In a stupid nation the man of genius becomes a god : everybody worships him and nobody does his will. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“Burn the verses, I'll write fiction - burn the fiction, I'll write music - burn the music, I'll adopt a new language… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
People like me and Ozu get films made by hard work, but Shimizu is a genius... — Kenji Mizoguchi Copy Share Image
“Objectionable, tedious, irritating labour, - this is the condition of genius, which no doubt explains the reason why men so rarely achieve… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
I should say tact was worth much more than wealth as a road to leadership.... I mean that subtle apprehension which teaches… — M. E. W. Sherwood Copy Share Image
The gift of perfume to a flower is a special grace like genius or like beauty, and never becomes common or cheap. — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Attention is the stuff that memory is made of, and memory is accumulated genius. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
A genius is a person who is seeing further and probing deeper than other people has a different set of ethical valuations… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Instead of labeling and discriminating against one or the other, we need to learn to blend our gifts and complement our geniuses. — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
Even people who aren’t geniuses can outthink the rest of mankind if they develop certain thinking habits. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
As nearly as possible in the spirit of Matthew Salinger, age one, urging a luncheon companion to accept a cool lima bean,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair; it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
His dad said even the cavemen had geniuses among them. Somebody had thought up the wheel. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
My job is to pay attention to my children's genius and allow those leanings to lead them to their future. — Lisa Whelchel Copy Share Image
The iambic pentameter owes its pre-eminence in English poetry to its genius for variation. Good blank verse does not sound like a… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
“Each culture is different. Each species is unique. That presents challenges to the warrior, who often must ascertain from limited clues the… — Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Copy Share Image
It is personality with a penny's worth of talent. Error which chances to rise above the commonplace. — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
Young people are dazzled by the brilliancy of antithesis, and employ it. Matter-of-fact men, and those who like precision, naturally fall into… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
What I really think about Banksy is I think he's a genius; he's a great artist, and I like his stuff. But… — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
Geniuses are like thunderstorms. They go against the wind, terrify people, cleanse the air. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
There was no such person as Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe was an invention of hers. A genius invention that she created, like… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
Undereye patches are genius. From traveling, I get really puffy under my eyes. Klorane Smoothing and Relaxing Patches are a great ten-minute… — Lily Aldridge Copy Share Image
I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets: "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness… — W. H. Murray Copy Share Image
Even if there are instances in which it can be mistook by onlookers, never fool yourself into using misunderstood genius as an… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The most ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, might write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, laws,… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
You are a genius beyond description, so start telling yourself that and become aware of who you really are. — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
Education may work wonders as well in warping the genius of individuals as in seconding it. — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
The genius of Coleridge is like a sunken treasure ship, and Coleridge a diver too timid and lazy to bring its riches… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
How I grew to believe Black hair has power, genius, and magic in it, defying gravity and limitation. I mean, look at… — Michaela Angela Davis Copy Share Image
He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Reagan's genius as a communicator lies in his use of ambiguity. ... Ambiguity is the mother of Teflon. — Robin Lakoff Copy Share Image
The source of genius is imagination alone, the refinement of the senses that sees what others do not see, or sees them… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
God has placed the genius of women in their hearts, because the works of this genius are always works of love. — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
It wasn't an excuse. It was a fact. He'd had to make his way alone, and no one—not rock stars, not professional… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
