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> [Ideas come mostly bottoms-up. They come when you have a free flow of ideas and you have people able to combine multiple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramez-naam/ideas-come-mostly-bottoms-up-they-come-when-you-have-a-free-flow-of/)

[Ramez Naam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramez-naam/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/959/ramez-naam-5111_best_ideas-come-mostly-bottoms-up-they-come-w_770883.jpg)

> [“The conclusion is that if your mind starts with multiple ideas in parallel, it is not prematurely committed to one path and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-burnett/the-conclusion-is-that-if-your-mind-starts-with-multiple-ideas-in/)

[Bill Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-burnett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb2/bill-burnett-15078_psychology_the-conclusion-is-that-if-your-mind-star_933908.jpg)

> [I have multiple ideas per day, all the time. The vast majority of these are completely idiotic. Usually, I just sit on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-von-ahn/i-have-multiple-ideas-per-day-all-the-time-the-vast-majority-of-these/)

[Luis von Ahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-von-ahn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/luis-von-ahn-19198_day_i-have-multiple-ideas-per-day-all-the-ti_2432877.png)

> [Who but a physicist, in the research lab or the corporation, could mix and match multiple ideas, models, technologies from different disciplines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-gibbs/who-but-a-physicist-in-the-research-lab-or-the-corporation-could-mix/)

[Robert Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-gibbs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d26/robert-gibbs-34668_change_who-but-a-physicist-in-the-research-lab_2809748.png)

> [We are living in a dynamic age with multiple ideas and beliefs of correctness; this world is not deterministic and not still.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-ka-shing/we-are-living-in-a-dynamic-age-with-multiple-ideas-and-beliefs-of/)

[Li Ka-shing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-ka-shing/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfa/li-ka-shing-23840_age_we-are-living-in-a-dynamic-age-with-mult_3035802.png)

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