeavour.