The great characteristic of men of active genius is a sublime self-confidence, springing not from self-conceit, but from an intense identification of… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
Clever man is a chicken; it can fly, but a little. Genius, on the other hand, is a migratory bird; it can… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
What the great mentor is always looking for is a person who is willing to tap his genius, to put it through… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
I am convinced that each work of art, be it a great work of genius or something very small, has its own… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
A child has no trouble believing the unbelievable, nor does the genius or the madman. It’s only you and I, with our… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
Some write that I'm a genius, others say that I'm disrespectful towards their country... If you remember in 1993 I squatted to… — Hristo Stoichkov Copy Share Image
Compassionate people are geniuses in the art of living, more necessary to the dignity, security, and joy of humanity than the discoverers… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
True intimacy is a human constant. People of all types find it equally hard to achieve, equally precious to hold. Age, education,… — Robert Grudin Copy Share Image
Common sense is an instinct given to man and enough of it is genius. Smartness is measured by the level of common… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“ Robert Ingersoll 's character was as nearly perfect as it is possible for the character of mortal man to be... none… — Charles Spalding Thomas Copy Share Image
The greatest products of architecture are less the works of individuals than of society; rather the offspring of a nation's effort, than… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The working of revolutions misleads me no more; it is as necessary to our race as its waves to the stream, that… — Johann Gottfried Herder Copy Share Image
Familiarize yourselves with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“One night I was layin' down, I heard Papa talkin' to Mama, I heard Papa say to let that boy boogie-woogie. 'Cause… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
Having scored 298 and still hitting a six issomething unimaginable and youneed to be a genius for that — Waqar Younis Copy Share Image
Genius in one grand particular is like life. We know nothing of either but by their effects. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Talent is hereditary; it may be the common possession of a whole family (eg, the Bach family); genius is not transmitted; it… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
He whose wisdom exceeds his works, to what may he be likened? To a tree whose branches are numerous but whose roots… — The Talmud Copy Share Image
“Almost all genius up to now was one-sided—the result of a sickly constitution. One type had too much sense of the external,… — Novalis Copy Share Image
“It is in everyone's interest that every person's creative genius be encouraged and allowed to develop and express.” — Efiong Etuk 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
