The reason we go to poetry is not for wisdom, but for the dismantling of wisdom — Jacques Lacan Copy Share Image
Everyone had a reason for everything they did, even if that reason was sometimes stupidity. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“Whatever path brought you here There is a reason why you came, Through you may not know it now.” — Ilchi Lee Copy Share Image
What he is lacking in intelligence, he more than makes up for in stupidity. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Oh, Mama was a smart woman. It takes a smart woman to fall in love with a good man. — Sarah Louise Delany Copy Share Image
Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
I think the sexiest thing on anybody is intelligence. I respect somebody who has a brain and wants to use it more… — Sophia Bush Copy Share Image
Well, first of all, we did lots of studies where we show practical intelligence doesn't correlate with G. We have probably two… — Robert Sternberg Copy Share Image
Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Whatever you think can’t be done, somebody will come along and do it. A genius is the one most like himself. — Thelonious Monk Copy Share Image
Oprah is so bright, and her intelligence is so piercing that I don't think anyone who spends a few minutes with her… — Victoria Principal Copy Share Image
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Talent, and genius as well, is like a grain of pearl sand shifting about in the creative mind. A valued tormentor. — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
A genius is the man in whom you are least likely to find the power of attending to anything insipid or distasteful… — William James Copy Share Image
The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“It is not just a question of blowing up a building or shooting a prime minister. Such bourgeois horseplay is not contemplated.… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
“I wish it were different. I wish that we privileged knowledge in politicians, that the ones who know things didn't have to… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
Do not talk about giftedness, inborn talents! One can assume great men of all kinds who were very little gifted. They acquired… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Persons are not known by intellect alone, not by principles alone, but only by love. It is when we love the other,… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I do not despise genius-indeed, I wish I had a basketful of it. But yet, after a great deal of experience and… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
A key player with respect to sanctions is, of course, China. And so, if a military option were to be exercised, then… — James Clapper Copy Share Image
