Quotes by Genius Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge--the abyss. Guillermo del Toro abyss mystery genius You are vain and wicked- as a genius should be. Gunter Grass wicked vain genius Genius is intensity of life; an overflowing vitality which floods and fertilizes a continent or a hemisphere of being; which makes a nature many-sided and whole, while most men remain partial and fragmentary. Hamilton Wright Mabie vitality genius men Genius can do much, but even genius falls short of the actuality of a single human life. Hamilton Wright Mabie human-life genius fall The Anglo-Saxon genius for parliamentary government asserted itself; there was a great deal of talk and no decisive action. H. G. Wells genius government action parents are too apt to mistake inclination for genius. Hannah More genius parent mistake Churchill was fundamentally what the English call unstable - by which they mean anybody who has that touch of genius which is inconvenient in normal times. Harold MacMillan genius government mean Genius: the ability to prolong one's childhood. H. L. Mencken ability childhood genius It is characteristic of genius to be hopeful and aspiring. Harriet Martineau characteristics hopeful genius Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and there is his tragedy. Havelock Ellis genius tragedy men Henry held up his taco- formerly Vlad's- and grinned. " Little known fact, gentlemen. Tacos are the food of genius." pg248 Henry to Vlad & Joss Heather Brewer gentleman genius littles The geniuses who conduct the motion-picture business killed glamour when they decided that what the public wanted was not dream stuff, from which movies used to be made, but realism. Hedda Hopper movie genius dream If men of genius only knew what love their works inspire! Hector Berlioz genius men inspire Talent is the infinite capacity for taking pains. Genius is the infinite capacity for achievement without taking any pains at all. Helene Hanff achievement pain genius The prophesying business is like writing fugues; it is fatal to every one save the man of absolute genius. H. L. Mencken genius writing men Genius and taste don't go together. Helmut Newton genius taste together No author is a man of genius to his publisher. Heinrich Heine publishers genius men Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but less by assimilation than by friction. Heinrich Heine genius literature fiction Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn. Henri Bergson force genius humanity To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius. Henri Frederic Amiel talent genius impossible «2526272829303132333435»
