Quote

America is not just a country, it's an idea.

Edward de Bono

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Edward de Bono
Age: 88 †
Born: 1933
Born: May 19
Died: 2021
Died: June 9
Philosopher
Physician
Psychologist
University Teacher
Republic of Malta
Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono
Country
Idea
America
Ideas

More quotes by Edward de Bono

Image
Explaining belief has alwayas been difficult. How do you explain a love and a logic at the heart of the universe when the world is so out of whack? Explaining faith is impossible - vision over visibility - instinct over intellect - a songwriter plays a chore with the faith that he will hear the next one in his head.
Edward de Bono
Image
Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.
Edward de Bono
Image
Child mortality since 2000 is down by 2.65 million a year. That's a rate of 7,256 children's lives saved each day. ... It drives me nuts that most people don't seem to know this news.
Edward de Bono
Image
Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learned. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves teamwork, productivity and, where appropriate, profits.
Edward de Bono
Image
It's not enough to rage against the lie.. you've got to replace it with the truth.
Edward de Bono
Image
Maybe the social value of truth is as a destination - so long as we do not assume we have arrived there.
Edward de Bono
Image
Language is the biggest barrier to human progress because language is an encyclopedia of ignorance. Old perceptions are frozen into language and force us to look at the world in an old fashioned way.
Edward de Bono
Image
Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap commodity.
Edward de Bono
Image
I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.
Edward de Bono
Image
A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.
Edward de Bono
Image
The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate.
Edward de Bono
Image
Creative thinking - in terms of idea creativity - is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured.
Edward de Bono
Image
Our existing thinking habits are excellent, just as the rear wheels of a motor car are excellent, but not enough.
Edward de Bono
Image
They enjoy thinking. They enjoy being creative. They enjoy having ideas. Most people do not enjoy thinking at all.
Edward de Bono
Image
In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better.
Edward de Bono
Image
The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
Edward de Bono
Image
You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future
Edward de Bono
Image
If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you.
Edward de Bono
Image
A person who knows all the answers, has an opinion on everything, has a certainty backed up by rational argument, has very little possibility of further progress. Such a person is unlikely to walk away from a discussion with anything more than a reaffirmation of how right he or she has been all along.
Edward de Bono
Image
You cannot look in a new direction by looking harder in the same direction.
Edward de Bono