Best 2088 quotes in «genius quotes» category

Common sense is better than genius, and hence its bestowment is more universal.

Common sense is the genius of mankind.

Common sense is as rare as genius.

Common sense is an instinct given to man and enough of it is genius. Smartness is measured by the level of common sense one has, not by how much educated or knowledgeable he is.

Common sense is a vastly overrated virtue. I myself prefer the spark of genius.

Conceit spoils the finest genius?and the great charm of all power is modesty.

Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence... Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.

Conceit spoils the finest genius.

Consolation for those moments when you can't tell whether you're the divinest genius or the greatest fool in the world.

Comparing man and woman on the whole, one may say: woman would not possess a genius for ornamentation if she did not also possessan instinct for the secondary role.

Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius.

Contemporary criticism only represents the amount of ignorance genius has to contend with. . . . Time will reverse the judgement of the vulgar.

Courage of soul is necessary for the triumphs of genius.

Consult the genius of the place, that paints as you plant, and as you work.

Critics are notoriously liberal with their use of the term 'genius'.

Cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy.

Curiosity, or the love of knowledge, has a very limited influence, and requires youth, leisure education, genius and example to make it govern any person

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Creative genius is a divinely bestowed gift which is the coronation of the few.

Death cancels everything but truth; and strips a man of everything but genius and virtue. It is a sort of natural canonization.

Dare your genius to walk the wildest unknown ways.

Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.

Delirium tremens in a drunk alcoholic are an unmistakable symptom, but those intoxicated with theories are easily mistaken for geniuses.

Difficulty is what wakes up the genius.

[Dmitry Bilozerchev] is a genius of gymnastics.

Does research get in the way of the story? It certainly can. Anything can, given that as writers we're all geniuses at procrastination. But mostly research teaches me about the world. Which often shows me the way, in terms of the story.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

Donald Trump, as a businessman, he's not much of a builder and he's not much of dealmaker and he certainly isn't very good at making expenses line up with income. But he is a marketing genius. He must have seen an empty market niche that no one but him filled.

Dandyism is a species of genius.

Do not think that your Learning and Genius, your Wit or Sprightliness, are welcome everywhere. I was once told that my Company was disagreeable because I appeared so uncommonly happy.

Don't be a genius, my son, it isn't good for anybody.

Don't be jealous of my genius.

Discretion is deadly to genius; ruinous to talent.

Donald Trump's a businessman, he's a very successful businessman. I think he's a marketing genius.

Don’t expect to get anything back, don’t expect recognition for your efforts, don’t expect your genius to be discovered or your love to be understood. Act because you need to act

Don't expect your genius to be discovered; do what you must do because it gives you joy. Don't expect your love to be accepted. Love because it justifies your life.

Don't think of your goals - think FROM them. Tap into your genius.

Dryden 's genius was of that sort which catches fire by its own motion; his chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.

Don't forget that Mozart worked on commission. He almost always would write something if he knew exactly who was paying for it and where it would be performed. So you can't really separate the creation of genius from the appreciation of it.

During this earlier period of his activity Voltaire seems to have been trying - half unconsciously, perhaps - to discover and to express the fundamental quality of his genius.

Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness, the temperament, the will of a baby a few months old!

Each individual is unique in ordinary life. The uniqueness becomes even more sharp and clear, crystal clear, when the person becomes enlightened - because only then his pure genius, his pure individuality, uncontaminated, unpolluted, is revealed.

Each of us is born brilliant. Then we spend the rest of our lives having our brilliance buried by people, circumstances, and experiences. Eventually, we forget that we ever had genius and special talents, and our brilliance is locked away in a vault deep within. So we settle for who we are, instead of striving for who we were meant to be.

Duke Ellington is my choice for many reasons. Nobody has written so many great pieces of music, which are everlasting, and he has made them available to the world through his orchestrations of his work in a unique way. Lastly, he was himself a fine pianist. He covers the entire musical spectrum with his genius.

Education, however indispensable in a cultivated age, produces nothing on the side of genius. When education ends, genius often begins.

Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius.

Early genius, like early cabbage, does not head well.

Emeric [Pressburger] was completely cosmopolitan. That's what makes their [with Michael Powell] films so special. Neither of them thought twice about making a film about a friendship between an Englishman and a German during the Blitz. They were genius.

Enthusiasm is the breath of genius.

Einstein used science to get laid. That guy is a genius. I've been using money.