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Geniuses Quotes (page 30)

They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work. Arthur Conan Doyle
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart quote: "Love, love, love. That is the soul of genius."
Love, love, love. That is the soul of genius. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Calvin: I'm a genius. I can't believe how smart I am.... I've got more brains than I know what to do with. Hobbes: So I've noticed. Bill Watterson
Where did the boy genius go? He had been, as a child, expected to be a neurosurgeon, or a great novelist. And now he's considering (or, okay, refusing to consider) law school. Was the burden of his potential too much for him? Michael Cunningham
Virginia C. Andrews quote: "The creative genius begins in the idle moment, dreaming up the..."
The creative genius begins in the idle moment, dreaming up the impossible, and later making it come true. Virginia C. Andrews
Jenny Holzer quote: "A sense of timing is the mark of a genius."
A sense of timing is the mark of a genius. Jenny Holzer
There are three reasons why men of genius have long hair. One is, that they forget it is growing. The second is, that they like it. The third is, that it comes cheaper; they wear it long for the same reason they wear their hats long. Israel Zangwill
Albert Einstein quote: "A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing."
A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing. Albert Einstein
You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvelous, because you had genius and intellect, because you realized the dreams of great poets and gave shape and substance to the shadows of art. You have thrown it all away. You are shallow and stupid Oscar Wilde
And soon all our minds will be flat as a pancake, With no room for genius exaltation or heartache. And our children and theirs will preen, smirk and chatter, With not even the sense to ask what is the matter. Stevie Smith
Walter Isaacson quote: "Was he smart? No, not exceptionally. Instead, he was a genius."
Was he smart? No, not exceptionally. Instead, he was a genius. Walter Isaacson
DeAngelo blew up my bus, so I filled his car with shit. Genius, right?"DeAngelo didn't blow up the bus," Connie said. "I just got the report from the fire marshal. The coffeemaker shorted out and started the fire."Some of the color left Vinnie's face. "Say what?"Oh man," Lula said. "DeAngelo is gonna be pissed. Least he won't know who did it."I left a note," Vinnie said. Lula gave a hoot of laughter and fell off her chair. Janet Evanovich
A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Words, words, word. Once, I had the gift. I could make love out of words as a potter makes cups of clay. Love that overthrows empire. Love that binds two hearts together, come hellfire & brimstone. For sixpence a line, I could cause a riot in a nunnery. But now -- I have lost my gift. It's as if my quill is broken, as if the organ of my imagination has dried up, as if the proud -illegible word- of my genius has collapsed. Jeffrey Eugenides
To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart, is true for all men—that is genius….Familiar as the voice of the mind is to each, the highest merit we ascribe to Moses, Plato, and Milton, is that they set at naught books and traditions, and spoke not what men, but what they thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more that the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he... C. S. Lewis

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