Genius Quotes
2455 quotes by 1428 authors
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Stanley Kubrick is one of the geniuses of this century.
— Roberto Benigni
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This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the…
— Aneurin Bevan
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The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage.
— Aneurin Bevan
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Genius - to know without having learned; to draw just conclusions from unknown premises; to discern the soul of things.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.
— Josh Billings
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Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.
— Josh Billings
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The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's the best thing. Just steal.
— Ritchie Blackmore
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I am thankful that geniuses and artists and good people, no matter how hard it is, will eventually be recognized. I am doubly thankful that…
— Elayne Boosler
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Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
— Christian Nestell Bovee
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There are so many cliches associated with mental health - such as the 'fine line between lunacy and genius' - which are, on the whole,…
— Jo Brand
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Since when was genius found respectable?
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Oh, I'm not a true genius. I'm a near genius. I would say I'm a short genius. I'd rather be tall and normal than a…
— Mel Brooks
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What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.
— Charles Bukowski
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The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts.
— Ken Burns
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You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is…
— Louisa May Alcott
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It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
— Louisa May Alcott
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A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.
— Robert Burton
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It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.
— Alan Alda
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The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius.
— Sid Caesar
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