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Genius Quotes (page 15)

Howard Stern quote: "Most of the things I do are misunderstood. Hey, after all,..."
Most of the things I do are misunderstood. Hey, after all, being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses, is it not? Howard Stern
it was all your genes that made us geniuses, mom. said peter. we sure didn't get any from dad. i heard that. father said, not looking up from the news that was being displayed on the table while he ateit would've been wasted if you hadn't Orson Scott Card
As nearly as possible in the spirit of Matthew Salinger, age one, urging a luncheon companion to accept a cool lima bean, I urge my editor, mentor and (heaven help him) closest friend, William Shawn, genius domus of The New Yorker, lover of the long shot, protector of the unprolific, defender of the hopelessly flamboyant, most unreasonably modest of born great artist-editors to accept this pretty skimpy-looking book. J. D. Salinger
Truman Capote quote: "But I'm not a saint yet. I'm an alcoholic. I'm a drug addict...."
But I'm not a saint yet. I'm an alcoholic. I'm a drug addict. I'm homosexual. I'm a genius. Truman Capote
J. K. Rowling quote: "Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect..."
Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out. J. K. Rowling
Marilyn Monroe quote: "Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to..."
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. Marilyn Monroe
There is suffering in the light; in excess it burns. Flame is hostile to the wing. To burn and yet to fly, that is the miracle of genius. Victor Hugo
A woman whom we need and who makes us suffer elicits from us a whole gamut of feelings far more profound and vital than a man of genius who interests us. Marcel Proust
And why? Is our genius only in our wombs? Can we not write books and create learned scholarship and perform music and provide philosophical models for the betterment of mankind? E. L. Doctorow
Towering genius disdains a beaten path... It sees no distinction in adding story to story... It scorns to tread in the footsteps of any predecessor, however illustrious. It thirsts and burns for distinction; and, if possible, it will have it... Abraham Lincoln
All the geniuses I ever met were so just part of the time. To qualify, you only have to be great once, you know. Once when it matters. Lois McMaster Bujold
The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour, and moral courage which it contained. That so few now dare to eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time. John Stuart Mill
A tragedy is a tragedy, and at the bottom, all tragedies are stupid. Give me a choice and I'll take A Midsummer Night's Dream over Hamlet every time. Any fool with steady hands and a working set of lungs can build up a house of cards and then blow it down, but it takes a genius to make people laugh. Stephen King
David Hume quote: "[Rousseau is] the person whom I most revere both for the Force..."
[Rousseau is] the person whom I most revere both for the Force of [his] Genius and the Greatness of [his] mind [...] David Hume
Susan Sontag quote: "With genius, as with beauty -- all, well almost all, is forgiven."
With genius, as with beauty -- all, well almost all, is forgiven. Susan Sontag

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