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Genius Quotes - Page 9

Power, like a desolating pestilence, Pollutes whate'er it touches; and obedience, Bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth, Makes slaves of men, and of the human frame A mechanized automaton.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats (1829). “The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats: Complete in One Volume”

My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.

Justin G. Turner, Linda Levitt Turner, Mary Todd Lincoln (1972). “Mary Todd Lincoln: her life and letters”, Random House Inc

Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.

Jean-Paul Sartre, Lloyd Alexander (1964). “Nausea”, p.14, New Directions Publishing

And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.39, Univ of California Press

Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius.

"New Cyclopædia of Illustrations". Book by Elon Foster, 1870.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.

Domenic Priore, Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks (2005). “Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece”, p.73, Omnibus Press

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.725, Library of Alexandria

I think every genius person has a bit of insanity.

"The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. October 25, 2012.