Brilliance Quote by Sebastian Janikowski

“True brilliance has a well-known positive correlation with decency, much of the time--a fact the rest of us rely on, more than we ever…

— David Brin

The saddest thing about any man is that he be ignorant, and the most exciting thing is that he knows.

— Alfred the Great

Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and there is his tragedy.

— Havelock Ellis

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.

— George Bernard Shaw

The thing that I hate is that Nicholas Kristof style of writing where it's like, "I saw the poor, they made me so sad.…

— Molly Crabapple

“Why write tearjerkers just because they get you better reviews? You know what you have to do to win an Oscar these days? Play…

— Marc Levy

“Genius in the popular sense has become common. (...) Rather than admire the mediocre great men over whom passersby nudge each other in awe,…

— Knut Hamsun

I'd like to understand why it seems normal to look at astonishing achievements made by unapproachably ambitious, luminously pious, strangely obsessed artists, and toss…

— James Elkins

Am I the only person in the world who is shocked and amazed at the ongoing flattery of uebergeek Mark Zuckerberg?

— Tom Hodgkinson

“Everyone has it's own great triumph, has he own story with sadness, madness and reverses. That's how we are build, few are the people…

— Deyth Banger

Like a lot of people in the computer industry, Keith Malinowski had spent his whole life being the smartest person in the room, and…

— Rick Cook

Reminiscing, with obvious emotion, on his long career: It's like the size of the crowd here today. It always surprises me. But I do…

— LaVell Edwards