The cleverly expressed opposite of any generally accepted idea is worth a fortune to somebody.
Challenging conventional wisdom with a clever opposite idea often has commercial value, suggesting the power of fresh perspective.
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The Governor of North Carolina once complimented Thomas Edison on his creative genius. “I am not a great inventor,” coun…
— Thomas Alva Edison
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. –Eleanor Roosevelt
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Old Bill Tate said of the Wright brothers: “I knew as soon as I saw those boys that they were different from the folks d…
— T. V. Smiru
When Michael Faraday showed his first toy dynamo to a lady, she asked: “What use is it?” The inventor asked in reply: “W…
— Unknown
“Last Supper,” he was chided for standing hours before the canvas without making a stroke. He replied: “When I pause the…
— PATRIOTISM
The man with a new idea is a Crank until the idea succeeds.
— Mark Twain
