If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.
Meaning of the quote
If I have a lot of ideas, but only one of them is actually good, I'm still happy. This quote means that the Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel was content as long as he came up with at least one good idea, even if he had many other ideas that didn't work out. He understood that not every idea will be perfect, but as long as he can find one that's valuable, that's enough for him to be satisfied.
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