Genius Quotes

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The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work.

Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.

For what we are about to see next, we must enter quietly into the realm of genius!

Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

A Fool can become a Genius when he understands he is a Fool but. A Genius can become a Fool when he understands he is a Genius.

The more I study, the more insatiable do I feel my genius for it to be.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Genius is making complex ideas simple, not making simple ideas complex

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

Genius is personal, decided by fate, but it expresses itself by means of system. There is no work of art without system.

The genius thing that we did was, we didn't give up.

There are people who are avaricious parasites. There are psychotic geniuses in control of this planet, and to them human beings are only a commodity to be bought and sold and traded.

The cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy. It is the only dictator that free man acknowledges. It is the only security that free man desires.

Adversity is the midwife of genius

Whatever you think can’t be done, somebody will come along and do it. A genius is the one most like himself.

Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.

UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.

True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

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.

Better is possible. It does not take genius. It takes diligence. It takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity. And above all, it takes a willingness to try.

Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

Genius is the ability to hold one's vision steady until it becomes reality

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

Civilization owes to the Islamic world some of its most important tools and achievements...the Muslim genius has added much to the culture of all peoples.

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

No one is obliged to be a genius, but everyone is obliged to participate.

It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

Biomimicry is … the conscious emulation of life’s genius.

You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream.

Cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy.

After making a mistake or suffering a misfortune, the man of genius always gets back on his feet.

Jealousy is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

If you hype something and it succeeds, you're a genius - it wasn't a hype. If you hype it and it fails, then it was just a hype.

It is the melody which is the charm of music, and it is that which is most difficult to produce. The invention of a fine melody is a work of genius.

The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.

Everyone thinks their baby is a genius. People find it delightfully refreshing when I tell them, My baby? Totally average. Like, 100 percent average.

The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make the rest of us wonder at the possibility that we might be missing something.

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.

Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.

Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.