What I learned at LucasArts was, you don't make your bets on ideas: ideas are cheap. You make your bets on people.
Interpretation
Successful projects depend on the strengths of the individuals involved rather than just the ideas behind them.
In this quote, Tim Schafer emphasizes the importance of valuing people over mere ideas in creative pursuits and leadership. He suggests that while ideas may be numerous and easy to come by, the true potential lies in the capabilities and relationships of the individuals executing those ideas. This highlights the critical role of teamwork, collaboration, and trust in achieving success.
In practice
In a team meeting focused on brainstorming, I could use this quote to emphasize the importance of our collaboration.
If you have to control people, you have to have an administrative force that does it. So in U.S. industry, even more than elsewhere, there's layer after layer of management - a kind of economic waste, but useful for control and domination. And the same is true in universities.
Power moves with you when you have an intent to serve more than yourself.
As your captain, I'm going to push you to not fall back on defense, but to play offense, and to play our match -- the Gospel, together.
A star wants to see himself rise to the top. A leader wants to see those around him rise to the top.
Wise leaders should have known that the human heart cannot exist in a vacuum. If Christians are forbidden to enjoy the wine of the Spirit they will turn to the wine of the flesh....Christ died for our hearts and the Holy Spirit wants to come and satisfy them.
The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. Therefore our supreme effort must be to gain overwhelming mastery in the Air. The Fighters are our salvation . . . but the Bombers alone provide the means of victory. . . . In no other way at present visible can we hope to overcome the immense military power of Germany.
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