“There never was a man who could sit down and say: 'Now I am going to be the first man to write.” — David Diringer Copy Share Image
Not nature, but the "genius of mankind," has knotted the hangman's noose with which it can execute itself at any moment. — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Andres is a genius, and it's an honour to share the same dressing room. I hope to learn a lot from him.… — Philippe Coutinho Copy Share Image
The twentieth century saw an amazing development of scholarship and criticism in the humanities, carried out by people who were more intelligent,… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
“Carlyle's genius was many-sided. He touched and ennobled the national life at all points. He lifted a whole generation of young men… — Hector Carsewell Macpherson Copy Share Image
By and large, talent is in such short supply that mediocrity can be taken for brilliance rather more than genius can go… — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
Some of the best ideas come from sheer discovery, and not by some masterminded, preconceived genius. — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
Genius cannot escape the taint of its time more than a child the influence of its begetting. — Ouida Copy Share Image
The other financial genius, John McCain, said the fundamentals of our economy are strong, and then yesterday he wanted to fire the… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
To some extent, we all have quirks or idiosyncrasies, and some geniuses, because of how bright they are and how focused they… — Darold Treffert Copy Share Image
Nothing will supply the want of sunshine to peaches, and, to make knowledge valuable, you must have the cheerfulness of wisdom. Whenever… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Sweet Genius'' viewers will be on the edge of their seats as we continue to push the limits with inspirations and ingredients,… — Ron Ben-Israel Copy Share Image
Genius is the ability to see the self-evident where the rest of the world turns blind. — Kedar Joshi Copy Share Image
The critic is genius at one remove; he is not unlike an actor on the stage, and incarnates in his mind, as… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
As monarchs have a right to call in the specie of a state, and raise its value, by their own impression; so… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
Genius and science have burst the limits of space, and few observations, explained by just reasoning, have unveiled the mechanism of the… — Georges Cuvier Copy Share Image
Made a sketch later on the cabin verandah, but it was impossible to keep up with the changes. Oh the difficulties of… — J. E. H. MacDonald Copy Share Image
A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he… — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share Image
“This man has talent, that man genius And here's the strange and cruel difference: Talent gives pence and his reward is gold,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ataturk approved of the mevlevi dervish approach to God as being 'an expression of Turkish genius' that reclaimed Islam from what he… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Death is the real inspiring genius or Musagetes of philosophy, and for this reason Socrates defined philosophy as thanatou mélétè (preparation for… — Luce Irigaray Copy Share Image
This is one of those instances in which the individual genius is found to consent, as indeed it always does, at last,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Genius abhors consensus because when consensus is reached, thinking stops. Stop nodding your head. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The enthusiast always finds the master, the masters, whom he seeks. Always genius seeks genius, desires nothing so much as to be… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Every mind has a new compass, a new direction of its own, differencing its genius and aim from every other mind.--We call… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
People actually ask me why I bring in projects on budget and on time. It seems I am not living up to… — Curtis W. Fentress Copy Share Image
It has always been my belief that the true artist, like the true scientist, is a researcher using materials and techniques to… — Paul Strand Copy Share Image
“A man's genius seems to befriend the more when he reads with open heart, the masterpiece of masterminds, the sagacity of sages,… — Ogwo David Emenike Copy Share Image
MUSIC MAY NOT MAKE YOU A GENIUS, or rich, or even a better person. But it helps train you to think differently,… — Joanne Lipman Copy Share Image
“Words are my leisure, Words are my life. Words are my gift to thee, Use 'em wisely for light.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Constancy will always be the genius of love, the indication of that strength which constitutes the poet. A man should possess all… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
