When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and… — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the… — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
The essence of modernity is that progress no longer waits on genius; instead we have learned to put our faith in the… — William Wickenden Copy Share Image
The general's staff is a handpicked collection of killers, spies, geniuses, patriots, political operators and outright maniacs. There's a former head of… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
I didn’t think any biography could do justice to one of the few honest-to-goodness geniuses of our time, a walking paradox who… — Otto Penzler Copy Share Image
The big characters who occupy science, especially modern science, are all "off" in fundamental ways. I don't think that genius goes hand… — Hanya Yanagihara Copy Share Image
The growing complexity of science, technology, and organization does not imply either a growing knowledge or a growing need for knowledge in… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Marijuana brownies are amazing. Very simple to make, too. Just get some Duncan Hines brownie mix and cook the weed right in… — George Lopez Copy Share Image
If you're going to impeach him, impeach [Donald Trump].If he did something wrong, arrest him. But don't cry the blues because you… — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
I guess the wildcard here is Terrence Malick. He supervised me while I was writing the script for Beautiful Country, and he… — Sabina Murray Copy Share Image
Perfect works are rare, because they must be produced at the happy moment when taste and genius unite; and this rare conjuncture,… — François-René de Chateaubriand Copy Share Image
Language gradually varies, and with it fade away the writings of authors who have flourished their allotted time; otherwise, the creative powers… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
She was an absolute genius as a comedic actress, with an extraordinary sense for comedic dialogue. It was a God-given gift. Believe… — Billy Wilder Copy Share Image
Neymar is undoubtedly the best player in Brazil. He deserves to play in the best team in the world; next to the… — Pele Copy Share Image
Art has a double visage: it looks before and after. Romance is its forward-looking face. The germ of growth is in romanticism.… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
I think that for those of us who come from oppressed backgrounds and who do our work in marginalized communities, recovering our… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
By... [selecting] the youths of genius from among the classes of the poor, we hope to avail the State of those talents… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Lenny Breau was a genius - inspired and really loose. I loved how he used the guitar as an extension of his… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
We're playing Scrabble. It's a nightmare." "Scrabble?" He sounds surprised. "Scrabble's great." "Not when you're playing with a family of geniuses, it's… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur.… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Comedy, I'm still in awe of. I think you need a comic genius somewhere in the mix. It's got to be the… — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
I built a global brand Mugler, and we did things that inspired so many people. I'm proud to have helped some amazing… — Thierry Mugler Copy Share Image
Before receiving your instruction, I must tell you what happened to me one day. I had just had a closet built at… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The Soft Machine's 'Volume Two' inspired me heavily. That record just feels like it was all done in the same breath. It's… — Flying Lotus Copy Share Image
Autism is a big continuum, going from someone who remains nonverbal, all the way up to geniuses on Silicon Valley. And some… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“I used to love the saying, 'If you build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door.' It… — John Hawkins Copy Share Image
The Man of Genius may at the same time be, indeed is commonly, an Artist, but the two are not to be… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Jim Dean and Elvis were the spokesmen for an entire generation. When I was in acting school in New York, years ago,… — Martin Sheen Copy Share Image
To my mind there is nothing so beautiful or so provocative as a secondhand book store...To me it is astonishing and miraculous… — Lionel Barrymore Copy Share Image
“Each culture is different. Each species is unique. That presents challenges to the warrior, who often must ascertain from limited clues the… — Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Copy Share Image
There has been a time on earth when poets had been young and dead and famous - and were men. But now… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
The general verdict among the German generals I interrogated in 1945 was that Field-Marshal von Manstein had proved the ablest commander in… — Erich von Manstein Copy Share Image
Genius is often a short way of spelling hard work. Poverty, obscurity, struggle and ambition formed the foundation for many careers of… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Can a woman become a genius of the first class? Nobody can know unless women in general shall have equal opportunity with… — Anna Garlin Spencer Copy Share Image
You go to college not only for the latest knowledge but also to meet people from different backgrounds. That's the genius of… — Donna Shalala Copy Share Image
Valentino Garavani is never really shown himself as anything other than this gracious diplomat of the dolce vita. That's his preferred look.… — Matt Tyrnauer Copy Share Image
It is true that genius takes its rise out of the mountains of rectitude; that all beauty and power which men covet… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
He that would travel for the entertainment of others, should remember that the great object of remark is human life. Every nation… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Fullscreen is doing some really interesting work. They are taking these YouTube stars and people who have made entire careers out of… — Madeline Brewer Copy Share Image
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