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Edward de Bono Quotes

Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.

Edward de Bono

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: psychologist
Nationality: english
Birth: May 19, 1933

Topics

Time Simple Energy Attention Never

You see, I used to do a certain amount of market research by going to the local drugstore and seeing what the truck drivers would put up. Now it's all just copies from the latest best-seller list and damn little of anything else.

Jerry Pournelle

Research Truck You Seeing Now Damn

I don't believe in killing whatever the reason!

John Lennon

Believe Reason Whatever

I've learned to accept that I'm a children's writer, even if it's not what I set out to become. It's what I should have been all along, and I'll stay in this role as long as I'm a writer.

Jeff Kinney

Children Long Accept Become Out

We need to be focused in corporate America on the long term.

Tom Perez

America Long Focused Need Long Term

Like all art, nonfiction film should invite, seduce, or force us to confront the most difficult, frightening or mysterious aspects of what it means to be human.

Joshua Oppenheimer

Art Mysterious Human Difficult Force

To be honest, after all the crap that happened with 'Summer Heights High,' I was like, 'I'm not going to write anything controversial or edgy ever again; I just can't handle the blame.'

Chris Lilley

Blame Summer Heights Edgy High

I always used to say when I was on television that I prefer to be on stage and when on stage I prefer to do television. Typical human condition.

Penelope Keith

Television Say Human Always Stage

We are more closely connected to the invisible than to the visible.

Novalis

Connected More Invisible Than

Jaws was still a handsome, big guy. He got the girl. He was my favorite villain. I tried to make this guy endearing somewhat because all he wanted to do was unite his country.

Rick Yune

Girl Villain Handsome Country Big

I'm surprised at people who have a passion for Mitt Romney, because he's taken every position there is. I would cast this guy as the president in a heartbeat... but I just cannot believe a word he says.

Mark Hamill

Passion People Believe President Guy

I always seem to be singing against the grain.

Morrissey

Singing Always Seem Against Grain

Accounting was the course that helped me more than anything.

Julian Robertson

Me Accounting More Anything Course