Genius Quotes - Page 38

It takes no genius to observe that a one-man band never gets very big

I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it?

Genius is independent of situation.

The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest reason.

Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Dalton's, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction.

A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.

Genius is always accompanied by enthusiasm.

I like to say that Bobby Fischer was the greatest player ever. But what made Fischer a genius was his ability to blend an American freshness and pragmatism with Russian ideas about strategy

Great genius you already have. The super conscious mind is invariably triggered by definition, and by decisiveness.

You are a potential genius; there is no problem you cannot solve, and no answer you cannot find somewhere.

Sachin Tendulkar is a genius. I'm a mere mortal.

Historically, the Republicans have been geniuses at throwing away advantages.

Genius is never understood in its own time.

I'm a misunderstood genius." "What's misunderstood?" "Nobody thinks I'm a genius.

YOU are a genius!... and I am a genius because I married you.

The atomic bomb embodies the results of a combination genius and patience as remarkable as any in the history of mankind.

Genius, when young, is divine.

The Athanasian Creed is the most splendid ecclesiastical lyric ever poured forth by the genius of man.

Indulge, and to thy genius freely give, For not to live at ease is not to live.

And human instinct is ancient and reliable, utterly mysterious and possibly capable of great genius. I believe that refined, fluent instincts are a person's most valuable asset. My own instincts have repeatedly guided me against the grain of logic and probability. When I have trusted and followed their direction, they have never been wrong. I don't know how or why. But I know that every significant experience-positive or negative-sharpens them and makes them more accurate.

There is no need to create. Genius comes only to those who know how to use their eyes and their intelligence.

Genius is to other gifts what the carbuncle is to the precious stones. It sends forth its own light, whereas other stones only reflect borrowed light.

I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard any geniuses.

I admire Johann Strauss a lot. I believe he was a genius of his time.

I also think if you're an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise you're just a genius. If you can, you know, take a Tide commercial and you can just say one funny line that's not in the commercial they think you're a genius.