Outside the Box Quotes

By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed.

By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed with them because, again, I don't care too much what other people think.

I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.

'Deadpool' is a quirky universe, which is all about being outside of the box, unlike a normal superhero film.

If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.

Always listen to experts. They will tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it.

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.

We were never the cool band to like. They tried to put us into a hair-metal thing, but we weren't really Warrant or Poison. We were always outside the box. I think we had a little niche that nobody had - maybe the funkiness had something to do with it.

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. We must learn to welcome and not to fear the voices of dissent. We must dare to think about ‘unthinkable’ things because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless.

To me, unconventional thinking is approaching a problem and asking, 'Why not? Why can't something be done?' If someone can't give me a good reason why you can't do something, I find a way to do it.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough.

I always say that failure was my friend. I learned nothing at school, so I just lived in my own world.

I just try to go outside the box. In fact, I go outside the box so much I go... 'What box!'

I'm Irish. We think sideways

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

There's a place for R&B in the U.K. industry - a huge market. I hope that 'Boo'd Up' can be a testament to the fact. Sometimes, it takes you moving outside the box to prove that it can be done.

We never try to think in terms of any competitive product or company. If you do that, you just focus on a certain narrow area. Rather, we should think much more broadly.

Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there’s a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite direction.

It isn't enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.

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.

You have to think outside the box.

What I often do is just think of a completely obtuse thing to do, almost the wrong thing to do. That often works because you start a different approach, something no one has tried.

To use your head, you have to go out of your mind.

The true painter must be able, with the most usual things, to have the most unusual ideas.