Aubrey McClendon Quotes

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.

You can have outlandish ideas, but if you don't work at them, they just remain outlandish ideas. Anyone can have an idea. Work is transformative.

Everyone has ideas. They may be too busy or lack the confidence or technical ability to carry them out. But I want to carry them out. It is a matter of getting up and doing it.

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.

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

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

Ditch the dream and be a doer.

If you don't execute your ideas, they die.

Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.

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

Inspiration is highly overrated. If you sit around and wait for the clouds to part, it's not liable to ever happen. More often than not, work is salvation.

While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.

'Better do it than wish it done,' is a phrase ingrained in my mind.

Action is what separates the do-ers from the dreamers.

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

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!'

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

I'm the kind of person who doesn't wait for opportunities to fall from the sky.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

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

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

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.