42 Quotes by Roger Von Oech

The worlds of thought and action overlap. What you think has a way of becoming true.

There is a close relationship between the "ha-ha" of humor and the "aha!" of discovery.

Look for the second right answer.

Am I Getting Lazy? Am I Too Busy? Am I Becoming Arrogant? Am I Getting Timid? If you answer 'yes' to any one of these questions, that's your warning to Kick that attitude!

We grow up thinking that the best answer is in someone else's brain. Much of our education is an elaborate game of 'guess what's in the teacher's head?' What the world really needs to know right now is what kind of dreams and ideas are in your head.

Most brilliance arises from ordinary people working together in extraordinary ways.

When everyone thinks alike, no one is doing very much thinking.

Most burning issues generate far more heat than light.

The hallmark of creative people is their mental flexibility... Sometimes they are open and probing, at others they're playful and off-the-wall. At still other times, they're critical and faultfinding. And finally they're doggedly persistent in striving to reach their goals.