“in Ovid, difficulty is what wakes up the genius (ingenium mala saepe movent),” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Every genius thinks INWARDLY toward his Mind instead of outwardly toward his senses — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
For 37 years I've practiced 14 hours a day, and now they call me a genius — Pablo De Sarasate Copy Share Image
Genius cannot escape the taint of its time more than a child the influence of its begetting. — Ouida Copy Share Image
It takes no genius to observe that a one-man band never gets very big — Charles Garfield Copy Share Image
Love of liberty means the guarding of every resource that makes freedom possible-from the sanctity of our families and the wealth of… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Some write that I'm a genius, others say that I'm disrespectful towards their country... If you remember in 1993 I squatted to… — Hristo Stoichkov Copy Share Image
Churchill was one of the few men I have met who even in the flesh give me the impression of genius. George… — David Low Copy Share Image
Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a genius. You… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“...why do people venerate Einstein or Bill Gates? Clive Bell explains: Genius worship is the inevitable sign of an uncreative age…” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
It gets laughed at because it is a small town, I know, but nevertheless it is a place where great men may… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The woman and the genius do not work. Up to now, woman has been mankind's supreme luxury. In all those moments when… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Genius resembles a bell; in order to ring it must be suspended into pure air, and when a foreign body touches it,… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
The genius of the Word of God is that it has staying power; it can stand up to repeated exposure. In fact,… — Howard G. Hendricks Copy Share Image
Apophenia means finding pattern or meaning where others don’t. Feelings of revelation and ecstasies usually accompany it. It has some negative connotations… — Peter J. Carroll Copy Share Image
“Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics, or for… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
I remember when I posed as a customs officer so that I could meet Oscar Wilde. I said to him "Have you… — Simon Munnery Copy Share Image
The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learned from… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“What elevates one and not another to the level of genius is not only talent and ambition and luck, but a gift… — Jan Swafford Copy Share Image
Every art critic and every writer doesn't have a frame to start off from. If I made a statement saying, "This is… — Damian Loeb Copy Share Image
“He woke up and fought another battle and won. Then he went to bed and slept again and dreamed again and then… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Your insecurity and neediness is what makes you a big neurotic ball of comedy genius. — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
The most tremendous genius raised Mozart above all masters, in all centuries and in all the arts. — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
There is no balking genius. Only death can silence it or hinder. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
“Creativity is the final product of a series of petty thefts. Genius is knowing what to steal.” — Charles Delmar author of My Cooking Coach and creator of MyCookingCoach.com Copy Share Image
“Genius is not a gift, but the way a person invents in desperate circumstances.” — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“Flair is what makes the difference between artistry and mere competence. Cmdr. William Riker” — Star Trek The Next Generation Copy Share Image
“I have never seen genius without a touch of madness... and vice versa.” — Lance Conrad Copy Share Image
For a genius to be a genius, he must have a selfless slave between himself and the world. — Dawn Powell Copy Share Image