Sir, the slowness of genius is hard to bear, but the slowness of mediocrity is insufferable. — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share Image
People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The news we hear, for the most part, is not news to our genius. It is the stalest repetition. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A genius doesn't adjust his treatment of a theme to a tyrant's taste — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
The poets scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives; all else is claimed by death. — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
I think Stephen Sondheim is a - and I hardly ever use this word - but this is as close as it… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
At first I thought that I was extremely intelligent and everybody around me was only very average. But now I know that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
people are capable of profound metamorphosis, though unfortunately they rarely avail themselves of this genius, force of habit being an even greater… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
“I'll become exactly the tool you want me to be, said Ender silently, but at least I wont be fooled into it.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
To be more successful, learn to distinguish between the truly unimportant and the truly important. Eventually you will be considered not only… — Ernie J Zelinski Copy Share Image
The policeman must be a minister, a social worker, a diplomat, a tough guy, and a gentleman. And, of course, he'd have… — Paul Harvey Copy Share Image
The genius of any single man can no more equal learning, than a private purse hold way with the exchequer. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Genius awaits him who listens. The messages of genius are for the Soul of man. The senses of man comprehend them not. — Walter Russell 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
I can't spell or do grammar, but I'm smarter and more serious than people think. I'm no featherweight when it comes to… — Cher Copy Share Image
Even as a young man, Vito Corleone became known as a "man of reasonableness." He never uttered a threat. He always used… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
Recently, there has been a profound change in how we think about corporate leadership. The 1990s was the era of celebrity leaders:… — James O'Toole Copy Share Image
My first husband, John Barry, was a composer. I couldn't believe that this sophisticated, talented genius chose me and not any of… — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
That's what I am, Frank thought, an ordinary genius. He had unlocked the secret of radio. The sport of the ordinary! Brillliant… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
To be bound by traditional martial art style or styles is the way of the mindless, enslaved martial artist. But to be… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to the soul only for power to work.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Next to possessing genius one's self is the power of appreciating it in others. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Every complete man has his genius. True virtue is genius. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
I have no talent for making new friends, but oh such genius for fidelity to old ones. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Is it not in the most absolute simplicity that real genius plies its pinions the most wonderfully? — E. T. A. Hoffmann Copy Share Image
The world is so average, it doesn't take much to be a genius, just do a little extra — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos. — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
If I studied the way I do during finals week all year long, I would be a freaking genius. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Even geniuses could get things wrong-look at Einstein's unfortunate choice of a hairdresser.” — Joss Stirling Copy Share Image
I love 'Pointless', part of the genius of the show is that it's always a different story. — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I'm really into 'Veep.' I think that the showrunner Armando Iannucci is a genius. — Alexander Skarsgard Copy Share Image
“The reluctance to put away childish things may be a requirement of genius.” — Rebecca Pepper Sinkler Copy Share Image
