I could not but smile to think in what out-of-the-way corners genius produces her bantlings! And the Muses, those capricious dames, who,… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Genius may anticipate the season of maturity; but in the education of a people, as in that of an individual, memory must… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The great geniuses are those who have kept their childlike spirit and have added to it breadth of vision and experience. — Alfred Stieglitz Copy Share Image
Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness, the… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
Then if he's sore with me, let him dump my ass. That will just give me more time to be a genius. — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
The study of combinations should enrich the analytical spirit of studious amateurs. Thereafter the most gifted among them will be able to… — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Copy Share Image
It is often to be observed, that as in digging for precious metals in the mines, much earthly rubbish has first to… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
I'm not saying that I'm the grand genius that came in on a float and made it happen, but they liked my… — Remi Aubuchon Copy Share Image
Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The genius of the Word of God is that it has staying power; it can stand up to repeated exposure. — Howard G. Hendricks Copy Share Image
I wish you would recollect that Painting and Punctuality mix like Oil and Vinegar, and that Genius and regularity are utter Enemies… — Thomas Gainsborough Copy Share Image
... it is not the color of the skin that makes the man or the woman, but the principle formed in the… — Maria W. Stewart Copy Share Image
Great triumphs of engineering genius-the locomotive, the truss bridge, the steel rail- ... are rather invention than engineering proper. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People who have certain types of mental illness have different wiring in their brain. And part of that having a different kind… — H. A. Berlin Copy Share Image
A few weeks later, I’m in a fluorescent-lit classroom in Chelsea awaiting the start of the official Mensa test. I’m sitting next… — Anonymous 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
Be assured that, although men of eminent genius have been guilty of all other vices, none worthy of more than a secondary… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
I consider Otto Rank to be one of the great spiritual giants of the twentieth century, a genius as a psychologist and… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
Would you like to know the great drama of my life? It is that I have put my genius into my life...I… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
