My father had a brilliant scholastic record in high school and was awarded a college scholarship. Unfortunately he had to turn it… — Tony Visconti Copy Share Image
Tolkien was such a brilliant writer in so many ways. He was truly an inspiration. Many people don't realize just how much… — Raymond Buckland Copy Share Image
We should be using our brilliant people, our most brilliant minds to figure a way that ISIS cannot use the Internet. And… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Riz is brilliant. Intense, purposeful. When I first met the guy, the very first time I met him, an hour later, we… — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
Ugh! How many stories about love, copulation, marriage and death already exist, not one of which tells the truth! How sick I… — Sadegh Hedayat Copy Share Image
When I was working on 'Night Falls Over Kortedala,' I was listening a lot to 'Graceland,' the Paul Simon record. I really… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
When we bemoan the lost golden age of music, it's worth remembering that mainstream radio listeners of the '60s and '70s, particularly… — Dan Hill Copy Share Image
Sometimes one of the justices, because they're, you know, they're brilliant lawyers themselves, can put the question in a particular way so… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share Image
My mom used to sell Avon when my mom was a kid for about three years, and so it was like the… — Gemma Arterton Copy Share Image
Many of the religious apologists out there are not stupid people, they are often brilliant. People working in the field of theology… — PZ Myers Copy Share Image
Summers was simply a master explainer, able to deftly boil down the complexities of economic and financial, and to put them in… — Ron Suskind Copy Share Image
What you end up seeing when you look at history is that people who have been good at pushing the boundaries of… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
“Eventually you have to decide what to do with this desire. Do you tamp it down in yourself, or do you chase… — John Koenig Copy Share Image
Tom Stafford was an odd character, you know - a brilliant guy. He looked weird and I think he took a really… — Donnie Fritts Copy Share Image
Separate from the other unnamed billions who walk the earth, each of these little groups of three or five or twelve, brought… — Belva Plain Copy Share Image
Cory Doctorow is a fast and furious storyteller who gets all the details of alternate reality gaming right, while offering a startling,… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
I am a fan of the compositions of The Beatles, but I don't care for their interpretation of them. But as compositions,… — Patricia Barber Copy Share Image
I like Jay-Z. I love Luda. I love Ledisi. I like Beyonce, of course. I think she's just brilliant. She's a triple… — Stephanie Mills Copy Share Image
I admired Lampard and all the main leaders of the team when I was a kid. Every other game, he would score… — Reece James Copy Share Image
I am certainly influenced by certain post-structuralist traditions but also a number of other theoretical archives as well - including the brilliant… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Prince didn't want to sound like Michael Jackson. Neither of them wanted to sound like Luther Vandross. They didn't want to sound… — Warryn Campbell Copy Share Image
I have a feeling he felt Jon Voight had run away with the film, which he didn't, though he was brilliant in… — John Schlesinger Copy Share Image
Here's the thing: When you become brilliant at listening, people feel that you care about them. When they feel you care about… — Robin S. Sharma Copy Share Image
When you're having a conversation with someone who, despite his brilliant medical career, says he's going to produce the film, you think,… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
First of all, it was such an honor to be chosen. You had to be voted in by players and coaches that… — Dan Fouts Copy Share Image
My dad could be beyond brilliant but totally introverted. If we're talking about computers, he's on. Otherwise, he's a total recluse -… — Alessandra Torresani Copy Share Image
A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a… — Lisa Kirk Copy Share Image
Theodore Dalrymple is a brilliant observer of both medicine and society, and his book wittily engages with two versions of the current… — Kenneth Minogue Copy Share Image
I'll be darned!" said Douglas. "I never thought of that. That's brilliant! It's true. Old people never were children!" "And it's kind… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
It's much harder to act in a bad film than in a good one. A terrible script makes for very difficult acting.… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
There are over 50 brilliant scientists working at my lab, and being sensitive to their needs is among the top skill sets… — Peter Agre Copy Share Image
Music didn't really hit me again until the '90s, when the dancehall scene got going. The '90s were perfect for me. I… — Ari Up Copy Share Image
If you look at the muscularity of something like 'Wicked' and the way it has just spawned sort of generations of young… — John Logan Copy Share Image
William Shakespeare was a brilliant writer and he only wrote the truth. So, if I dont believe it, I have to work… — Condola Rashad Copy Share Image
I suppose if I'd got a brilliant first and done research I might still be a don today, but I hope not.… — A. N. Wilson Copy Share Image
Why are we willing to accept a new mathematical formula we don't understand as the product of a brilliant mind, while rejecting… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
There are brilliant out lesbians and gay men and bisexuals and transgendered people and heterosexuals keeping the fire of change alive. Not… — Jasmine Guy Copy Share Image
People like to think the creative process is romantic. The artist drifts to sleep at night, to be awakened by the subliminal… — Grant Achatz Copy Share Image
Anyone can build a building that protects people from heat, sun and cold. What I am determined to do is to make… — Philippe Starck Copy Share Image
Take a brilliant, creative social scientist, without any respect for conventional wisdom and you get Ellen Langer. She is a fantastic storyteller,… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image