Brilliance Quotes

Melissa Pritchard's prose, that darkly lyrical firmament, is brightened by the dizzy luminous arrangement of her stars and satellites, her great gifts to us: humor, irony, kindness, brilliance.

I saw "Follies" again at thirty, and you know, I had this great appreciation for [Stephen] Sondheim's brilliance, his lyrics.

I love the idea of a movie hero in a thriller who is able to get ahead by just his brilliance, and not with a gun or by being an action hero.

The Latino military fare badly when they stumble into war with the gringos. But in the torture, murder, and massacre of their own people, they have always performed with brilliance and elan.

Opportunities, creative ideas or the lack of them, happiness, frustration, brilliance, talent, success and failure - all are determined by the state of mind that you're in.

There are planes that are not light. There are planes that are shadowy. But that is not our interest in meditation. We want brightness, ecstasy, brilliance beyond comprehension.

A book full of brilliance imparts some of it even to its opponents.

The poetic image […] is not an echo of the past. On the contrary: through the brilliance of any image, the distant past resounds with echoes.

There is true color, there is nature without exaggeration, without forced brilliance! He is exact.

She could become a spinster, like Emily Dickinson, writing poems full of dashes and brilliance, and never gaining weight.

I stared up at the Erlking, and with my typical pithy brilliance said, "Uh-oh.

I can't rationalize the brilliance and knowledge that you have about the intricacies of the market with the crazy bullshit I see you do each night.

My first book was the most successful debut novel in the UK ever and every one of my books has reached number one in the UK. Clearly the British know brilliance when they see it.

I wasn't sure how I'd feel about breastfeeding, but quickly realized its brilliance.

Nothing is so difficult to believe that oratory cannot make it acceptable, nothing so rough and uncultured as not to gain brilliance and refinement from eloquence.

A real leader is not the top dog who merely shouts down orders. a leader is one who holds the space for the brilliance of others.

A volunteer, you assign yourself specific roles and risks according to your judgement of their brilliance and importance, and you see when life itself may be justifiably devoted to them.

Some of my best memories are sitting on my dad's lap, cheering on Olga and Nadia, Carl Lewis and others for their brilliance and perfection.

When I was a seminarian, I was dazzled by a girl I met at an uncle’s wedding. I was surprised by her beauty, her intellectual brilliance… and, well, I was bowled over for quite a while.

Most victories came from instantly exploiting your enemy's stupid mistakes, and not from any particular brilliance in your own plan.

Evil may mar the divine image and cloud its brilliance, but it cannot destroy it.

[Obama is ] creative imagination which coupled with brilliance equals wisdom . . . [He is] the man for this time.

When a management with reputation for brilliance gets hooked up with a business with a reputation for bad economics, it's the reputation of the business that remains intact.

A loud mind is greater than a loud mouth.

It is impossible for a star to shine and not get noticed, even in the dark.

Run to brilliance. Sprint to excellence. Soar to transcendence.

Black Moms create magic, so that makes me magical.

I am Stephanie Lahart! An intelligent, empowered, and confident Black Queen. Purposely Fearless!

Brilliance of the brain must be admired more than beauty of the body.

A tiny bit of brilliance rubs off on you every time you interact with someone brilliant.

Our children are only as brilliant as we allow them to be.

In my view, ideas and other intellectual productions are more interesting, more indicative of intelligence, and more productively debated than IQ alone.

Poverty is the origin of invention

Brilliance some are born with it, but others create it over time. It lightens the foulest of hearts and pierces the darkest of nights to lead us on the right path of our future destinies.

Marketing is so powerful that it can make even an extremely untalented musician a one-hundred-hits wonder.

Skill gives you legs to jog, talent gives you legs to run, brilliance gives you legs to sprint, but genius gives you wings to fly.

You are one thought away from intelligence, one word away from kindness, one deed away from excellence, one step away from brilliance, and one second away from transcendence.

Stir the world with your skills, shake the world with your talents, move the world with your brilliance, change the world with your genius.

Skill follows the rules, talent breaks the rules, mastery shatters the rules, but genius makes its own rules.

One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.

Confuse them with your intelligence, baffle them with your excellence, bewilder them with your brilliance, and perplex them with your transcendence.

In a world full of daisies dare to be a rose.

Whether the changes that are coming in your life will be unexpected or determined by your choices and actions, the wheels are in motion. The adventure has just begun.

Idris: Are all people like this?The Doctor: Like what?Idris: So much bigger on the inside.

Your need to feel significant will never be met, until you can conquer your fear and manage your focus.

When you find your passion, turn a deaf ear to the naysayers and follow your dreams.

Spend one more day in pursuit of art that only you can produce, and somewhere, someone is envying your courage to do just that.

I've realized I don't need to keep looking for my path. I'm already on it. I just need to trust where it leads.

As artists, it is our job to question the rules and ask if they are relevant or outdated, necessary or arbitrary, helpful or oppressive.

If your art is calling to you, its doing so for a reason. You are feeling a pull toward something for which your soul is yearning.