Books only spoil the originality of genius. Very well for those who can't think for themselves - But when one has made… — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
I was fortunate enough, after many visits to many wonderful, weird people to come across Burt Rutan, who is a genius in… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
There have been countless changes in the long history of art. The most significant have been brought about by the genius of… — Thomas Hoving Copy Share Image
Social laughter is momentary, soon burns itself out and passes away like the fire and smokes of straw, but genius shakes the… — Boris Sidis Copy Share Image
You know what's a great way of tricking people into thinking you're a genius? Write a show about geniuses! — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
With few exceptions, every major pop singer in the US during her generation has been touched in some way by her genius.… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
Before thou callest a man hero or genius, investigate whether his exertion has features of indelibility; for all that is celestial, all… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
I'd rather have a genius like Donald Trump running America than someone like Hillary Clinton. — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
As scientists the two men were contrasting types—Einstein all calculation, Rutherford all experiment ... There was no doubt that as an experimenter… — Chaim Weizmann Copy Share Image
There are still to be found visionary or designing men, who stand ready to advocate the paradox of perpetual peace between the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Some were brilliant bordering on genius. Others, genius bordering on madness — Erich Segal Copy Share Image
The number of different aspects that the face of a man has assumed may be taken almost as a physiognomical measure of… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
It is perseverance, and not genius that takes a man to the top. Rome is full of unrecognized geniuses. Only perseverance enables… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
Great geniuses have the shortest biographies. Their cousins can tell you nothing about them. They lived in their writings, and sotheir house… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The life's story of great geniuses is a sad one, without much tangible reward, which does not inspire future generations to face… — Joseph Haydn Copy Share Image
Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes… — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Now that I'm on Broadway, it's like NASA engineering with the costumes. I was very grateful for the slightly more high-tech ones… — Nina Arianda Copy Share Image
Jack Benny, Fred Allen. Their jokes were wonderful. It takes skill to be funny. The timing of Jack Benny was so fine.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Intelligence entails a strong mind, but genius entails a heart of a lion in tune with a strong mind. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I do not use the word 'genius' lightly, but if David Bowie is not a genius, then there is no such thing. — Mick Rock Copy Share Image