One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We take unholy risks to prove we are what we cannot be. For instance, I am not even crazy.” — Amiri Baraka Copy Share Image
High intelligence is to think the unthinkable; genius is to realize the very unexpected one. — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
A genius of comedy His talent brought joy and Laughter to all the world. — Oliver Hardy Copy Share Image
Plague might be a social incompetent, but he was unquestionably a genius. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The ordinary man casts a shadow in a way we do not quite understand. The man of genius casts light. — George Steiner Copy Share Image
This adoration of an artist as a lone genius is quite misled, I think, because they are very much part of their… — Hannah Gadsby Copy Share Image
Anyone is capable of anything (will plus belief is ability) if they themselves create the opportune moment and incentive. Heaven gives no… — Austin Osman Spare Copy Share Image
People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely intelligent. — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
The US patent system adds the fuel of interest to the fire of genius in the discovery and production of new and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The world is not so much in need of new thoughts as that when thought grows old and worn with usage it… — Alexander Smith Copy Share Image
I was trained in storytelling by Jim Shooter, Stan Lee, and Larry Hama. Doesn't make me a genius, and there really isn't… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
I was called a dance prodigy since I was young. A prodigy is like a genius. But I'm not a genius. It's… — Min Copy Share Image
The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I shun father and mother and wife and brother when my genius calls me. I would write on the lintels of the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If you go back and look, a completely underrated film is 'Quest for Fire.' That was one of the most genius, simplistic… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
“Nikola Telsa, an electrical engineer and genius in his own time, once suggested that when science begins the exploration of the non-physical… — Natalie Nolan Copy Share Image
Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture from within, going abroad only for audience,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A time will come when the science of destruction shall bend before the arts of peace; when the genius which multiplies our… — Francois Arago Copy Share Image
My definition [of genius] would be about being completely involved in your art form. So that's outside of sciences. Within the arts… — Russell Crowe Copy Share Image
By that time it was already clear that the next prime minster was going to be Golda Meir, a woman whom I… — Uri Avnery Copy Share Image
“All opponents are not necessarily enemies. But both enemies and opponents carry certain characteristics in common. Both perceive their opposite as an… — Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Copy Share Image
If I had an idea for a genius app, don't you think I would be getting it made immediately? — Amanda Crew Copy Share Image
The term 'genius' is inapplicable to anyone in this game. A genius is Norman Einstein. — Joe Theismann Copy Share Image
“Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We love a genius for what he leaves and mourn him for what he takes away — Thomas Gainsborough Copy Share Image
It's a good thing I'm a professional and could see the pure genius talent behind the raw sexual beauty. — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
The fact of the matter is, I'm f**king brilliant. Not 'was' brilliant. 'Am' brilliant. — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image