Gelb Quotes & Sayings

We have more possibilities, more freedom, more options than any people who have ever lived. Yet there is more junk, more mediocrity, more garbage to sort through than ever, too. — Michael J. Gelb

Military missions are not democratic development aid. — Guido Westerwelle

A new and speculative idea, which although it may seem trivial and almost laughable, is nonetheless of great value in quickening the spirit of invention. — Michael J. Gelb

find another agency. — Saray Yoseffa Gelb

In the very beginning I tried to actualise way too many ideas. The end result was not as healthy a ratio for satisfaction as the current, more mysterious one. — Howe Gelb

Innovation is the creation and delivery of new customer value in the marketplace. — Michael J. Gelb

I saw wild, dangerous beauty. I saw devotion. I saw you. — Nalini Singh

The Disney archives, it's 84 years of history. The one way in which I feel I'm a kindred spirit with Walt Disney is that neither one of us ever throws anything away. He never threw anything away. — Warren Spector

Champions know that success is inevitable, that there is no such thing as failure, only feedback. They know that the best way to forecast the future is to create it. — Michael J. Gelb

We are the ones we've been waiting for. — Colin Beavan

Whatever her name was, she was pretty. She had a thick, careless braid of chestnut hair, a quick smile, and dark, merry eyes. She wore some kind of a fuzzy lavender pullover, and when she crossed her legs and lifted her guitar onto her lap, she had an interesting way of tucking the foot of the bottom leg back under her chair that made Hector feel melty. He looked away in self-preservation. — Lynne Rae Perkins

The old line 'You deserve someone better than me' in this case was not just an old line. She deserved someone who would love her and take care of her and he knew he never would. — Norris Church Mailer

A pale sun poked impudent marmalade fingers through the grizzled lattice glass, and sent the shadows scurrying, like convent girls menaced by a tramp. — Vivian Stanshall

A champion views resistance as a gift of energy. — Michael J. Gelb

Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, is an expert of understatement in his leadership of Linux development community. When eager programmers would ask him, '"What part of Linux should I work on?' his answer would usually be, '"Let me know when you find out' (p.286). — Dan Woods

You can increase your problem-solving skills by honing your question-asking ability. — Michael J. Gelb

I think the notion of success is fairly destructive. You can see elements of this surrounding any band becoming too popular. On the other hand, survival means you are doing fine. — Howe Gelb

Life is a continuous exercise in creative problem solving. — Michael J. Gelb

Your brain has a capacity for learning that is virtually limitless, which makes every human a potential genius. — Michael J. Gelb

Keeping your mind open in the face of uncertainty is the single most powerful secret of unleashing your creative potential. — Michael J. Gelb

Brain researchers estimate that your unconscious data base outweighs the conscious on an order exceeding ten million to one. This data base is the source of you hidden, natural genius. In other words, a part of you is much smarter than you are. — Michael J. Gelb

'Rigoletto' has long been one of my favorite operas, and it was on my short list way back when I first talked to Peter Gelb. I started thinking about what I could bring to this masterpiece, which has been seen all over the world for so many years. — Michael Mayer

As you embrace the process-oriented approach described in The Practicing Mind, you'll achieve better results in any endeavor. — Michael J. Gelb

I don't think of myself as being a very fun or outgoing person, but my mouth thinks it's fun. My mouth says a lot of things, not necessarily endorsed by me or my brain. — Mimi Strong

The most advanced, creative and original thinking is always a product of historical context and the influences of previous geniuses, mentors, and collaborators on the mind of the originator. — Michael J. Gelb

By stretching yourself beyond your perceived level of confidence you accelerate your development of competence. — Michael J. Gelb

When I was eight and a half, my parents moved to a part of Queens where there was a club nearby. We joined, and if you believe in someone up above, I think I was meant to play tennis. — John McEnroe

life is a continuous exercise is creative problem solving — Michael J. Gelb

My steamboat voyage to Albany and back, has turned out rather more favorable than I had calculated. The distance from New York to Albany is one hundred and fifty miles; I ran it up in thirty-two hours, and down in thirty. I had a light breeze against me the whole way, both going and coming, and the voyage has been performed wholly by, the power of the steam engine. I overtook many sloops and schooners beating to windward and parted with them as if they had been at anchor. The power of propelling boats by steam is now fully proved. — Robert Fulton

I didn't go into 'Rabbit Hole' wanting to write about class. I think because of who I am it somehow found its way into it. — David Lindsay-Abaire

Surrounded by noises from televisions, airplanes, subways and automobiles, most of us 'tune out' for self-protection. — Michael J. Gelb

Recording is best used as a pretty good reason to hang with the family of friends globally scattered, — Howe Gelb

Confusion is the welcome mat at the door of creativity. — Michael J. Gelb

How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, author Michael J. Gelb — Jon Acuff

Over-seriousness is a warning sign for mediocrity and bureaucratic thinking. People who are seriously committed to mastery and high performance are secure enough to lighten up. — Michael J. Gelb

Crazy people who are productive are geniuses. Crazy people who are rich are eccentric. Crazy people who are neither productive nor rich are just plain crazy. Geniuses and crazy people are both out in the middle of a deep ocean; geniuses swim, crazy people drown. Most of us are sitting safely on the shore. Take a chance and get your feet wet. — Michael J. Gelb

Vince McMahon said alright, we're going to call you the Blue Blazer. — Owen Hart

How does your experience of one sense affect all the others? In addition to being the conduits of pleasure and pain, your senses are the midwives of intelligence. — Michael J. Gelb

I like not thinking when I am working. I thrive on that feeling of attempting to move on total instinct and inner feelings ... that to me is "soul"; soul music. Almost everyone else uses a great deal of thought processes ... they are idea men. — Howe Gelb