Genius Quotes - Page 54

My father was an extremely brilliant man. I consider him a genius, and so he probably could have joined Mensa. But why? I got in it with a 79 I.Q. and the first day I said, "I'm getting the hell out of here quick!" They're all losers. All they do is talk about their IQ.

I love the beginning of Magnolia, the thing about the dealer. That scene is genius. Brilliantly acted.

Time was when genius was more precious than gold, but now to have nothing is monstrous barbarism.

Giving calls for genius.

Talent wears well, genius wears itself out; talent drives a snug brougham in fact; genius, a sun-chariot in fancy.

There is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty.

this woman is a genius in the day time and a beauty at night

M. Zola is determined to show that, if he has not got genius, he can at least be dull.

Caricature is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius.

As a rule, I think they are quite impossible. Geniuses talk so much, don't they? Such a bad habit! And they are always thinking about themselves, when I want them to be thinking about me.

Ricky Gervais is a genius.

I never said I was a genius.

I went to a French school, so we didn't study Bram Stoker there. I just thought it was a genius thing.

genius has no limit of sex or race.

A book of great beauty and manically exquisite insight with a wild and deadly humor . . . The only American novelist who may conceivably be possessed by genius.

For a long time I found myself calling so many things "genius." Sometimes you mean it literally and sometimes it's the opposite, but either way it is so heavy and has so much meaning.

Seinfeld has his way of telling jokes - and I'm not comparing myself to Seinfeld, his genius is observing the small details of everyday life and finding humor in it.

I am not worthy to be on a Mariah Carey record. She's a true artist, so I just step back and watch the genius occur.

The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he is a god-like genius; and Ethel Merman, to compare notes on fabulous belting.

I mean, you're gonna be left behind if you don't appreciate the genius that is Meredith Vieira.

Whatever happened to Trump Airlines? How about Trump University? And then there's Trump Magazine and Trump Vodka and Trump Steaks, and Trump Mortgage? A business genius he [Donald Trump] is not.

To know one's self is wisdom, but to know one's neighbor is genius.

I was called a dance prodigy since I was young. A prodigy is like a genius. But I'm not a genius. It's just that what I do a little bit better than others, and that happens to be dancing.

I've met some real talents that were...real talents and I've met some real talents that were incredible people.People like Al Williamson, Gray Morrow, to a certain extent Jim Steranko, who is an institution all to himself. What a talent. What a genius talent.

Then instead of introducing Dre as the guy from N.W.A., Jerry Heller would say Dre was my producer! Dre would come to my interviews with me - he'd come to all these places that would never have had the guy from N.W.A. Wasn't it genius?