Brilliant Ideas Quotes

• You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.

  Lee Iacocca

  Inspirational, Motivational, Business

  Lee Iacocca, William Novak (2011). “Iacocca: An Autobiography”, p.16, Bantam

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• Good ideas are common - what's uncommon are people who will work hard enough to bring them about.

  Ashleigh Brilliant

  Hard Work, Ideas, People

  Ashleigh Brilliant (1985). “All I Want is a Warm Bed and a Kind Word and Unlimited Power: Even More Brilliant Thoughts”, Brilliant Enterprises

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• Let’s never forget that whatever brilliant ideas you have or hear, that the opposite may also be true.

  Derek Sivers

  Motivation, Inspiration, Opposites

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  No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

  Robin Williams

  Inspirational, Change, Philosophy

  "Robin Williams: Genie in the Lamp" by Alex Kip, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 14, 2014.

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• All good ideas arrive by chance.

  Max Ernst

  Writing, Ideas, Intuition

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• A brilliant idea doesn't guarantee a successful invention. Real magic comes from a brilliant idea combined with willpower, tenacity, and a willingness to make mistakes.

  Lori Greiner

  Real, Mistake, Successful

  "20 Quotes From the Two Women of 'Shark Tank'" by John Brandon, www.inc.com. January 20, 2015.

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  The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.

  John Maynard Keynes

  Inspirational, Change, Lying

  "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money". Book by John Maynard Keynes (Preface), 1936.

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• At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.

  Bill Gates

  Inspiring, Money, Business

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• You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere. Lee Iacocca
  
  Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

  Mark Twain

  Communication, Love Is, Skills

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• The best thing I ever heard was in the '60s. I heard Jimi Hendrix play 'I Can Hear The Grass Grow' after a rehearsal, and it was brilliant.

  Roy Wood

  Play, Rehearsal, Brilliant

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• The New York Times published the guest list on the front page. The masks were a brilliant concept.

  George Plimpton

  New York, Guests, Pages

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• Success is hastened or delayed by one’s habits. It is not your passing inspirations or brilliant ideas so much as your everyday mental habits that control your life.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Inspiration, Ideas, Everyday

  Paramahansa Yogananda (2011). “The Law of Success: Using the Power of Spirit to Create Health, Prosperity, and Happiness”, p.15, BookBaby

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• I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

  Winston Churchill

  Sorry, Brilliant, Poor

  Dame Mary Soames, Sir Winston Churchill (1990). “Winston Churchill: His Life as a Painter : a Memoir by His Daughter”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

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• Jimi... He was the gov'nor and that's it. He was brilliant, wasn't he?

  Ritchie Blackmore

  Brilliant

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• It still hasn't sunk in that I'm going to be in Coronation Street. Everything about the role is brilliant and I'm working with some great people.

  Richard Fleeshman

  People, Roles, Brilliant

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• Manhattan, though, was an entirely different ballgame in a whole different kind of world, with a man who was brilliant and at the same time terribly charismatic.

  Mariel Hemingway

  Men, Different, Manhattan

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• I have been working a lot, and I like it. And you know, it's hard for me not to. I guess I've been working a lot because I get to play with brilliant people.

  Charlize Theron

  Play, People, Brilliant

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• We're great, Jo and me. We're pals, and I guess sex has a lot to do with it. She's also brilliant at clearing a room. So protective, so devoted. I can't believe how much she loves me.

  Ronnie Wood

  Sex, Believe, Pals

  "The Do Ron Ron" By Mariella Frostrup, www.theguardian.com. December 2, 2001.

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• First of all, it was such an honor to be chosen. You had to be voted in by players and coaches that time. But having it in Hawai'i was a brilliant idea.

  Dan Fouts

  Sports, Player, Ideas

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• A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas.

  Stan Getz

  Music, Ideas, Jazz

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• My idea of what's good and bad and right and wrong is maybe greyer than most, and I like writing about that.

  Shaun Cassidy

  Writing, Ideas, Good And Bad

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• Our greatest lack is not money for any undertaking, but rather ideas, If the ideas are good, cash will somehow flow to where it is needed.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Ideas, Cash, Flow

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• We need to take excellent care of our customers, and do so at a profit.

  Gerard Arpey

  Needs, Care, Brilliant

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• It is not your passing thoughts or brilliant ideas so much as your plain everyday habits that control your life....Live simply. Don’t get caught in the machine of the world— it is too exacting. By the time you get what you are seeking your nerves are gone, the heart is damaged, and the bones are aching. Resolve to develop your spiritual powers more earnestly from now on. Learn the art of right living. If you have joy you have everything,so learn to be glad and contented....Have happiness now.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Spiritual, Art, Ideas

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• I have found out one thing and that is, if you have an idea, and it is a good idea, if you only stick to it you will come out all right.

  Cecil Rhodes

  Ideas, Sticks, Brilliant

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