Ideas

Everyone has an idea but it's really about executing the idea and building the idea and attracting other people to help you work on the idea. Jack Dorsey – American entrepreneur and philanthropist, co-founder of Twitter (b. 1979), in an interview mit "CBS News" (May 6th, 2012)

We"ve had three big ideas at Amazon that we"ve stuck with for 18 years, and they"re the reason we"re successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient. Jeffrey P. "Jeff" Bezos – American company founder: Amazon (b. 1964), from an interview with the "Washington Post" (September 3rd, 2013), Quotations book 2021

But at the heart of his personality was the boldness of his ideas. Zalman didn’t do little things. Zalman was here to change the world. Roger Hertog – American businessman, financier, and philanthropist, co-founder of Sanford C. Bernstein & Company (b. 1941), in his obituary on Zalman Chaim Bernstein (born Sanford Bernstein, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Sanford C....

If you double the number of experiments you do per year you’re going to double your inventiveness. Jeffrey P. "Jeff" Bezos – American company founder: Amazon (b. 1964)

Big results require big ideas. Mike Clum American entrepreneur (b. 1993)

Innovation happens at the intersections. Emilie Wapnick - Canadian career coach and author (b. 1984), in a post at "Puttylike.com" (October 6th, 2010)

The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones. John Maynard Keynes - British economist and investor (1883-1946), from "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" (1936), Quotations book 2020

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard. Guy Kawasaki - American company founder, venture capitalist, author and marketing evangelist (b. 1954), in "The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything" (2004)

Keynes identified my problem: "The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas but in escaping from the old ones." Warren Buffett - American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), in his letter to Berkshire Shareholders (1983)

Sometimes it’s good to have a screw loose, it gives your ideas more free play. Prof. Dr. Achim Kampker - German engineer and company founder: StreetScooter GmbH (b. 1975)

Ideas are worthless until you get them out of your head to see what they can do. Tanner Christensen – American product designer, author, artist and entrepreneur ("Creative Something")

Inspiration is contagious. Ryan Boutin - Canadian entrepreneur and marketer, CEO Zeal Media Inc. (b. 1976)

I check every offer. It could be the offer of my life. attributed to Henry Ford - American engineer and industrialist (1863-1947), Quotations book 2018

If it"s a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologize than it is to get permission. Grace B. M. Hopper - American compoter pioneer, member of the US Navy (1906-1992), Quotations book 2017

I can"t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I"m frightened of the old ones. John Cage - American composer, musical theorist and writer (1912-1992), from an interview with Richard Kostelanetz, published in "Conversing with Cage" (1988), Quotations book 2017

Ideas attract even more ideas! Dr. René Siegl - Austrian manager (b. 1959), Quotations book 2017

Treat conflicts always as a clash of ideas, not of people. Prof. Robert Kegan - American developmental psychologist and author (b. 1946), Quotations book 2016

Talent, I believe, is most likely to be found among nonconformists, dissenters and rebels. David Ogilvy - legendary British advertising executive and entrepreneur (1911-1999), from "Confessions of an Advertising Man" (1971), Quotations book 2015

When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it. attributed to Dr. Sigmund Freud - Austrian neurologist, psychologist and religion critic, founder of psychoanalysis (1856-1939), Quotations book 2016