Self-love is a principle of action; but among no class of human beings has nature so profusely distributed this principle of life… — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
“You see Miss Gertrude is a genius. And a genius is a genius. So what if no one understands a word she… — Jonah Winter Copy Share Image
I feel very fortunate to have been associated with people such as Rodgers and Hammerstein. I think they were geniuses of their… — Shirley Jones Copy Share Image
“{ Comment to Delambre on chemist Antoine Lavoisier 's execution during the French Revolution } Only a moment to cut off that… — Joseph-Louis Lagrange Copy Share Image
I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius… — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
Those rare individuals society labels geniuses are almost always freaks of nature and are naturally gifted rather than being diligent students who… — James Morcan Copy Share Image
While Genius was thus wasting his strength in eccentric flights, I saw a person of a very different appearance, named Application. — Anna Letitia Barbauld Copy Share Image
“There's a fine line between stuff, and if you stare at it long enough it'll drive you insane or to genius” — Josh Stern Copy Share Image
Thirty, 40 years ago, more than that now, even, the cook was certainly at the bottom of the social scale. And any… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share Image
It has been said that Ernest Hemingway would rewrite scenes until they pleased him, often thirty or forty times. Hemingway, critics claimed,… — James N. Frey Copy Share Image
“That room was Rolandsen’s world. Rolandsen was not just irresponsibility and inebriation, he was also great thinker and inventor. There was a… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
For a few days I tweeted with a certain Pippa Middleton, and I really thought it was the Pippa Middleton. Then I… — Stefano Gabbana Copy Share Image
George Orwell was right. There's no greater genius as far as I'm concerned in terms of understanding human nature. I think that… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
Einstein was very attracted to Mozart. There's a mathematical, classical structure to the music, and I think he identified with that very… — Geoffrey Rush Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to compare myself to David Byrne whom I consider a genius, but what I think what we have in… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
There's pressure to come up with something genius every time. I feel like I keep letting myself down with my Twitter posts.… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
The particulars of life do not matter to the artist; they merely provide him with the opportunity to lay bare his genius. — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“Where there’s madness, there’s genius. Where there is genius, there’s creativity. We all have it somewhere within us; that hint of madness,… — Melody Lee Copy Share Image
“The learning of ‘How’ is the eternal ‘Why’ – unanswered! A genius is such, because he does not know how or why.” — Austin Osman Spare Copy Share Image
Everyone around me says, You're a genius! You're great! That's your voice! But I'm not sure if they're right. — Dave Chappelle Copy Share Image
“Talent hits a target that no one else can hit,” wrote the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. “Genius hits a target no one… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Marx Marvelous is going to break the genius machine when he grows up. That's what everyone said. He hasn't, of course.” — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
An environment of carping and criticism is dangerous to your mental health, whereas those who support and encourage you bring out your… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When my wife gets mad at me, I remind myself that she is much smarter than I am and so I probably… — Michael Weatherly Copy Share Image
Jack Benny had style from the beginning. He stood straight and walked kind of sideways as if he were being gently shoved… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
Any media-brainwashed automaton can summon the insipid courage to peer into the horrifying abyss. But it takes a freaking genius with a… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
Calvin): People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put… — Bill Waterson Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I love reality shows. The folks who dream up some of these concepts are either geniuses, or totally stoned. — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
“I deserve this, because somehow I have managed to align myself with an alcoholic and a psychopath. Apparently, I’m a goddamned genius.” — Claire Wallis Copy Share Image
The word genius was whispered into my ear, the first thing I ever heard, while I was still mewling in my crib.… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
The only geniuses produced by the chaos of society are those who do something about it. Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It doesn't take a genius to pump up the GNP [of a developing country] by burning down rainforests, using slave labor and… — Hazel Henderson Copy Share Image
Genius is allied to a warm and inflammable constitution; delicacy of taste, to calmness and sedateness. Hence it is common to find… — Henry Home, Lord Kames Copy Share Image
You must believe you have limitless potential in order to manifest your genius fully. Tell yourself every day, "I am a genius,"… — Ilchi Lee Copy Share Image
I am a genius. Then it amused me to keep saying so, but now it does not. I expected to be happy… — Mary MacLane Copy Share Image
Oftentimes in reality, the genius is in the position of the antihero. Neither the good guys nor the bad guys really trust… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The light of genius never sets, but sheds itself upon other faces, in different hues of splendor. Homer glows in the softened… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I always thought what made 'Beetlejuice' look so great was because it looked like some genius kid made it in his basement. — Michael Keaton Copy Share Image
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