Genius Quotes

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Great triumphs of engineering genius-the locomotive, the truss bridge, the steel rail- ... are rather invention than engineering proper. — Arthur M. Wellington
A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the genius of the last generation. — Unknown Author
Science would not be what it is if there had not been a Galileo, a Newton or a Lavoisier, any more than music would be… — Unknown Author
The secret of science is to ask the right question, and it is the choice of problem more than anything else that marks the man… — Henry Tizard
The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest! — Henry Home, Lord Kames
Since biological change occurs slowly and cultural changes occur in every generation, it is futile to try to explain the fleeting phenomena of culture by… — Unknown Author
Language is the amber in which a thousand precious and subtle thoughts have been safely embedded and preserved. It has arrested ten thousand lightning flashes… — Richard Chenevix Trench
Genius always looks forward, and not only sees what is, but what necessarily will be. — Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity. The ignorant peasant without fault is greater than the philosopher with many. What is genius or courage… — Oliver Goldsmith
The genius of American culture and its integrity comes from fidelity to the light. Plain as day, we say. Happy as the day is long.… — Richard Rodriguez
It is the privilege of true genius, And especially genius who opens up a new path, To make great mistakes with impunity — Lewis Carroll
And indeed nothing but the most determined scepticism, along with a great degree of indolence, can justify this aversion to metaphysics. For if truth be… — David Hume
Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
Ah, a German and a genius ! A prodigy, admit him ! — Jonathan Swift
For me, the world of nature bears spectacular witness to the imaginative genius of our Creator. — Philip Yancey
Criticism is often not a science; it is a craft, requiring more good health than wit, more hard work than talent, more habit than native… — Jean de la Bruyere
A genius! For 37 years I've practised fourteen hours a day, and now they call me a genius! — Pablo de Sarasate
Love of liberty means the guarding of every resource that makes freedom possible-from the sanctity of our families and the wealth of our soil to… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius the stern friend — Ralph Waldo Emerson
That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true. — Yanni
Through our scientific and technological genius we've made of this world a neighborhood. And now through our moral and ethical commitment we must make of… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Most analysts are SO SMART and have amazing ideas, but they can't convey their genius ideas to others. — Chip Heath
When you're one step ahead of the crowd you're a genius. When you're two steps ahead, you're a crackpot. — Unknown Author
Dare your genius to walk the wildest unknown ways. — Bryce Courtenay
Enlightenment means literally aligning to the Energy of my Source. And genius is only about focusing. Law of Attraction takes care of everything else. Physical… — Esther Hicks

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