Roger von Oech Quotes

Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.

Ideas won't keep; something must be done about them.

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

Ideas are cheap. Ideas are easy. Ideas are common. Everybody has ideas. Ideas are highly, highly overvalued. Execution is all that matters.

Good ideas are a dime a dozen. It's what you do with them that counts.

Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who execute them are not.

Genius is in the idea. Impact, however, comes from action!

A dream will not become an innovation if there is no realization.

The world is full of people who say, 'But I had that idea first,' but did they do anything about it? Nope, they sat on their bum dreaming.

When you come up with a good idea, you don't have to do a whole lot. The idea does it for you.

Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.

A brilliant idea without action is like Mark McGwire playing baseball without a bat.

When something has to be done, do it! In France we are full of good ideas, but we rarely put them into practice.

Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who implement them are priceless.

I've always been comfortable thinking things through and doing it, more or less, my way. You can be as creative as you want, but if you're... unwilling to work on the details, to see those put into action, then creativity is just dreams, or worse, hallucinations.

The best ideas are useless unless carried out.

Ideas are just a multiplier of execution.

You can have many great ideas in your head, but what makes the difference is the action. Without action upon an idea, there will be no manifestation, no results and no reward.

What good is inspiration if it's not backed up by action?

If you have a good idea, get it out there. For every idea I’ve realized, I have ten I sat on for a decade till someone else did it first. Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE.

All your ideas may be solid or even good .. But you have to Actually EXECUTE on them for them to matter.

Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date.

A great idea is not enough.

I had a history for starting something and maybe getting halfway done. Then I'd see the same thing I was doing on the bestseller list! My ideas were right, but I hadn't done them fast enough.

Forget about where you want to be and go out and build stuff. Dodgeball came from being bored at work... things happen because you make them happen. Stop sketching, and start building.