It is good sense applied with diligence to what was at first a mere accident, and which by great application grew to… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I have never believed in the Wizard of Oz theory of consulting, that I am all-knowing and all-seeing, and that everyone around… — David Axelrod Copy Share Image
At the same time the players around me almost make it an automatism to score goals. We have so much quality and… — Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Copy Share Image
Until one acknowledges the genius within oneself, one will have great difficulty recognizing it in others. — David R. Hawkins Copy Share Image
You look around the world at geniuses, and they don't appear randomly, they appear in genius clusters. Athens in 50 BC, Florence… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
Even people who aren’t geniuses can outthink the rest of mankind if they develop certain thinking habits. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
All the worse for the undeniable talent which hides the evil so subtly and makes the danger so delightful. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I am certainly of opinion that genius can be acquired, or, in the alternative, that it is an almost universal possession. — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts. The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
Nothing is so much coveted by a young man as the reputation of being a genius; and many seem to feel that… — John Todd Copy Share Image
In order for us [people] to progress, we need brilliance and brilliance isn't fair and it's not polite and we can't grow… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
It art can only succeed through the cooperating imagination and intelligence of its consumers, who fill out, for themselves, the artist's world… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
Success in business does not depend upon genius. Any young man of ordinary intelligence who is normally sound and not afraid to… — James Cash Penney Copy Share Image
Remember William Blake who said: "Improvement makes straight, straight roads, but the crooked roads without improvement are roads of genius." The truth… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
Did any great genius ever enter the world in the wake of commonplace pre-natal conditions? Was a maker of history ever born… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
There are no rules. You can write a story, if you wish, with no conflict, no suspense, no beginning, middle or end.… — Fredric Brown Copy Share Image
If genius has any common denominator, I would propose breadth of interest and the ability to construct fruitful analogies between fields. — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Mike is a genius guitar player and keyboard player. I realized that, with this group, I just joined Mike Keneally's band! — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
It matters only that you manifest your genius; it doesn’t matter when. It’s never too late or too early. — Mark Victor Hansen Copy Share Image
The one who was born a genius can't win against the one who tries, and the one who tries can't win against… — Confucius Copy Share Image
There is, I know not how, a certain presage, as it were, of a future existence; and this takes the deepest root,… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“What drives men of genius is their obsession with the idea that what has already been done is not good enough.” — Eugène Delacroix Copy Share Image
The great geniuses are those who have kept their childlike spirit and have added to it breadth of vision and experience. — Alfred Stieglitz Copy Share Image
“In my experience there are few people who are of true genius. There are many who are gifted, but most of the… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
Never expect any recognition here--the system prohibits it. The cross is not affixed to the genius, no, the genius is affixed to… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
“One night I was layin' down, I heard Papa talkin' to Mama, I heard Papa say to let that boy boogie-woogie. 'Cause… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
The highest genius never flowers in satire, but culminates in sympathy with that which is best in human nature, and appeals to… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
Everyone is an artist and a genius, I think. If we don't choose to limit ourselves then we are totally accomplished. — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
“Then the liars and swearers are fools, for there are liars and swearers enough to beat the honest men and hang up… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A woman artist could be one of those intuitive geniuses [who] have kept their childlike spirit and have added to it breadth… — Alfred Stieglitz Copy Share Image
The wardrobe guy [of Blow] was a genius. He was so tapped into that period and he brought me the ugliest things… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influences and genius, if he dies unloved his life must… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Paul McCartney is a genius ... Paul married Rock & Roll to beauty, and forever raised the bar for composers, musicians, and… — Alec Baldwin Copy Share Image
T Bone is genius. The way they've recorded my voice and the instrumentation to these songs is really quite extraordinary. — Betty Buckley Copy Share Image
I think the evidence is pretty clear. If you look at various characteristics of carnivores versus herbivores, it doesn't take a genius… — William C. Roberts Copy Share Image
As what we call genius arises out of the disproportionate power and size of a certain faculty, so the great difficulty lies… — Anna Brownell Jameson Copy Share Image
Even if we accept, as the basic tenet of true democracy, that one moron is equal to one genius, is it necessary… — Leo Szilard Copy Share Image
America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
And indeed if you think you're a genius at something, what you achieve is very much according to your expectations; if you… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
John Lennon was a musical genius. All I have to do is think of some of his songs and even the titles… — Ray Comfort Copy Share Image
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