Genius Quotes · Page 83

“The genius of the American system is that we have created extraordinary results from plain old people.”

— Phil Gramm

There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit

— Seneca the Younger

Those same forces that drive a genius to create the things or ideas that entertain or enlighten us often gobble so much…

— Tom Robbins

I bought [John Lennon's] 'Plastic Ono Band,' and I listened to it over and over for months. It's a monumental work of…

— Lenny Kravitz

Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its life…

— Lee Jameson

“We begin to become divine by learning to love like the divine loves. And how does the divine love? It loves everyone-including…

— Carolyn Elliott

By and large, talent is in such short supply that mediocrity can be taken for brilliance rather more than genius can go…

— Charles Saatchi

I'm a massive fan of Brit Art in general and Damien Hirst in particular. I think he's an absolute genius and should…

— David Morrissey

Language gradually varies, and with it fade away the writings of authors who have flourished their allotted time; otherwise, the creative powers…

— Washington Irving

Neymar is undoubtedly the best player in Brazil. He deserves to play in the best team in the world; next to the…

— Pele

She was an absolute genius as a comedic actress, with an extraordinary sense for comedic dialogue. It was a God-given gift. Believe…

— Billy Wilder

Claim whatever you want. Say you only want a happy family or a successful career or a big house. I say: no,…

— Maureen Johnson

People are like, 'Wow you started your own record label,' and treat me like I'm some sort of innovative genius, when I'm…

— Courtney Barnett

The documentaries are one thing - I was highlighting someone else's work, someone else's genius. Once I had to find my own…

— Robert B. Weide

I turned 40 on the set of the reunion show for 'Sheer Genius,' so it wasn't a hideous birthday because I had…

— Tabatha Coffey

The whole genius of an author consists in describing well, and delineating character well. Homer, Plato, Virgil, Horace only excel other writers…

— Jean de la Bruyere

Genius does not care much for a set of explicit regulations, but that does not mean that genius is lawless.

— Charles Henry Parkhurst

There is nothing that human imagination can figure brilliant and enviable that human genius and skill do not aspire to realize.

— William Godwin

It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and…

— Virginia Woolf

Mike gets to play four roles this time, if we ever did it again, he will play my role as well. He…

— Michael York

The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously, and those who have produced immortal works have done so without knowing how…

— William Hazlitt

The genius' behind the new Rocky movie decided to call it Rocky Balboa so that we'll probably forget that it's number six.…

— Doug Benson

Genius is expansive, irresistible, and irresistibly expansive. If it is in you, no cords can confine it.

— Mary Abigail Dodge

“Genius was being born in her, filling the empty spaces in her bed, her heart, her womb. She needed no-one but herself.”

— Salman Rushdie

But I just know from experience that accent wise, even if you're an accent genius, crossing the Atlantic is the hardest thing…

— Hugh Grant

Genius in general is poetic. Where genius has been active it has been poetically active. The truly moral person is a poet.

— Novalis

All the truly deep people have at the core of their being the genius to be simple or to know how to…

— Martin E. Marty

I would like to attribute my range of interests to being an independent intellectual, but although I'm independent, I'm not sure I…

— Anne Fadiman

There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the…

— Antonin Artaud

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

Kendrick is phenomenal. I've never tried and practiced a song that was as hard as when I practiced Kendrick's verse on 'Control.'…

— Danielle Macdonald

If you hype something and it succeeds, you're a genius - it wasn't a hype. If you hype it and it fails,…

— Neil Bogart

I would predicate that in all great works of genius masculine and feminine elements in the personality find expression, whether this androgynous…

— May Sarton

An art form requires genius. People of genius are always troublemakers, meaning they start from scratch, demolish accepted norms, and rebuild a…

— Henri Langlois

I have never been able to see how a thirty-year old moron can vote more wisely than a fifteen-year old genius.

— Robert A. Heinlein

Men of strong affections are jealous of their own genius. They fear lest they should be loved for a quality, and not…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

The teacher should use illustrations for the better teaching of the lesson, and never to fill up time, to amuse the class,…

— John H. Vincent

In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot.

— Henry Ward Beecher

I think Harold Ramis is a genius beyond genius, and he's the nicest guy, funniest guy, sweetest guy ever. So I don't…

— P. J. Soles

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

— Adolf Hitler