Best 2088 quotes in «genius quotes» category

Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.

Many a real genius is lost in the fictitious character of the Gentleman. I am the most inconsistent, changeable being so full of fits and starts.

Many now born, by the time they are voters will compose part of a nation with a genius nowhere equaled, and with a vast territory upon which those energies and that genius can operate.

Many people can reach for and achieve excellence. To do this consistently is what separates masters and geniuses from everyone else.

Many studies of research scientists have shown that achievement (at least below the genius level of an Einstein, Bohr, or a Planck) depends less on ability in doing research than on the courage to go after opportunity.

Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.

Martin Lawrence is one of my comedic heroes, and he's a genius.

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.

Maybe you can make art out of unredeemed pain, but only if you're a genius -- Dostoyevsky perhaps.

Mediocrity borrows, genius steals.

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal.

Memory exercised in a particular way is a natural gift of poetic genius. The poet above all else, is a person who never forgets certain sense impressions which he has experienced and which he can relive again as though with all their original freshness.

Men of genius are like eagles, they live on what they kill, while men of talents are like crows, they live on what has been killed for them.

Men of humor are always in some degree men of genius; wits are rarely so, although a man of genius may, amongst other gifts, possess wit, as Shakespeare.

... men of highest genius have been too frequently of extremely shaky morals.

Men of genius are often considered superstitious, but the fact is, the fineness of their nerve renders them more alive to the supernatural than ordinary men.

Men of the greatest genius are not always the most prodigal of their encomiums. But then it is when their range of power is confined, and they have in fact little perception, except of their own particular kind of excellence.

Messi always makes the right decision, whether it's a pass or a finish. He's a little genius.

Messi is much more than being clever. He is a genius who reserves all his expressiveness for football.

Michael Jackson? He was something more (than one of my favorite entertainers), a true friend. He wasn't just a genius. Above all, he was a good person, who gave so much. He gave people values, he encouraged them to better themselves all the time. He was far deeper and more authentic than people could see. He was misunderstood too many times

Mike gets to play four roles this time, if we ever did it again, he will play my role as well. He is a comic genius, everyone wants to be in this movie, let's hope that everyone will wish to see it as well.

Milton, Madam, was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock; but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones.

Mike Patton is a genius... It is definitely the hardest music I've ever played.

Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.

Mir Bahadur Ali is, as we have seen, incapable of evading the most vulgar of art's temptations: that of being a genius.

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.

Montesquieu had the style of a genius; Buffon, the genius of style.

Modest expression is a beautiful setting to the diamond of talent and genius.

Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all

Most geniuses are just talented people who get up really early in the morning.

Most analysts are SO SMART and have amazing ideas, but they can't convey their genius ideas to others.

Most people don't find their creativity. There are more unsung geniuses that don't even know they have great talent.

Most of us do know we have no immortality. And when you've found a genius, someone who has already purchased his immortality in musical or literary terms, it's maddening.

Most of the things I do are misunderstood. Hey, after all, being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses, is it not?

Music is not a science any more than poetry is. It is a sublime instinct, like genius of all kinds.

Mr Robert Montgomery's genius [is] far too free and aspiring to be shackled by the rules of syntax? [His] readers must take such grammar as they can get and be thankful.

My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.

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

My comic sense, although deliberately Americanized, is, in its intent, much closer related to the crazy wisdom of Zen monks and the goofy genius of Taoist masters than it is to, say, the satirical gibes on Saturday Night Live. It has both a literary and a metaphysical function.

My father was an extremely brilliant man. I consider him a genius, and so he probably could have joined Mensa. But why? I got in it with a 79 I.Q. and the first day I said, "I'm getting the hell out of here quick!" They're all losers. All they do is talk about their IQ.

My father was a management genius. But what I really wanted was a dad.

My favorite types of movies definitely aren't thrillers, but at the same time you can't deny the genius of Hitchcock's films.

My God, I'd love to smash into the casket of Dostoyevsky, grab that bony hand and scream at the remains, 'Well done, you god-damn genius.'

M. Zola is determined to show that, if he has not got genius, he can at least be dull.

My job is to make a film that can sit as a standalone piece, that if it's the only Marvel film you see, it's a great film with a great story in and of itself. The lucky thing is that there's a bunch of geniuses who run Marvel that make sure, even if it's a standalone piece, that it's part of a great big jigsaw puzzle that could be appreciated as a whole as well.

My own experience is that a certain kind of genius among students is best brought out in bed.

National enthusiasm is the nursery of genius.

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.

Nature alone is the master of true genius.