Once he had an idea in his head he pushed it to its logical conclusion and if he was proved wrong he simply shifted to another idea, which he pursued with equal certainty.
To explain this, he invokes an idea that went out of fashion in the 1960s: group selection.
Verlander said he had an idea coming in for his first inning that it might not be his day.
He had an idea for a story about a young spaceship pilot who travels across the galaxy in search of her missing father.
Arkan Mouhsin tells the Americans he has an idea who may have been behind the attack, that insurgent elements are still intent on destroying stability.
Then a year ago Hanke went to Google CEO Larry Page to tell him he had an idea and was leaving to start a new company.
Two weeks before the fire, Mr Philpott told friends he had an idea for a way of getting Ms Willis and the children back, the jury heard.
He suggests an idea of "virtual towing" where an idle car could pick up on another vehicle and follow it back to a stack, using inter-car tracking software.
There he hatched an idea for a website that would examine thorny topics, such as the Iraq war and health care, by unveiling the hidden agendas of the authors behind popular articles.
Smith insists his decision to draft Cousin into his starting line-up was for the sake of the player's match fitness - not because he has an idea of what Fifa's ruling might be.
In 1998, while fishing the Yellowstone River, he got an idea: There must be scads of small-town printers like me, in the same boat, as it were--big debt payments on the printing press and not enough work to pay it off.
He soon had an idea for a new product based on work he did in university improving a wheelchair for a disabled fellow student.
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If someone claimed he had been employing an idea before it was patented, he would be exempt from paying royalties to the party who filed the patent.
He co-wrote "Tropic Thunder" based on an idea he had in 1987, when many of his friends were making war movies, he recalls in the film's production notes.
He had generated an idea of using human-powered batteries for television or portable video game consoles.
He had an interesting idea for what might help the muni bond market.
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He returned with an idea of providing a fresh-air camp for underprivileged children.
He says he can't predict whether the trend will continue in future years, but he does have an idea about the next few months.
Update 26 October 2012: Lord Bichard has asked us to clarify that he was floating an idea at the committee rather than making a firm proposal.
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He was great because he spoke out when he disagreed with an idea, whether it was from a Republican or a Democrat or a corporate CEO.
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And he has proposed an idea for a renovated lobby at the New Victory Theater that would allow visitors to record their own stories of the first time they saw a play.
He also called for creation of a federally run infrastructure bank aimed at attracting outside investment, an idea he has floated previously that Congress has yet to embrace.
But he has also been criticised for buying Chelsea and not Russian football club, although Mann says it was an idea he explored.
Now Lanza is advancing what he says is a new theory of the universe, an idea to which he says he has devoted his entire life.
He also sells his product to the Brooklyneer, which uses it as a mixer, an idea that he considers excellent.
One of the Boston prep cooks told me about an idea he once had that ended up in a recipe.
College Jobs sprang from an idea he had when applying for a summer job at the end of his freshman year.
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