A good design is not a democratic consensus.
EDWARD DE BONOIt’s always amazed me how little attention philosophers, psychologists, or anyone else actually has paid to humor.
More Edward de Bono Quotes
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You cannot look in a new direction by looking harder in the same direction.
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We do not make very full value of the opportunities provided by technology because we prefer critical to constructive thinking, argument to design.
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You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future.
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We may have a perfectly adequate way of doing something, but that does not mean there cannot be a better way. So we set out to find an alternative way. This is the basis of any improvement that is not fault correction or problem solving.
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You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper.
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The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt.
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If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
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People should realize we’re jerks just like them.
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On trade, our hypocrisy is at its most appalling. Trade reform isn’t about charity, it’s about justice, and this campaign, Trade Justice is an unstoppable idea.
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Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it.
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The solid wealth of insurance companies and the success of those who organsie gambling are some indication of the profits to be derived from the efficient use of chance.
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A question is a polite way of demanding something.
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Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain subjective, negative, ungrateful way.
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What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.
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Most people are put off science because maths is the gateway and they can’t handle it. What we should be teaching is operational maths because, in general, the maths we need to carry out science is pretty straightforward.
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