Quotes by Genius I've always known I was a genius. But I never thought I was a star. Syd neverthoughtalwaysgenius I think Berry Gordy is a genius, I really do, and it's not a word I throw around lightly. But with all that comes the idiosyncratic behavior of a self-made, talented, creative person, and that's not easy to come up against. Suzanne de Passe thinkgeniusbehavioreasy Prior to 'Tokyo Drift,' the iconic perception of Asians in Hollywood films has been either the Kung Fu guy, the Yakuza guy or some technical genius. It used to be such a joke, to be laughed at rather than with. Sung Kang jokesomegeniusperception When I started out in the duck-call business, my college buddies would come in and say, 'Robertson, you have a college degree. What are you doing?' Then they drove away saying, 'What an idiot!' Thirty-five years later, they're saying, 'The sucker's a genius!' Si Robertson sayingyougeniusbusiness Sometimes the hardest thing about committing the perfect crime can be keeping your genius to yourself. Sarah Lacy yourselfgeniusperfectsometimes I was in Milan, and somebody gave me a Trussardi diary, and I thought 'Genius.' Inside I put the Polaroids, how much film I shot, who I shot with. This way, for billing later on, I had all the information. Sante D'Orazio thoughtmegeniusway I'm no genius, sure, but I'm no dum-dum. Sandra Dee suregenius Many now born, by the time they are voters will compose part of a nation with a genius nowhere equaled, and with a vast territory upon which those energies and that genius can operate. Richard Parks Bland nationborngeniustime Rogers and Hammerstein were such a genius pair. They were able to touch on subject matter so far ahead of its time. Ruthie Ann Miles aheadgeniusmattertime I think it gets overused and tossed around in ways that aren't true. Every impressive achievement is not genius. Ron Howard truethinkachievementgenius One of the big surprises for me about Einstein was... that he wasn't this big introvert; he was more like a novelist or a painter. It's amazing how close society came to not benefiting from Albert Einstein's genius. Ron Howard amazingmesocietygenius One of my greatest inspirations for stand-up was Jonathan Winters. He was a genius. One thing about him, and also Lenny Bruce, is that they were in the tradition of the one-man show. That's why Richard Pryor was so great, and George Carlin, too. They prowled the stage, they used voices, they were really talents. Robert Klein greattraditionstagegenius It's easy to be a genius in your twenties. In your forties, it's difficult. Robbie Robertson yourdifficultgeniuseasy The buckyball, with sixty carbon atoms, is the most symmetrical form the carbon atom can take. Carbon in its nature has a genius for assembling into buckyballs. The perfect nanotube, that is, the nanotube that the carbon atom naturally wants to make and makes most often, is exactly large enough that one buckyball can roll right down the center. Richard Smalley downgeniusnatureperfect It took me six years to get close to Picasso. I learnt a lot from him, and he was an absolute genius. He almost became my grandfather at the time. It was like he was a magician or something. Rene Burri megeniusgrandfathertime I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and destroying it essentially! I like the idea of bringing it down to earth a bit - and even a bit lower than that. Randy Newman truedowngeniusearth It is the union of independence and dependence of these branches - legislative, executive and judicial - and of the governmental functions possessed by each of them, that constitutes the marvellous genius of this unrivalled document. J. Reuben Clark judicialindependencebranchesgenius I would sing around the house, and I would always play on things just because instruments were always there, but I didn't show any genius as a child. I wasn't a prodigy or anything like that. Jack Garratt childgeniushouseplay Even a genius cannot completely resist his Zeitgeist, the spirit of his time. Viktor E. Frankl cannotgeniusspirittime The idea of Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Dracula, all I could think of was, why haven't they done this with him before? It's such a genius idea. 'Dracula' has always been done as film, so it's been an hour and 40 minutes. What we're done is 10 hours of 'Dracula,' so you have a lot of freedom with all the different mythologies and nuances. Victoria Smurfit thinkyoufreedomgenius«8081828384858687888990»
