Edward de Bono quotes - page 2

A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen. (Edward de Bono)
It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them. View quote
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An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea. View quote
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Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple. View quote
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Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting. View quote
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The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas. View quote
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The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it. View quote
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Everyone has the right to doubt everything as often as he pleases and the duty to do it at least once. No way of looking at things is too sacred to be reconsidered. No way of doing things is beyond improvement. View quote
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I do a great deal of work with young children, and if you give a child a problem, he may come up with a highly original solution, because he doesn't have the established route to it. View quote
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In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better. View quote
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Perception is real even when it is not reality. (Edward de Bono)
To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth field. View quote
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If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you. View quote
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We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place. View quote
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Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose. View quote
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Once a new idea springs into existence, it cannot be unthought. There is a sense of immortality in a new idea. View quote
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Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced. View quote
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There's a danger in the internet and social media. The notion that information is enough, that more and more information is enough, that you don't have to think, you just have to get more information - gets very dangerous. View quote
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Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee. View quote
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Traditional thinking is all about "what is" Future thinking will also need to be about what can be. View quote
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Logic will never change emotion or perception. (Edward de Bono)
It's not enough to rage against the lie.. you've got to replace it with the truth. View quote
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What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think. View quote
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Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car. View quote
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Some people drift along like a cork on a river, feeling that they cannot do anything except drift, moment to moment. This is an attitude of mind. Everyone can be constructive even in tiny ways. View quote
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