Don Cornelius Quotes

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

I have a good idea every two years. Give me a topic, I will give you the idea!

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

The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

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

I used to worry that I had a finite supply of ideas, that I should hold on to each of them in case it was the last. But then I talked to other cartoonists, and I realized ideas are cheap; you can have a million ideas. The tricky part is the follow-through: making good ones work, making the best out of the raw material!

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

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

I get a million ideas a day and I don't put too much weight on any one of them. The ones that really stick in my head are the ones I end up doing.

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

Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who execute them are not.

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

What good is inspiration if it's not backed up by action?

You can't have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.

Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who implement them are priceless.

Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

I want to spend my time between the creation of ideas and the creation of things.

A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent.

My good ideas are shy. But if they see that I treat the stupid ideas with respect, they come forward.

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

I'm very much a creative person, but you've got to do the follow-through. A lot of people start out with an exciting thing and they want to take over the world, but really the people who do take over the world have a good plan of how to get there and the steps along the way.

Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free.

I think having a great idea is vastly overrated. I know it sounds kind of crazy and counterintuitive. I don't think it matters what the idea is, almost. You need great execution.

Creativity is a spark. It can be excruciating when we're rubbing two rocks together and getting nothing. And it can be intensely satisfying when the flame catches and a new idea sweeps around the world.