Great Idea Quotes - Page 5

• It may be easily shown, and is of no small significance, that the two great ideas of which the Anglo-Saxon is the exponent are having a fuller development in the United States than in Great Britain.

  Josiah Strong

  Ideas, Two, United States

  Josiah Strong (1963). “Our Country”

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• Ideas must be put to the test. That's why we make things; otherwise they would be no more than ideas. There is often a huge difference between an idea and its realization. I've had what I thought were great ideas that just didn't work.

  Andy Goldsworthy

  Ideas, Differences, Would Be

  Interview with Conrad Bodman, 2001.

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• Recovery challenges the established order and as such, is a 'great idea' along with the ideas of evolution or a 'round earth'; turning all our thinking upside down.

  Laurie Davidson

  Inspirational, Recovery, Thinking

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• Capitalism is a great idea in theory, but in practice it just doesn't work.

  Jeremy Hardy

  Practice, Ideas, Theory

  "The News Quiz", BBC Radio 4, November 2008.

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• I used to want to be a children's writer, because I would have all these great ideas when I was little, and I'd write them and draw them, and turn them into class.

  Jena Malone

  Children, Writing, Class

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• Republicans are as capable of coming up with great ideas and moving this country along as anyone - they just don't do it.

  Alan Alda

  Country, Moving, Ideas

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You have to put the idea into action. If you don’t have the motivation and the enthusiasm, your great idea will simply sit on top of your desk or inside your head and go nowhere.

  Donald Trump

  Motivation, Ideas, Enthusiasm

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• There are a lot of people building small ideas now. There's an idealization of being an entrepreneur, but the most important thing is to have a really great idea.

  Dustin Moskovitz

  Ideas, People, Entrepreneur

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• You must fall in love with what you do, because being an entrepreneur is a lot of hard work, and overcoming a lot of adversity. From that love will come the dedication that will get you out of bed at 4 a.m. because of a great idea you just had and get you to work till 11 p.m. and not feel tired.

  Ken Field

  Falling In Love, Hard Work, Tired

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• In the future, as in the past, the great ideas [of mathematics] must be simplifying ideas, the creator must always be one who clarifies, for himself, and for others, the most complicated issues of formulas and concepts.

  Andre Weil

  Past, Discovery, Ideas

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• A great idea solves multiple problems at the same time.

  Shigeru Miyamoto

  Ideas, Problem, Multiple

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• Great ideas can come from anywhere. There are no titles around an idea.

  Steve Stoute

  Ideas, Titles

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• As many peo­ple have pointed out, the scene in ‘Kung Fu Hus­tle’ where the Land­lady was chas­ing after me resem­bled the Road­run­ner, … I loved to watch car­toons and read comic books when I was small. In fact, I still watch and read a lot of them now. They give me great ideas.

  Stephen Chow

  Running, Book, Land

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• Senior men have no monopoly on great ideas. Nor do creative people. Some of the best ideas come from account executives, researchers and others. Encourage this, you need all the ideas you can get.

  David Ogilvy

  Senior, Men, Ideas

  David Ogilvy (2012). “The Unpublished David Ogilvy”, p.94, Profile Books

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• Having a great idea is important. But having a great team is also important.

  Steve Case

  Team, Ideas, Important

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• When sparks fly, some truly great ideas come to light.

  David Heinemeier Hansson

  Light, Ideas, Sparks

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• I think there's a number of pillars to success. One is you've got to have a great idea. The other is you've got to have a constituency, you've got to have finance, and you've got to be able to raise awareness.

  Jeremy Gilley

  Motivation, Inspiration, Thinking

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• Having a great idea is simply not enough. The eventual goal is vastly more important than any idea. It is how ideas are implemented that counts in the long run

  Felix Dennis

  Running, Ideas, Long

  Felix Dennis (2008). “How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets”, p.63, Penguin

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• Even though you're a member of the wrong party, you've got some great ideas.

  Lynn Westmoreland

  Party, Ideas, Members

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• Safety is a basic human need. People with a sense of security and belonging are stabilized for learning, creating, innovating. A group of wonderfully cared for, confident individuals will generate great ideas.

  John Sweeney

  Ideas, Creating, People

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• It was a great idea from my teammate Jamal Crawford. He kept telling me to jump over Spud, so we decided to call him and he was more than willing to participate with me. I just thank God for him.

  Nate Robinson

  Ideas, Thank God, Teammate

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• This is not to say there are not Chicagoans. But I would suggest that they are a nomadic people, whose lost home exists only in their minds, and in the glowing crystal memory cells they all carry in the palms of their hands: a great idea of a second city, lit with life and love, reasonable drink prices at cool bars, and, of course, blocks and blocks of bright and devastating fire.

  John Hodgman

  Memories, Life And Love, Block

  John Hodgman (2012). “The Areas of My Expertise”, p.140, Penguin

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• "No one is doing what we're doing." This is a bummer of a lie because there are only two logical conclusions. First, no one else is doing this because there is no market for it. Second, the entrepreneur is so clueless that he can't even use Google to figure out he has competition. Suffice it to say that the lack of a market and cluelessness is not conducive to securing an investment. As a rule of thumb, if you have a good idea, five companies are going the same thing. If you have a great idea, fifteen companies are doing the same thing.

  Guy Kawasaki

  Lying, Clueless, Ideas

  Guy Kawasaki (2008). “Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition”, p.48, Penguin

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• We are the most focused company that I know of or have read of or have any knowledge of. We say no to good ideas every day. We say no to great ideas in order to keep the amount of things we focus on very small in number so that we can put enormous energy behind the ones we do choose.....It's not just saying yes to the right products, it's saying no to many products that are good ideas, but just not nearly as good as the other ones.

  Tim Cook

  Order, Ideas, Numbers

  "Apple COO Tim Cook: 'We Have No Interest In Being In The TV Market'" by Dan Frommer, www.businessinsider.com. February 23, 2010.

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• Many times, what people call 'writer's block' is the confusion that happens when a writer has a great idea, but their writing skill is not up to the task of putting that idea down on paper. I think that learning the craft of writing is critical.

  Pearl Cleage

  Block, Writing, Thinking

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