Joss Whedon Quotes

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.

If you have an idea, immediately move on it. To start that fire and get it burning immediately...it's everything.

The world's not going to wait for you. If you have an idea, put some effort behind it and get it out there.

I've known people who had fantastic ideas, but who couldn't get the idea off the ground because they approached everything weakly. They thought that their ideas would somehow take off by themselves, or that just coming up with an idea was enough. Let me tell you something - it's not enough. It will never be enough. You have to put the idea into action. If you don't have the motivation and the enthusiasm, your great idea will simply sit on top of your desk or inside your head and go nowhere.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Doing, not learning to do, is the essence of entrepreneurship.

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

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

I think a lot of young people have incredible ideas and incredible insights, but sometimes they wait before they go give their life to something. What I did was just to start a little earlier.

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

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

In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.

When we started the band, it was because we were waiting for a sound that never happened. We got tired of waiting, and we decided to just do it ourselves.

I'm a great believer in not sitting around waiting for the right part to come around, but jumping in and building it for yourself.

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

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.

Be a creator, not just sitting on the sidelines waiting for someone to call you into the game or call our number.

Once you let go of the idea of waiting for a magical lightning bolt of genius to hit, you can really get to work.

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

Diversifying, to me, is the product of having an idea and knowing to say, 'Let's do it.'

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