We need both information and thinking. Information is no substitute for thinking and thinking is no substitute for information.
EDWARD DE BONOIntelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.
More Edward de Bono Quotes
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America is not just a country, it’s an idea.
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Traditional thinking is all about “what is” Future thinking will also need to be about what can be.
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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.
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A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.
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Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.
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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.
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Logic will never change emotion or perception.
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Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea.
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Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.
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Perception is real even when it is not reality.
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People should realize we’re jerks just like them.
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We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.
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Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.
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The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.
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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.
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