Suicide is a crime of loneliness, and adulated people can be frighteningly alone. Intelligence does not help in these circumstances; brilliance is… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
“You're bloody brilliant, Ranulf." "Well, yes," Ian said as Win let him go and headed toward the door. "But would you mind… — Kristen Callihan Copy Share Image
I saw "Follies" again at thirty, and you know, I had this great appreciation for [Stephen] Sondheim's brilliance, his lyrics. — Charles Busch Copy Share Image
The deadpan brilliance of John McCrea has been underrepresented in music since 2004, when Cake served up 'Pressure Chief.' — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
The undisturbed mind is like the calm body water reflecting the brilliance of the moon. Empty the mind and you will realize… — Yagyu Jubei Mitsuyoshi Copy Share Image
Asanas bring perfection in body, beauty in form, grace, strength, compactness, and the hardness and brilliance of a diamond. — Patanjali Copy Share Image
“For a world full of universities, brilliant people and clever corporations it sure is a pit of hell and sorrow for billions.… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
I admire some people for their brilliance and I respect others for their strength. But I am indebted to those who can… — Steve Goodier Copy Share Image
In 325 A.D., the Roman Emperor Constantine decided to unify Rome under a single religion ... Historians still marvel at the brilliance… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“True brilliance has a well-known positive correlation with decency, much of the time--a fact the rest of us rely on, more than… — David Brin Copy Share Image
In these fast and fickle times, it’s nice to know that there are some things you can always count on: the enduring… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“When Federer has these patches of utter brilliance, the only thing you can do is try and stay calm, wait for the… — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
“On that night I was left with only the truth that nothing of our personality survives after death, that in the end… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
The brilliance here is appropriation: space, form and interface combine to create a Jetsons sound machine. A dream of music access that… — Tucker Viemeister Copy Share Image
Alan Kay's famous aphorism is that perspective is worth 80 IQ points. An innovative insight is not the product of an individual's… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
Of course you can do it. It doesn't require brilliance. It's just giving yourself permission and then being persistent. Persistent in seeing… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
Steve [Jobs'] brilliance is his ability to see something and then understand it and then figure out how to put it into… — John Sculley Copy Share Image
Planning, evaluation, reasoning and establishing prioritites are all more important than brilliance - either behind the wheel or at the drawing board. — Carroll Smith Copy Share Image
“Skill gives you legs to jog, talent gives you legs to run, brilliance gives you legs to sprint, but genius gives you… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Some are born brilliant, some have brilliance thrust upon them -- and others cower in the dark crying, "It burns! It burns!” — K.A. Laity Copy Share Image
[The] type of education now prevailing all over the world is directed against human freedom. State-controlled education ... deprives people of their… — Muammar al-Gaddafi Copy Share Image
“The miracle is that the brilliance of the miraculous can live in the blandness of the mundane. The greater miracle is that… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The moon was a sharply defined crescent and the sky was perfectly clear. The stars shone with such fierce, contained brilliance that… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
There are times, where I am sad for the public. I am sad, because they do not get to know the brilliance… — Sebastian Janikowski Copy Share Image
Opportunities, creative ideas or the lack of them, happiness, frustration, brilliance, talent, success and failure - all are determined by the state… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Brilliance is typically the act of an individual, but incredible stupidity can usually be traced to an organization. — Jon Bentley Copy Share Image
“You now get to decide for yourself just what the scope and clarity of your brilliance can be….This is the writer’s life.… — Scott Herndon Copy Share Image
Brilliance is neither a fashion or a style, a trend or an ambience! It's an awakening of our luminous ingenuity. — Jasmina Siderovski Copy Share Image
Know Me to be the eternal seed of all creatures. I am the intelligence of the intelligent, and the brilliance of the… — Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
Too much brilliance has its disadvantages, and misplaced wit may raise a laugh, but often beheads a topic of profound interest. — Margot Asquith Copy Share Image
The message is that all brilliance emanates from the top; that the worker on the floor of the store or the factory… — James Sinegal Copy Share Image
Listening to my regular favourites - Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and so on - I always feel, quite misguidedly, that nothing can be… — Jane Asher Copy Share Image
I can't rationalize the brilliance and knowledge that you have about the intricacies of the market with the crazy bullshit I see… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
“most of us carry secret rules for how we’re supposed to live our lives. That’s the brilliance of perfectionism.” — Jon Acuff Copy Share Image
What is writing, no matter how lavish the pieces, if it says nothing of the truth, cares little for the heart, and… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
Before the beginning of great brilliance, there must be chaos. Before a brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our deeds attach themselves to us like the flame to phosphorus. They constitute our brilliance, to be sure, but only in so… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Our humanity is trapped by moral adolescents. We have too many men of science, too few men of God. The world has… — Omar N. Bradley Copy Share Image
I love the idea of a movie hero in a thriller who is able to get ahead by just his brilliance, and… — Danny Strong Copy Share Image