“If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.”
Alfred Nobel (1833–1896) Swedish chemist, innovator, and armaments manufacturer
As quoted in The 12 best Questions To Ask Customers (2001), by Jim Meisenheimer, p. 26.
“Zee said, grumpily, “Liebling, this is not a good idea.”
“Zee,” I told him, “I am completely out of good ideas and am doing my best with the bad ones I have left.”
— Patricia Briggs, book Frost Burned
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