339 quotes found
“A genius is no moreand no lessthan someone who insists on the truth, while others face the other way.”
“That difference, that indefinable difference between talent and genius. It is as fine as hair, invisible to the eye and even, most of the time, to the ear. But in her face when she looks at her bro...”
“What is it, the difference between ordinary people and those with genius? Not just ordinary people either. Intelligent people, sensitive ones, exceptionally talented ones. Even people like Sonja wh...”
“Give a genius enough time and opportunity, and his idiocy will come shining through.”
“Genius lives only one storey above madness”
“Don't let anyone tell you, ever, that this is a zero-sum game. Your genius does not threaten me. It delights and inspires me.”
“Geniuses are their own saviors.”
“There is no any secret to being a genius, all you have to do is be yourself.”
“Coincidence is God's way of staying anonymous.”
“And after all, if stupidity did not, when seen from within, look so exactly like talent as to be mistaken for it, and if it could not, when seen from the outside, appear as progress, genius, hope, ...”
“Children inherit their parents' madness.”
“Even if he did explain it, no one would believe him because no one would understand him. That's the downside to being a genius - just because you understand something doesn't mean anyone else will.”
“Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics, or for music, or even for chess, but only a universal genius. The genius is ...”
“The marquis stared at Richard, openly amused. "What a refreshing mind you have, young man," he said. "There really is nothing quite like total ignorance, is there?”
“Genius is trying to figure out what Genius is.”
“Why had Ovid lived in Ancient Rome in 20 BCE23 and not Chicago in 2006 CE? Would Ovid still have been Ovid if he had lived in America? No, he wouldnt have been, because he would have been a Native ...”
“Beware of the wronged Genius”
“There is no such word as Genius, it is just the combination of hard work and determination.”
“so you want something complex and contradictory? I could stay here talking to you all day about how the world works when in reality I dont need too.”
“I would be a genius now, Quilty has said three times already, if only Id memorized Shakespeare instead of Lulu. If only, says Mack. Mack himself would be a genius now if only he had been born a com...”
