Genius Quotes

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My father and mother are both very smart people and I always felt I was a little short of the mark. So I would compensate… — Michael Weatherly
We [Christians] have the dilemma of using a symbol system that was not made for our worldview, to give our worldview... I think the thing… — Francis Schaeffer
When an artist is in the strict sense working, he of course takes into account the existing tastes, interests and capacity of his audience. These… — C.S. Lewis
To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it. — William Rounseville Alger
Intelligence entails a strong mind, but genius entails a heart of a lion in tune with a strong mind. — Criss Jami
Labeled fools to the world are geniuses to the cosmos. — Criss Jami
In matters of healing the body or the mind, vacation is a true genius! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
I am not sure if women are attracted to genius. Can you imagine the wise wizard winning the woman over the gallant swordsman? It seems… — Criss Jami
I'm a massive fan of Brit Art in general and Damien Hirst in particular. I think he's an absolute genius and should be celebrated in… — David Morrissey
Instead of being lionized and admired for her genius, instead of being able to earn a decent living as a writer, Andrea Dworkin was misrepresented… — Catharine MacKinnon
When you work in the United States Senate, and you are around people of all different ideas and beliefs, you realize that what our Founding… — Claire McCaskill
The pulp hero, though he may be a renegade, is a guy who doesn't feel. Anything. Ever. And for the adolescent male - pummeled by… — Samuel R. Delany
Does it not appear to you versatility is the true and rare characteristic of that rare thing called genius-versatility and playfulness? In my mind they… — Mary Russell Mitford
Cuvier had even in his address & manner the character of a superior Man, much general power & eloquence in conversation & great variety of… — Humphry Davy
There is no doubt but men of genius and leisure may carry our method to greater perfection, but, having had long experience, we have found… — Francis Bacon
To use many words to communicate few thoughts is everywhere the unmistakable sign of mediocrity. To gather much thought into few words stamps the man… — Arthur Schopenhauer
For I must not measure the speech of a statesman to his people by the impression which it leaves in a university professor, but by… — Adolf Hitler
The words of genius have a wider meaning than the thought that prompted them. — George Eliot
Upper berth, lower berth, that's the difference between talent and genius. — George Gershwin
Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing astonishing things. All astonishing things are… — Benjamin Haydon
The genius of the American system is that we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people. — Phil Gramm
David Lynch came out of it a genius, and I came out of it a fat girl. I'm sorry that the only comment I get… — Isabella Rossellini
Affirmative action based on quotas is wrong - wrong because it is antithetical to the genius of the American idea: individual liberty. — Jack Kemp
I believe that Ryan Murphy is a genius. His instincts remind me of Andy Warhol. I recently went to the Warhol museum in Pittsburgh, and… — Dylan McDermott
A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull. — Louis Auchincloss

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