Genius Quotes

This, you see, is something of the genius of great religion, that on the one hand, it gives man a sense of belonging and on the other hand, it gives him a sense of dependence on something higher. So he realizes that there is something beyond in which he lives and moves and even moves and gains his being. This is what great religion does for him.

True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.

I play the songs, and we're doing it live, and everything happens, and then we capture it like that. Rick is a genius. It's so easy, because he loves music. You're not gonna find a person who loves music more than Rick. He's dedicated to preserving it.

Even the genius asks questions.

My father was a management genius. But what I really wanted was a dad.

I used to think I must be a genius, but nobody's noticed. I used to wonder whether I'm a genius or I'm not, which is it? I used to think, well, I can't be mad, because nobody's put me away, therefore, I'm a genius. A genius is a form of madness, and we're all that way, you know, and I used to be a bit coy about it, like my guitar playing.

I do not need drugs to be a genius, do not take a genius to be human, but I need your smile to be happy.

Even people who aren't geniuses can outthink the rest of mankind if they develop certain thinking habits.

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

Anyone can make them cry, but it takes a genius to make them laugh.

There is no genius where there is not simplicity.

A genius is a person who is seeing further and probing deeper than other people has a different set of ethical valuations from their and has energy enough to give effect to this extra vision and its valuations in whatever manner best suits his or her.

The unconscious self is the real genius. Your breathing goes wrong the moment your conscious self meddles with it.

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

Sticking to it is the genius.

Genius is not inspired. Inspiration is perspiration.

A genius is a talented person who does his homework.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

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.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.