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

Quote by Roger Von Oech

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Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of...

Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of...

There is a close relationship between the ha-ha of humor and the aha! of discovery.

There is a close relationship between the ha-ha of humor and the aha! of discovery.

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If...

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If...

Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else...

Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else...

It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.

It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.

It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of...

It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of...

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If...

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If...

If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea...

If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea...

Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't...

Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't...

Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to...

Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to...

Here's my advice: Go ahead and be whacky. Get into a crazy frame of mind...

Here's my advice: Go ahead and be whacky. Get into a crazy frame of mind...

When the rabbit has escaped, comes advice.

When the rabbit has escaped, comes advice.

My advice to the women of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias

My advice to the women of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias

I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this...

I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this...

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a...

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a...

People advising others often forget that the same advice applies to their life as well.

People advising others often forget that the same advice applies to their life as well.

Old men like to give good advice in order to console themselves for not being...

Old men like to give good advice in order to console themselves for not being...

Always accept and feel comfortable with your flaws, that way no one can ever use...

Always accept and feel comfortable with your flaws, that way no one can ever use...

Striving to be better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to be better, oft we mar what's well.