Fortune always will confer an aura of worth, unworthily; and in this world The lucky person passes for a genius. — Euripides Copy Share Image
Alekhine's real genius is in the preparation and construction of a position, long before combinations or mating attacks come into consideration at… — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
Next to possessing genius one's self is the power of appreciating it in others. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Jesse Eisenberg, this little nebbishy guy, as Lex Luthor? For me, that's a genius move. — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is… — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
When things don't go well, it helps to think of yourself as a genius and the rest of the world as a… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
Once you realize that there are no geniuses out there, you can think, "I can do that". One reason I've succeeded is… — Donny Deutsch Copy Share Image
The true genius of a great manager is his or her ability to individualize. A great manager is one who understands how… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
What a singular destiny has been that of this remarkable man!-To be regarded in his own age as a classic, and in… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
"Newton was the greatest genius that ever existed, and the most fortunate, for we cannot find more than once a system of… — Joseph-Louis Lagrange Copy Share Image
Genius is the power of carrying the feelings of childhood into the powers of manhood. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Could we know by what strange circumstances a man's genius became prepared for practical success, we should discover that the most serviceable… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
“To some extent, the direction of one's chosen path automatically selects for the paths that may cross it. A warriors path will… — Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Copy Share Image
The word genius was whispered into my ear, the first thing I ever heard, while I was still mewling in my crib.… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
Duke Ellington is my choice for many reasons. Nobody has written so many great pieces of music, which are everlasting, and he… — Marian McPartland Copy Share Image
