I've done far too many things that I felt were going to be genius that weren't and I've done some things that… — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
I shun father and mother and wife and brother when my genius calls me. I would write on the lintels of the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“As near as I can make out, geniuses think they know it all, and so they won't take people's advice, but always… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
We say that every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment. We measure our friends so. We know, they… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It's a weird thing where, especially in jazz, you have to totally mention cutting sessions and people one-upping each other and people… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
If the genius of invention were to reveal to-morrow the secret of immortality, of eternal beauty and youth, for which all humanity… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Nature seems to delight in disappointing the assuduities of art, with which it would rear dulness to maturity, and to glory in… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
I have no ideals. I have no will that the world should be any better or worse or anything... Because I know… — Odd Nerdrum Copy Share Image
For, though the origin of most of our words is forgotten, each word was at first a stroke of genius, and obtained… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Each of us is born brilliant. Then we spend the rest of our lives having our brilliance buried by people, circumstances, and… — Simon T. Bailey Copy Share Image
“To my knowledge, no one in or out of the field has ever been able to cite a game worthy of comparison… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
[Donald Trump] stood up and was asked a very specific question, if there's an undocumented illegal in the military or wants to… — Eric Bolling Copy Share Image
I am not trying to say I'm a genius, but 'Underground' was the strongest attack there has been on Milosevic. It is… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
[On Einstein:] You cannot analyze him, otherwise you will misjudge him. Such a genius should be irreproachable in every respect. But no,… — Elsa Einstein Copy Share Image
Remember, if you do the things you ought to do when you ought to do them, then someday you can do the… — Mary Kay Ash Copy Share Image
“I’ve come to believe that genius is an exceedingly common human quality, probably natural to most of us. I didn’t want to… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
Consequently, the value and importance of the monarchic idea cannot reside in the person of the monarch himself except if Heaven decides… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I must suppose that reading wonderful writers may, inadvertently, teach an avid reader a great deal -- not only about life and… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
That is the meaning of the Trump brand - being the boss who is so rich and so powerful he can do… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Hats off, gentlemen - a genius! If the mighty autocrat of the north knew what a dangerous enemy threatened him in Chopin's… — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
Because of the men in charge of this system, they've created this caste system for women that gives some of the women… — Samira Wiley Copy Share Image
“Over his shoulder, she saw Skulduggery walk in. "Oh, hell," she muttered. Wreath's smile reappeared. "It's Skulduggery, isn't it?" Over his shoulder,… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
In philosophy equally as in poetry it is the highest and most useful prerogative of genius to produce the strongest impressions of… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
If we look to the answer as to why for so many years we achieved so much, prospered as no other people… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In the first seat, in robe of various dyes, A noble wildness flashing from his eyes, Sat Shakespeare: in one hand a… — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Men of genius are not to be analysed by commonplace rules. The rest of us who have been or are leaders, more… — Robert Menzies Copy Share Image
Man's genius has with God's help produced marvelous technical inventions from creation, especially in our times. The Church, our mother, is particularly… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
“How many stopped-up men and women does it take to produce one Einstein? Ten? A thousand? A hundred thousand? ... So this… — Rana Dasgupta Copy Share Image
I regret that I must so continually use the word genius, as if that should apply only to a caste as well… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
Most people in the Western world grow up with the received wisdom that Mozart was a genius. But few people necessarily know… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
There are circumstances of peculiar difficulty and danger, where a mediocrity of talent is the most fatal quantum that a man can… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I sometimes, in my sprightly moments, consider myself, in my great chair at school, as some dictator at the head of a… — John Adams Copy Share Image
What is a genius? What is a living legend? What is a megastar? Michael Jackson -- that's all. And when you think… — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
There must be understanding between the artist and the people. In the best ages of art that has always been the case.… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
Genius differs from talent not by the amount of original thoughts, but by making the latter fertile and by positioning them properly,… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
The egalitarian doctrine is manifestly contrary to all the facts established by biology and by history. Only fanatical partisans of this theory… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“Being a genius doesn’t make you smart, happy, or successful. In fact, sometimes the opposite. Studies have shown that people with genius-level… — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
All preceptors should have that kind of genius described by Tacitus, "equal to their business, but not above it;" a patient industry,… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
In terms of music, each novel is different but I usually find my way into an era through the music. In this… — Danzy Senna Copy Share Image