“Franklin was a thin, pink person who was either a genius or, well, not one. Chances weren't.” — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
“The intellect of man is forced to choose Perfection of the life, or of the work.” — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
“There is nothing so consistent with reason as this denial of reason.” — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
We can all be geniuses because one definition of genius is the infinite capacity for taking pains. — Knute Rockne Copy Share Image
“We need more than just geniuses at the top of our organizations; we need genius makers.” — Liz Wiseman Copy Share Image
Artificial intelligence is a wonderful thing. I told my computer that today is my birthday, and it said that I needed an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so much in retrospect, that the amount of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by fiction. — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
And I can't think of a reason I'd ever use a pseudonym, as I wouldn't want to publish something that I didn't… — Poppy Z. Brite Copy Share Image
I am hopeful that both India and U.S.A. would be able to expand their counter-terror partnership through wider intelligence sharing and effective… — Raja Krishnamoorthi Copy Share Image
As it must not, so genius cannot be lawless; for it is even that constitutes its genius - the power of acting… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Art is a form of intelligence, it can be developed, it's linked to intuition and it's something that all humans have — Alonzo King Copy Share Image
“Even if he did explain it, no one would believe him because no one would understand him. That's the downside to being… — Trenton Lee Stewart Copy Share Image
A key player with respect to sanctions is, of course, China. And so, if a military option were to be exercised, then… — James Clapper Copy Share Image
Do not talk about giftedness, inborn talents! One can assume great men of all kinds who were very little gifted. They acquired… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It is not just a question of blowing up a building or shooting a prime minister. Such bourgeois horseplay is not contemplated.… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
“I wish it were different. I wish that we privileged knowledge in politicians, that the ones who know things didn't have to… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
Our nature is intelligent. In fact, everything is intelligent. Intelligence for me is information. Information is intelligence. And then there is information… — Horst Rechelbacher Copy Share Image
I immediately cotton on to the fact that intelligence thus lightly used, and one-upmanshipishly displayed, is a birthmark giving me a two-coloured… — Hal Porter Copy Share Image
Ive concluded that genius is as common as dirt. We suppress our genius only because we havent yet figured out how to… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
My CIA colleagues were smart, dedicated, funny, and creative. Yes, there was sometimes stifling bureaucracy, boredom, colleagues who never should have been… — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
