Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it. — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
'Genius' which means transcendent capacity of taking trouble, first of all. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Independent thinkers are usually geniuses or idiots and at times it's hard to tell which. — James Cook Copy Share Image
A genius knows how to make himself easily understood without being obvious about it. — Jean Anouilh Copy Share Image
The world needs saints who have genius, just as a plague-stricken town needs doctors. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
The bolder the action, the greater the genius, magic and power that is likely to flow from it. — Robert Ringer Copy Share Image
I did not consider him to be any kind of a genius. I considered him deeply lacking in the area that mattered… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
The gut-feel of the 55-year old trader is more important than the mathematical elegance of the 25-year old genius. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
There is no hierarchy of values any more. Real progress is due mainly to human genius, and that's rare, and usually stems… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
Talk not of genius baffled. Genius is master of man. Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
I don't buy into the phrase 'comedy genius.' It's like football; you can have the talent, but 90 per cent is hard… — Josh Widdicombe Copy Share Image
Genius inspires this thirst for fame: there is no blessing undesired by those to whom Heaven gave the means of winning it. — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
I sometimes think that life is a circle. See, I cannot get away from genius. At Barca, I had Messi. At Juve,… — Dani Alves Copy Share Image
“There are things in the universe that are simply and purely evil. A warrior does not seek to understand them, or to… — Timothy Zahn Copy Share Image
The philosopher is not an apologist; apologetic concern, as Karl Barth (the one living theologian of unquestionable genius) has rightly insisted, is… — Donald M. MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Woody Allen is a genius. His films are wonderful. He's poetic, but he's also a critic. He artfully steps back from a… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Be not afraid , for all great power throughout the history of humanity has been with the people. From out of their… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
And human instinct is ancient and reliable, utterly mysterious and possibly capable of great genius. I believe that refined, fluent instincts are… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
How could you look at CM Punk and not think that he has the 'it' factor? I don't think I'm any great… — Paul Heyman Copy Share Image
The real artist has no pride. Unfortunately he sees that his art has no limits. He feels obscurely how far he is… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
The Australian Gerald Murnane, a genius on the level of Beckett, is known in Australia and Sweden but almost nowhere else. And… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
“There is no such word as Genius, it is just the combination of hard work and determination.” — Lyza Matociños Copy Share Image
Talent does things tolerably well; genius does then intolerably better — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
I want to explore the borders between being a genius and being an idiot. — Alvin Leung Copy Share Image
“Hysterics are the hallmark of the production of genius. Insults are its common currency.” — Jean Anouilh Copy Share Image
Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration. — Thomas Edison Copy Share Image
Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
The media works in sound bites. They can make you look like a genius or stupid. — Kato Kaelin Copy Share Image
Foaly twitched his tail contentedly. Genius. No point in being humble about it. — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
Wit lives in the present, but genius survives the future. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Copy Share Image
I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca! — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
