Ideas Are a Dime a Dozen eBook online. Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who implement them are priceless. What a great quote Mary Kay Ash, and so true! The world is full of incredible ideas that never go anywhere because great ideas are useless without someone full of passion to implement them. The question I answer below is "Startups: Do people who say 'ideas are a dime a dozen, all that matters is execution' because they realize they are not creative?" Ideas are a dime a dozen, but are good ideas a dime a dozen? They say "ideas are just a multiplier of execution.