“Until you actually start making something, your brilliant idea is just that, an idea.”
Source: Rework
" Blair launches stinging attack on 'absurd' British Islamists http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,,2115929,00.html", 1 July 2007.
Remarks made on the eve of his departure from Downing Street, 26 June 2007.
2000s
“Until you actually start making something, your brilliant idea is just that, an idea.”
Source: Rework
“Your job isn't to find these ideas but to recognize them when they show up.”
Source: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Part I, CH 2: Chamberlain, p. 32
The Killer Angels (1974)
“When the enemy isn't fighting you on his territory, you find yourself fighting him on yours.”
Source: Dado Center Journal vol. 6, January 2016, https://www.idf.il/media/11156/ortal.pdf
Source: The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
On how American Zoetrope functions
1970s, Interview with Judy Stone (1971)
“Stand firm in the Lord. Stand firm and let Him fight your battle. Do not try to fight alone.”
Source: A Voice in the Wind