Brilliant Quotes - Page 4

Some were brilliant bordering on genius. Others, genius bordering on madness

I had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials.

Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.

Famously, there's not really anywhere to go after nihilism. It's not progressing toward anything, it's a statement of outrage, however brilliant.

Did you ever meet someone named Caleb?" I say. 'Caleb," Fernando says. "Yes, there was a Caleb in my initiate class. Brilliant, but he was... what's the colloquial term for it? A suck-up." he smirks.

I've been reading a book lately. That book is Thom Yorke, and the conclusion is that he's brilliant.

Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.

Shocking is easy. Shockingly brilliant, a bit more challenging.

The more an object is polished or brilliant, the less you see its own color and the more it becomes a mirror reflecting the color of its surroundings.

The best reason for having dreams is that in dreams no reasons are necessary.

I have some ideas on how to fix that. They're not very good ideas, but at least they're ideas!

You know, it's one thing about intellectuals, they prove that you can be absolutely brilliant and have no idea what's going on.

I don't want to be limited or ghettoized in any way.

Forty is brilliant and I love it. I'm happier now than when I was 20.

I've always liked what Thomas More said in Utopia, which is that in Utopia every person is allowed their own lifestyle and religion but no one is allowed to stand on a soapbox and tell others that theirs is right. I thought that was brilliant. Brilliant.

Kids audience is a brilliant audience. If you've got an audience of adults standing up and clapping, or you've got an audience of kids standing up and clapping, I know which one I'd choose.

Jesus was a brilliant Jewish stand-up comedian, a phenomenal improviser. His parables are great one-liners.

I have abandoned my search for truth and am now looking for a good fantasy

M.I.T. has a reputation for turning out Dilberts. They may be brilliant in what they do, but no one can understand what they say.

Jimi... He was the gov'nor and that's it. He was brilliant, wasn't he?

Oh, I love London Society! It is entirely composed now of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics. Just what Society should be.

I work very closely with Steve Bannon. Frankly, people should look at the full resume. He`s got a Harvard Business degree, a naval officer. He has success in entertainment. I don`t know if you`re aware of that. And he certainly was a Goldman Sachs manager and partner. Brilliant tactician.

One should be willing to throw away a dozen ideas to come up with a good one, just as one should throw away a dozen words to come up with the right one.

Let your conversation be without malice or envy, for it is a sign of a tractable and commendable nature; and in all cases of passion admit reason to govern.

If you can’t be brilliant, at least be memorable