Unless you are a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.
The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people.
The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.
The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.
While Napoleon believed his fortunes to be governed by destiny, his real genius lay in self-control and martial daring coupled with an indomitable will to power.
Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.
Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.
When you step back and watch people, you realize that we use every single body part. Movement, dance - I find it genius because it's ultimate expression, really.
Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it.
No company should depend on one person no matter how that person is smart or genius, whether it's Apple or News Corp, or Citibank or any other company in the world.
No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.
The modes of expression of men of genius differ as much as their souls, and it is impossible to say that in some among them, drawing and color are better or worse than in others.
Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn.
The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
Dandyism is a variety of genius.
Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly.
The meetings of the legislature at Springfield then first brought together that splendid group of young men of genius whose phenomenal careers and distinguished services have given Illinois fame in the history of the nation.
Before 'Giant,' I had only ever worked with Michael Greif, Michael John LaChiusa and Kate Baldwin in readings. It's really exciting to be blessed with the opportunity to work with so many I would put in the 'genius' book.
Of course, I consider myself a feminist, but I wouldn't say I'm a feminist genius or anything.
The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius.
Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that does not enrage me.
You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes.
She was a genius, my mother.
Well, you cannot think of cinema now, and you cannot think of cinema in the UK and not place Chaplin in the most extraordinary elevated context, if there can be such a thing, in that he was a genius, he was unique.
I'm no genius, and others can outwork me. What I do is ask the naive, honest questions, and then I'm not satisfied until I get the answers.
As a little girl, I didn't dream of being a ballet dancer; I dreamt of being a movie star like Ginger Rogers and dancing with Fred Astaire. I used to watch the Sunday double-bills on TV and Iong to be part of what seemed a perfect Disneyland world. Astaire was a genius.
People either think I'm this totally savage, idiot-savant genius guy who's lucked out or they think I'm a super-manipulative crafty businessman, this kind of MBA guy who's spotted a gap in the market and knows how to create a product for it. It's flattering, but I've not got that much of a gameplan.
The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.
Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.
In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.
Pete Docter's a genius isn't he?
My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.
There is no great genius without some touch of madness.
Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.
