Big Ideas Quotes

• Big ideas come from forward thinking people who challenge the norm, think outside the box, and invent the world they see inside rather than submitting to the limitations of current dilemmas

  T. D. Jakes

  Thinking, Ideas, People

  T.D. Jakes (2013). “Let It Go: Forgive So You Can Be Forgiven”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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• The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

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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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• Without the little ideas, there are no big ideas.

  Twyla Tharp

  Ideas, Littles, Bigs

  Twyla Tharp, Mark Reiter (2003). “The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life”, Simon and Schuster

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• The best big idea is only going to be as good as its implementation.

  Jay Samit

  Ideas, Bigs, Implementation

  Twitter post from Jul 31, 2016

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• There are two kinds of great power which can shake the earth: Mega earthquakes and big ideas!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Earthquakes, Ideas, Two

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• Big ideas are little ideas that no-one killed too soon.

  Seth Godin

  Acceptance, Ideas, Rejection

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• I had an old typewriter and a big idea.

  J. K. Rowling

  Greatest Fear, Typewriters, Ideas

  J.K. Rowling (2015). “Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination”, p.38, Hachette UK

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• Big ideas start as weird ideas.

  Patri Friedman

  Ideas, Bigs

  "Peter Thiel, PayPal Founder, Funds 'Seasteading,' Libertarian Sea Colony" by Cooper Smith, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 19, 2011.

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• You may live in an unknown small village, but if you have big ideas, the world will come and find you!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Ideas, Small Villages, World

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• An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Witty, Writing

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.1001, Wordsworth Editions

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• Big ideas are so hard to recognize, so fragile, so easy to kill. don't forget that, all of you who don't have them.

  John Elliott

  Ideas, Advice, Advertising

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• Believe in something larger than yourself ... to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.

  Barbara Bush

  Time, Believe, Ideas

  Barbara Bush's Commencement Address at the Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, www.wellesley.edu. June 1, 1990.

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• Big ideas are usually simple ideas.

  David Ogilvy

  Simple, Ideas, Bigs

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• Big thoughts are fun to romanticize, but it's many small insights coming together that bring big ideas into the world.

  Scott Berkun

  Fun, Ideas, Together

  Scott Berkun (2010). “The Myths of Innovation”, p.8, "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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• The most powerful force in the world is a big idea- if it is the hands of a great entrepreneur.

  Bill Drayton

  Powerful, Hands, Ideas

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• If you have a truly big idea, the wrong technique won't kill it. And if you don't have a big idea, the right technique won't help you

  David Ogilvy

  Ideas, Technique, Helping

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• Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Wisdom, Ideas, Mind

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• Get the big idea and all else follows.

  B. J. Palmer

  Ideas, Bigs

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• Unless your campaign has a big idea, it will pass like a ship in the night.

  David Ogilvy

  Night, Ideas, Marketing

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• You must know the big ideas in the big disciplines, and use them routinely - all of them, not just a few. Most people are trained in one model - economics, for example - and try to solve all problems in one way. You know the old saying: to the man with a hammer, the world looks like a nail. This is a dumb way of handling problems.

  Charlie Munger

  Men, Ideas, Discipline

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• I don't have big ideas. I sometimes have small ideas, which seem to work out.

  Matt Mullenweg

  Ideas, Work Out, Entrepreneur

  "WordPress, Matt Mullenweg". Interview With Patrick Barkham, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2006.

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• Big ideas come from the unconscious. This is true in art, in science, and in advertising. But your unconscious has to be well informed, or your idea will be irrelevant. Stuff your conscious mind with information, then unhook your rational thought process. You can help this process by going for a long walk, or taking a hot bath, or drinking half a pint of claret. Suddenly, if the telephone line from your unconscious is open, a big idea wells up within you.

  David Ogilvy

  Art, Business, Drinking

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• I love thinking, I love coming up with great ideas. I just get excited. Sometimes if I get a big idea, I'm just like a kid, like I've found a new toy.

  Dolly Parton

  Kids, Thinking, Ideas

  "Dolly Parton: The Southern Living Interview". Interview with Jennifer V. Cole, www.southernliving.com. September 11, 2014.

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• I've never had any big ideas about being the solo.

  Ringo Starr

  Ideas, Solo, Bigs

  "Ringo Starr: The Drums Are Where The Soul Is". Interview with Liane Hansen, www.npr.org. January 15, 2010.

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