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title: "2 Having Ideas Quotes By Edward de Bono"
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> [The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas. It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong than to be always right by having no ideas at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-de-bono/the-need-to-be-right-all-the-time-is-the-biggest-bar-to-new-ideas-it/)

[Edward De Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-de-bono/)

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> [It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-de-bono/it-is-better-to-have-enough-ideas-for-some-of-them-to-be-wrong-than/)

[Edward de Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-de-bono/)

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## More by Edward de Bono

> [We still seek to solve conflicts with 'judgement' instead of designing the way forwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-de-bono/we-still-seek-to-solve-conflicts-with-judgement-instead-of-designing/)

[Edward de Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-de-bono/)

> [Traditional thinking is all about "what is" Future thinking will also need to be about what can be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-de-bono/traditional-thinking-is-all-about-what-is-future-thinking-will-also/)

[Edward de Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-de-bono/)

> [“In 80% of Socrates' dialogues there was no constructive outcome. He saw his role as simply pointing out what was "wrong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-de-bono/in-80-of-socrates-dialogues-there-was-no-constructive-outcome-he-saw/)

[Edward De Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-de-bono/)

> [The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-de-bono/the-music-that-really-turns-me-on-is-either-running-toward-god-or/)

[Edward de Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-de-bono/)

> [People should realize we're jerks just like them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-de-bono/people-should-realize-we-re-jerks-just-like-them/)

[Edward de Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-de-bono/)

> [The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-de-bono/the-effective-thinker-treats-arrogance-as-the-major-sin-of-thinking/)

[Edward de Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-de-bono/to-be-successful-you-have-to-be-lucky-or-a-little-mad-or-very/)

[Edward de Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-de-bono/)

> [Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-de-bono/argument-is-meant-to-reveal-the-truth-not-to-create-it/)

[Edward de Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-de-bono/)

> [Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-de-bono/complexity-creates-confusion-simplicity-focus/)

[Edward de Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-de-bono/)

> [The weapons of the positive revolution are not bullets and bombs but simple human perceptions. Bullets and bombs may offer physical power but eventually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-de-bono/the-weapons-of-the-positive-revolution-are-not-bullets-and-bombs-but/)

[Edward de Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-de-bono/)

> [“In real-life situations apparently logical lines of argument are often (not always) based on an inability to see alternative possibilities. In a similar way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-de-bono/in-real-life-situations-apparently-logical-lines-of-argument-are/)

[Edward De Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-de-bono/)

> [An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-de-bono/an-expert-is-someone-who-has-succeeded-in-making-decisions-and/)

[Edward De Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-de-bono/)

> [It wouldn't cost too much to change the rules of trade so that poor countries can work their way out of poverty. But the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-de-bono/it-wouldn-t-cost-too-much-to-change-the-rules-of-trade-so-that-poor/)

[Edward de Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-de-bono/it-has-always-surprised-me-how-little-attention-philosophers-have/)

[Edward de Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-de-bono/)

> [The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas. It is better to have enough ideas for some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-de-bono/the-need-to-be-right-all-the-time-is-the-biggest-bar-to-new-ideas-it/)

[Edward De Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-de-bono/)

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