J. William Fulbright Quotes

We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.

I want to find material that piques my interest, keeps me outside the box and challenges me.

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!

By the way, intelligence to me isn't just being book-smart or having a college degree; it's trusting your gut instincts, being intuitive, thinking outside the box, and sometimes just realizing that things need to change and being smart enough to change it.

I'm good at thinking outside the box, so much that you realise it's not a box to begin with.

Answers are not enough, students should be encouraged to ask questions and explore alternatives to the norm. Entrepreneurship and invention are the backbone of the new economy, yet I doubt they get more than a nod in economics courses.

The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional wisdom in a given field.

The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained.

To see things differently requires you to be wired a little differently.

We're always looking for candidates that have new approaches to problems.

I've always had my own opinions and have always been somebody who thinks outside the box.

I like to say it's an attitude of not just thinking outside the box, but not even seeing the box.

I find the world just too complex to embrace a single ideological point of view.

There's nothing like having some healthy competition. We really strive to think outside the box by taking the standard approach the then twisting it a little, all the while trying something new.

To take intellectual risks is to think about something that can't be done, that doesn't make any sense, and go for it responsibly.

A man who doesn't think differently from his time and environment can't grow beyond his time and environment.

Some people do not become thinkers simply because their memories are too good.

It's the stupid questions that have some of the most surprising and interesting answers. Most people never think to ask the stupid questions.

You have to be willing to think the unthinkable.

Complacency with our traditional judgement based thinking methods is not enough. Our existing thinking habits are excellent just as the rear wheel of a motor car is excellent but not enough. We need to put far more emphasis on creative and design thinking. Judgement and analysis are not enough.

We're too smart to know there aren't easy answers. But we're not dumb enough to accept that there aren't better answers.

I'm suspicious of too much certainty in the pursuit of understanding just because I think people are limited in their understanding.

To understand a new idea, break an old habit.

One of the difficulties of politics is that politicians are shocked by those who are really prepared to let their thinking reach any conclusion. Political thinking consists in deciding upon the conclusion first and then finding good arguments for it. An open mind is considered irresponsible- and perhaps it really is.

The normal person classifies an object, and then forgets about it. The creative person, by contrast, is always open to new possibilities.