When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 377
Genius always finds itself a century too early. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 60
The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm. Aldous Huxley English Novelist More Aldous Huxley Quotes 7
Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day. Samuel Goldwyn American Producer More Samuel Goldwyn Quotes 7
Genius without education is like silver in the mine. Benjamin Franklin American Politician More Benjamin Franklin Quotes 5
Rules and models destroy genius and art. William Hazlitt English Critic More William Hazlitt Quotes 4
Talent does what it can; genius does what it must. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton More Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quotes 3
Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius. Benjamin Disraeli British Statesman More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes 3
The essence of genius is to know what to overlook. William James American Philosopher More William James Quotes 3
Talent does what it can, and genius does what it must. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton British More Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quotes 3
There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling. Victor Hugo French Author More Victor Hugo Quotes 2
God bless my daddy, ... He was the genius who created this wonderful menagerie of characters. A monkey could do my job with the characters I have to work with. He left me this cast of characters and this dominant gene. Dean Young More Dean Young Quotes 2
The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time. John Stuart Mill English Philosopher More John Stuart Mill Quotes 2
There is no off position on the genius switch. David Letterman American Comedian More David Letterman Quotes 1
There is no off position on the genius switch. David Letterman American Comedian More David Letterman Quotes 1
Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought. Simone Weil French Philosopher More Simone Weil Quotes 1
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. Calvin Coolidge American President More Calvin Coolidge Quotes 1
Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius. Edward Gibbon English Historian More Edward Gibbon Quotes 1
There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is who does not know his fellow men, especially the most prominent one of the community, the master's master, the genius of the age. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel More Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quotes 1
We lost a genius and we lost my brother, ... You've lost a cornerstone of good, and that hurts real bad. James Brown American Singer More James Brown Quotes 1
He was the outstanding musical genius of all time, when you think of how much he wrote and how long he lived. James Galway More James Galway Quotes 0
Saying that a great genius is mad, while at the same time recognizing his artistic worth, is like saying that he had rheumatism or suffered from diabetes. Madness, in fact, is a medical term that can claim no more notice from the objective critic than he grants the charge of heresy raised by the theologian, or the charge of immorality raised by the police. James Joyce Irish More James Joyce Quotes 0