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Big Ideas Quotes
Quotes for thinkers chasing big ideas.
This Creativity quotes collection favors scale, from a steady flow of big ideas meant to excite athletes to novels built on high-concept premises.
- Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026
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My novels are high concept. I guess big ideas interest me more than, say, the minutiae of domestic life.
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Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups.
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Leaders must pick causes they won't abandon easily, remain committed despite setbacks, and communicate their big ideas over and over again in every encounter.
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I get so many big ideas while I'm running and such clarity while I'm lifting weights. And staying fit keeps me happy and positive.
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No one works harder at inspiring athletes all over the world than our team at Nike. Creating those experiences requires an amazing amount of energy, a steady flow of big ideas to excite and surprise people, and a constant dialogue that connects us on a personal level.
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It's true that I have a strong social sensibility, because - bah, because I raised thre children on my own, and I know the difficulties that can represent. All of that makes it appear that there's a difference between Jean-Marie Le Pen's program and mine. But the big ideas are the same.
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We built 'Jade Empire,' then we built 'Mass Effect,' then we built 'Dragon Age.' With those last two, when you're dealing with two big ideas that are on their third iterations, you develop some strategies for managing your lore, or you drown!
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People with big ideas worry. They lie awake at night and fret as they try to climb up the social or financial ladder. They probably feel proud of themselves for what they've achieved, but I'm proud of the fact that I've done very little - and hence have little to worry about - and I've still got somewhere.
- Experience
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I like to say that I'm tracing the intersection between big ideas and human experience, between theology and real life.
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I am a joyful conservative, unafraid to articulate big ideas with an optimistic smile.
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YouTube began as a failed video-dating site. Twitter was a failed music service. In each case, the founders continued to try new concepts when their big ideas failed. They often worked around the clock to try to overcome their failure before all their capital was spent. Speed to fail gives a startup more runway to pivot and ultimately succeed.
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My second record was all about big ideas - I was trying to make big statements about the culture, about life. I think in a certain way, I was a 27 year old kid with a guitar.
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The biggest of the big ideas that guided the strategy during the surge was explicit recognition that the most important terrain in the campaign in Iraq was the human terrain - the people - and our most important mission was to improve their security.
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There's going to be a Google or a Facebook or a Zynga every three to five years. Those are really big ideas that do return substantial amounts of money.
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What I notice about people who are gifted in filmmaking is that they're great thinkers. They engage with big ideas and they engage with people.
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Believe in something larger than yourself... get involved in the big ideas of your time.
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- Nov 07, 2020