John Glenn Quotes

We're all shocked by new ideas, and we're less shocked when we hear them again. And less shocked when we hear them a third time.

What the world is saying to us human beings is, 'Don't stick to the old ways, learn to think anew.' And that's what musicians do every day.

I'm old enough to know you can't close your mind to new ideas. You have to test out every possibility if you want something new.

If we have too much clarity, we might not be compelled to continue searching for new ideas.

We crave explanations for most everything, but innovation and progress happen when we allow ourselves to embrace uncertainty.

I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. I always said the only reason to make a film is not for the result but for what you learn for the next one.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.

But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas.

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.

New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!

You are constantly looking for ways to do something you haven't done before, whether it's a particular role or doing theatre. As a person, I'm really open to experience.

People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas.

Perhaps the spirit of adventure, be it mental or material adventure, is a factor so essential in human progress that no emphasis of it is undue.

Imagination is the only key to the future. Without it none exists - with it all things are possible.

When I'm in a place like Iceland, I allow myself to take a little more time to divert off onto other paths creatively for a while and see what comes to me.

Imagination - that's the future for us.

Innovation happens because there are people out there doing and trying a lot of different things.

I have found that children are the most open-minded of all my audiences. They are not set in their ways. They are open to ideas.

I'm naturally curious, and I've always been driven by my curiosity. Curiosity gets people excited. Curiosity leads to new ideas, new jobs, new industries.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

Well, I like to be kept on my toes. I look for a challenge. I don't like to recreate steps that I've already walked. I like to see if I can create something new.

I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.

What makes our world so fascinating is that continuously there are novel and creative ideas spurring people to leave old ways and try something new.