Genius Quotes

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Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use. — William Hazlitt
Too often we forget that genius, too, depends upon the data within its reach, that even Archimedes could not have devised Edison's inventions. — Ernest Dimnet
Each indecision brings its own delays and days are lost lamenting over lost days... What you can do or think you can do, begin it.… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Don't dissipate your powers; strive to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it will surely repent of every… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I adopted the theory of reincarnation when I was 26. Genius is experience. Some think to seem that it is a gift or talent, but… — Henry Ford
Highly developed spirits often encounter resistance from mediocre minds. — Albert Einstein
I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect, either physical or spiritual, for what the gods… — Max Beerbohm
Even as a young man, Vito Corleone became known as a "man of reasonableness." He never uttered a threat. He always used logic that proved… — Mario Puzo
In order to make a perfect and beautiful machine, it is not requisite to know how to make it. All the works of human genius… — Daniel Dennett
Given the complexity of interpersonal relationships and institutions and the complexity of co-ordination of the actions of many people, it is enormously unlikely that, even… — Robert Nozick
As human beings we have unlimited potential and imagination. The worst thing you can do is be a conformist and buy into conformity. It's the… — Deepak Chopra
An average person with average talents and ambition and average education, can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society, if that person has clear,… — Mary Kay Ash
Every man who observes vigilantly, and resolves steadfastly, grows unconsciously into genius. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Compassionate people are geniuses in the art of living, more necessary to the dignity, security, and joy of humanity than the discoverers of knowledge. — Albert Einstein
The difference between Talent and Genius is that Talent says things which he has never heard but once, and Genius things which he has never… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing spoils a good party like a genius. — Elsa Maxwell
True genius can be identified by the fact that its expression changes the world into something it has never been before. — David Gerrold
The genius of capitalism consists precisely in its lack of morality. Unless he is rich enough to hire his own choir, a capitalist is a… — Lewis H. Lapham
The frenetic pace of modern life can lead to an obscuring or even a loss of what is truly human... Perhaps more than in other… — Pope John Paul II
As I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity, I collected… — William Blake
One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire. — John Foster
Giving calls for genius. — Unknown Author
An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion, soon degenerates. For force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an… — Albert Einstein
True intimacy is a human constant. People of all types find it equally hard to achieve, equally precious to hold. Age, education, social status, make… — Robert Grudin

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