Brilliant Quotes · Page 35

Let no one underestimate the need of pity. We live in a stony universe whose hard, brilliant forces rage fiercely.

— Theodore Dreiser

History is filled with brilliant people who wanted to fix things and just made them worse.

— Chuck Palahniuk

I have less than no interest in trying to replicate another brilliant actor's work, thank you very much.

— Martin Freeman

M.I.T. has a reputation for turning out Dilberts. They may be brilliant in what they do, but no one can understand what…

— Steven Pinker

My father, Rex, was one of the most charismatic human beings I've ever known, and also one of the most brilliant.

— Jeannette Walls

So impressed with John Mitchell. His response to this attack has been courageous and brilliant! I wish him and the Lions all…

— Luke Watson

'Concentrate on measuring performance and winning will take care of itself'. That is a brilliant excuse for coming second...

— Clive Woodward

Truly brilliant marketing happens when you take something most people think of as a weakness and reposition it so people think of…

— Reed Hastings

Dreadful is a poignant biography of a forgotten man who drank himself to death. It's a brilliant evocation of a self-hating gay…

— Edmund White

I've never understood musicians who don't enjoy doing promotional interviews. I just can't believe it. I always think, 'Your life must have…

— Noel Gallagher

I am somebody who... - I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I need that freedom, that ability to make mistakes out there.…

— Tiffeny Milbrett

I don't want to sound arrogant and say that I know everything about directing and I've got it cracked, but it was…

— Dan Mazer

There have been many Presidents of the United States and the roll will be indefinitely extended. We have had a number of…

— Chauncey Depew

Brilliant men are often strikingly ineffectual. They fail to realize that the brilliant insight is not by itself achievement. They never have…

— Anonymous

Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected.…

— Pema Chodron

Artists need support, time and money to develop their ideas, and if people rip stuff off, you don't have to be that…

— John Polson

I think there's over-telling sometimes, in fiction. For instance, I'm a big fan of horror movies, but I could always lose the…

— Evie Wyld

There is an instinct for realism, a powerful drive to reproduce oneself. The fascination of photorealistic paintings lies partly in their apparent…

— Audrey Flack

I look at it [Moonlight] and young Alex Hibbert who plays the young Chiron gives such a beautiful performance. By the time…

— Andre Holland

First day working with Tom Hiddleston. He is my ideal as an actor: brilliant, reliable, human, decent, open, and friendly. He charmed…

— Jim Beaver

I spent a lot of my twenties wanting a maid, really. I thought I wanted a relationship, but I just wanted somebody…

— Robbie Williams

For me, working in the fashion industry is about getting to meet the minds behind the brands. Sure, there are nice dinners,…

— Ben Clymer

I like to watch people. For example, people at the airport... What is interesting about them is that they dont know what…

— Karen Black

For some time, Scotland's greatest exports to England have included whisky and Scottish MPs. Or, in the case of Charles Kennedy, both.…

— Rory Bremner

I think what's so brilliant about 'Black Mirror' is that it is a mirror into our own messed-up psyches.

— Rosemarie DeWitt

Outstanding long-term results are produced primarily by avoiding dumb decisions, rather than by making brilliant ones.

— Warren Buffett

Has it ever crossed your brilliant mind that I don't want to do this anymore?

— Severus Snape

Sports taught me that I can make a mistake one minute, let it go, and be brilliant the next.

— Lynn Sherr

Love is an emerald. Its brilliant light wards off dragons On this treacherous path.

— Rumi

You don't have to be brilliant at everything. You just have to have the courage to put yourself in the line of…

— Emily Mortimer

A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out.…

— Boris Yeltsin

In England people actually try to be brilliant at breakfast. That is so dreadful of them! Only dull people are brilliant at…

— Oscar Wilde

Since Sky came onboard to show the WSL, the level of detail that Casey Stoney and Karen Carney have been speaking about…

— Alex Greenwood

For me, Raheem Sterling is a fantastic player, and he's been brilliant for England. I hope he will stay at Liverpool.

— Jordan Henderson

Courage is like the diamond,--very brilliant; not changed by fire, capable of high polish, but except for the purpose of cutting hard…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Facebook are an amazing team, a brilliant team. It's a technology that brings people together.

— Bono

I adore Susan Sarandon, she's just so cool, and brilliant, and beautiful. I just like her whole vibe - off- and on-screen.

— Evan Rachel Wood

The Turing Test was a brilliant idea, but it's evolved into a competition of chatbots.

— Oren Etzioni

I love Ice Cube and Charlie Day. They're brilliant men, great actors and very funny people.

— Tracy Morgan

I have a husband who's both honest and loyal and gives brilliant advice, but at the same time keeps me completely grounded.

— Rebecca Front