Intelligence rarely trumps human nature.

One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

— William Feather

To be sure, dictators are crafty, evil geniuses with awesome firepower at their disposal. They are also brutally efficient at intimidation, terrorism, and mass…

— George Ayittey

Somehow the Tories have deflected the righteous anger at the bankers who we bailed out. The Tories manage to take that outrage and direct…

— Bill Bailey

We all need to be astute in sending and reading power cues, so that we can prevent ourselves - and the world - from…

— Nick Morgan

“The idea that the euro has “failed” is dangerously naive. The euro is doing exactly what its progenitor – and the wealthy 1%-ers who…

— Michael Hudson

“When one reads, and re-reads, Moby Dick , it seems to me that one gets a more convincing, a more definite, impression of the…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Concord is just as idiotic as ever in relation to the spirits and their knockings. Most people here believe in a spiritual world ...…

— Henry David Thoreau

I wouldn't say jamie is an evil genius. I'm not sure he's evil and I'm not sure he's a genius.

— Adam Savage

“As I gazed at Mao’s face wearing what was intended as a benign expression but was in fact a smirk of self-satisfaction, I wondered…

— Nien Cheng

“On the switchboard of my memory two pair of gloves have crossed wires - those leather gloves of Omi's and a pair of white…

— Yukio Mishima

It's no good choosing your first husband from a school for evil geniuses. Much too difficult to kill.

— Gail Carriger

They misspelled 'party.' How evil genius can they be?

— Libba Bray

There is no such thing as an evil genius, as evil in it's self is stupidity.

— David Farland

“The evil genius of darkness presided at its birth, it came forth under the veil of mystery, its true features being carefully concealed, and…

— Samuel Bryan

With the proper training, I could've been an evil genius.

— George Carlin