Genius Quotes

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An average person who develops the habit of setting clear priorities and getting important tasks completed quickly will run circles around a genius who talks… — Brian Tracy
Genius only comes to those who know how to use their eyes and their intelligence. — Auguste Rodin
The professional dedicates himself to mastering technique not because he believes technique is a substitute for inspiration but because he wants to be in possession… — Steven Pressfield
Genius gives birth, talent delivers. — Jack Kerouac
I don't want to compare myself to him - I don't want people to see me as this great genius - but when I see… — Michel Gondry
Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius. — E. O. Wilson
America has a genius for the encouragement of fame. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets: "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power… — W H Murray
The constructive intellect [genius] produces thoughts, sentences, poems, plans, designs, systems. It is the generation of the mind, the marriage of thought with nature. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Anybody can write, but not everybody invents new forms of writing. Gertrude Stein invented a new form of writing and her imitators are just 'talents.'… — Jack Kerouac
You don't have to be a genius to recognize one. If you did, Einstein would never have gotten invited to the White House. — Tom Robbins
Even if we accept, as the basic tenet of true democracy, that one moron is equal to one genius, is it necessary to go a… — Leo Szilard
The prevailing view is that geniuses are largely built, not born. — David Brooks
It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top… — Simon Sinek
She was an absolute genius as a comedic actress, with an extraordinary sense for comedic dialogue. It was a God-given gift. Believe me, in the… — Billy Wilder
A few of the sublimest geniuses of Rome and Athens had some faint discoveries of the spiritual nature of the human soul, and formed some… — David Brainerd
George Lucas should have distributed the 'source code' to Star Wars. Millions of fans would create their own movies and stories. Most of them would… — Gabe Newell
I am a genius who has written poems that will survive with the best of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Keats — Irving Layton
A field of clay touched by the genius of man becomes a castle. — Og Mandino
Simplicity is the trademark of GENIUS — Robin Sharma
Without patience, there can be no genius — Robin Sharma
All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery. — Otto Weininger
Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics, or for music, or even… — Otto Weininger
Talent is hereditary; it may be the common possession of a whole family (eg, the Bach family); genius is not transmitted; it is never diffused,… — Otto Weininger

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