Good Ideas Quotes - Page 31

• A good idea has self-expanding qualities. It stimulates those who see it to add to it.

  James Webb Young

  Self, Ideas, Quality

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• Our world is endangered by the absence of good ideas

  Terence McKenna

  Our World, Ideas, Dmt

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• What does it mean for a painter to paint in the manner of So-and-So or to actually imitate someone else? What's wrong with that? On the contrary, it's a good idea. You should constantly try to paint like someone else. But the thing is, you can't! You would like to. You try. But it turns out to be a botch... And it's at the very moment you make a botch of it that you're yourself.

  Pablo Picasso

  Mean, Ideas, Trying

  Hélène Parmelin, Pablo Picasso (1965). “Picasso; the artist and his model: and other recent works”

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• If everyone thinks you have a good idea, you´re too late

  Paul Hawken

  Thinking, Ideas, Too Late

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• Everything in New Orleans is a good idea.

  Bob Dylan

  New Orleans, Ideas

  Bob Dylan (2011). “Chronicles”, p.158, Simon and Schuster

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• When Veronica Mars was canceled, the following season of pilots for The CW had been announced, and one was Gossip Girl. I read it, and I knew I was sort of old to play any of the kids. I called Dawn Ostroff -- who was the head of The CW at the time -- and said, 'Hey, I did so much narration on Veronica Mars, can I narrate this show? And she said, 'Hey, that's a very good idea.' They knew I had a younger voice, they liked me and they knew I'd show up for work, and I guess that was all I really needed. It was so clear to me how sassy and catty she needed to be.

  Kristen Bell

  Girl, Kids, Sassy

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• It takes a very strong brain to resist the absolutes, the myths that the media and the politicians peddle - the idea that if you are too kind, where does it all end? That not to help someone is somehow a good idea.

  Peter Mullan

  Strong, Media, Ideas

  "If I went there I'd be found hanging from a bridge" by Fiachra Gibbons, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.

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• It's never a good idea to ask a man on a tight-rope how he keeps his balance: a) he would probably fall off and b) he probably doesn't know what the muscles are called in any case.

  Terry Pratchett

  Fall, Men, Ideas

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• If for instance, in a board meeting, if you have an idea, it better be a good idea, or you're not going to get everybody's attention.

  Bob Weir

  Ideas, Boards, Attention

  Source: medium.com

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• If I got any good ideas out of that or I think they're good ideas, I'll be glad to contribute them but the system will probably overdo some other things.

  Warren Buffett

  Thinking, Ideas, Glad

  "Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime". Interview With Charlie Rose, www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.

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• The only thing contrived is the production - you can over-produce to the point you kill a good idea, you can under-produce so that the song's amazing but you'll have folks at a radio station saying they won't play it, so there's this balance, and it has to be true.

  Ryan Tedder

  Song, Play, Ideas

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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• That's why whenever I have a really good idea, I'm always worried about theft.

  Rich Fulcher

  Ideas, Worried, Theft

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Some people think it's psuedo-science, but it's called morphic resonance. It's when someone thinks of an idea, it makes it easier for someone else to think of the idea. That's why you should do crossword puzzles later in the day, because other people have thought about the answers. That's why you hear about people coming up with inventions almost at the same time, because someone else is thinking about it. That's why whenever I have a really good idea, I'm always worried about theft.

  Rich Fulcher

  Thinking, Ideas, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I do understand the free market, having my economics degree, and if someone on the right had some good ideas, I'm not so dogmatic that I wouldn't listen to them.

  Jay Roach

  Ideas, Degrees, Economics

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• Selling through the internet seems to be a very good idea. There are a million areas that we can go to.

  Jeremy Clarkson

  Ideas, Internet, Selling

  Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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• I'm actually cautiously optimistic that Donald Trump will be so bad that he will force America to wake up and realise that forcing America to vote for right wing Republicans is always a terrible idea. It's never been a good idea, but what happened here is you have a president like Obama who gives you eight years of relative stability and prosperity, and people forget that Republicans are just terrible, not just for the country but for the planet. Maybe this is America's equivalent of bottoming out, like a crystal meth addict going on one last big run before they have to get sober.

  Moby

  Running, Country, Optimistic

  Source: thequietus.com

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• I think it's a good idea to be - to fairly identify where things could have gone better once you get the facts, once you get the data and once you're able to review.

  Keith Ellison

  Thinking, Data, Ideas

  "Rep. Keith Ellison On Why He Deserves To Be DNC Chairman". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. November 30, 2016.

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• [Fairy tales] are like a journey to the woods and the many ways you can get lost. Some people say it's not a good idea to read fairy tales to anyone under the age of eight because they are brutal and raw. When I was a kid I often felt that kids's books were speaking down to me, but I never felt that way about fairy tales. They are bloody and scary, but so is life.

  Alice Hoffman

  Book, Kids, Journey

  Source: www.bostonglobe.com

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• When employees tell you about their good ideas for the business, don't limit your response to asking questions, taking notes and following up. If you can, ask those people to lead their projects and take responsibility for them. From those experiences, they will then have built the confidence to take on more and you can take a further step back.

  Richard Branson

  Responsibility, Asking Questions, Ideas

  "How To Turn Your Idea Into Reality – The Richard Branson Interview". Interview with Nathan Chan, foundr.com. May 30, 2018.

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• It is really really important that you deal with Trump either by letter or by personal contact. Trying to deal with him on telephones or through the media is not a good idea.

  Michael Kergin

  Ideas, Media, Trying

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• It's not a good idea to take a forecast from someone wearing a tie. If possible, tease people who take themselves and their knowledge too seriously.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Knowledge, Ideas, Ties

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• Generally it's not a good idea to wear Banana Republic - type khaki journalist clothes in a war zone. You might look too much like something that's supposed to be shot, such as a journalist.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Funny, War, Ideas

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty”, p.249, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• The greatest thing on earth is a good idea!

  Earl Nightingale

  Ideas, Earth

  Earl Nightingale (1969). “This is Earl Nightingale”, Doubleday Books

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• I was surprised that my wife thought it was a good idea, then again with my agent, another woman, then my editor, another woman - in spite of the fact that all three of them reacted positively I still have this fear.

  Michael Chabon

  Editors, Ideas, Wife

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• When the customer is wrong it is not a good idea to tell them.

  Garrison Wynn

  Ideas, Customers

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