Famous Genius Quotes
There is something else which has the power to awaken us to the truth. It is the works of writers of genius. They give us, in the guise of fiction, something equivalent to the actual density of the real, that density which life offers us every day but which we are unable to grasp because we are amusing ourselves with lies.
It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
Talent works, genius creates.
Genius is childhood recalled at will.
His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.
It takes a genius to whine appealingly.
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
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 simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.