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
Capital isn’t scarce, vision is. Michael Milken - American financer, benefactor and innovator in medical science (b. 1946)
If I knew what my five best ideas were, that is all i would own. Jean-Marie Eveillard - French stox investor (*1940)
Creativity requires the courage to tolerate insecurity. attributed to Erich Fromm - German-born American psychoanalyst (1900-1980), Quotations book 2013
You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can"t get them across, your ideas won"t get you anywhere. Lee Iacocca - American entrepreneur, savior of Chrysler (1924-2019), Quotations book 2013
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. George Smith Patton - American general (1885-1945), Quotations book 2013
Ideas that have great results are always simple ones. Leo N. Tolstoy - Russian writer (1828-1910), from "War and peace" (1869), Quotations book 2012
Our business model derives from our ideas, not the money. David de Rothschild - French banker, Rothschild & Cie. (b. 1942), on the question, how the Rothschild bank managed tnot to be involved into the financial markets turbulences, Quotations book 2012
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited. Albert Einstein - German physicist, Nobel Prize in physics 1921 (1879-1955), Quotations book 2011
The value of an idea lies in the using of it. attributed to Thomas Alva Edison - American inventor (1847-1931)
Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. - American physician and writer (1809-1894), from "The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table", Capitel 11 (1858)
I like good theories. They work better. often falsely attributed to Albert Einstein
Isreael's lack of natural resources, such as oil, is actually a benefit, because it has required us to be innovative and to engage in hard work. Stef Wertheimer - Israeli entrepreneur, founder of ISCAR (b. 1926), Quotations book 2009
There are more possibilities in the universe than one can imagine. chosen by Sir John Marks Templeton - value investor and philanthropist (1912-2008)
You do things when the opportunities get along. I"ve had periods in my life when I"ve had a bundle of Ideas come along, and I"ve had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I"ll do something. If not, I won"t do a damn thing. Warren Buffett - American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930)
To cease to think creatively is but little different from ceasing to live. Benjamin Franklin - American politician, writer and scientist (1706-1790)
It’s better to do a lot of work on one idea, than do some work on a lot of ideas. Mike Onghai - American investor (b. 1970), Quotations book 2007
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. Mark Twain - born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American writer (1835-1910), Quotations book 2006
It"s not the plan that is important, it is the planning. Dr. Graeme Edwards - Australian specialist in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Quotations book 2004