Edward de Bono Quotes

It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them.
Edward de Bono

Humor, Mind, Reason

Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car.
Edward de Bono

Car, May, Perfect

Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists.
Edward de Bono

May, Problem, Sometimes

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
Edward de Bono

Important, Put, Idea

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.
Edward de Bono

Humor, Human, Brain

I must say, I don't feel very qualified to be a pop star. I feel very awkward at times in the role.
Edward de Bono

Times, Star, Role

I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.
Edward de Bono

School, Thinking, Place

My thinking was taught to tribes in South Africa like the Zulus and Xhosas. At the time there were about 210 fights breaking out among them every month, but after they listened to my lessons, this fell to just four.
Edward de Bono

Time, Thinking, After

Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.
Edward de Bono

Waiting, Lie, Around

The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it.
Edward de Bono

Science, Purpose, Useful

We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.
Edward de Bono

Experience, Free, Creativity

What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.
Edward de Bono

Important, Joke, Perception

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Psychologist

Born: May 19, 1933

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