#gen

I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#defect #either #genius #given #gods

Defining the terms of the debate generally dictates who's gonna' win it. ↗

— Paul Begala

#defining #dictates #generally #gonna #terms

Skin is made in large measure of a protein called collagen. ↗

— Michael Behe

#collagen #large #large measure #made #measure

JAG is an acronym for the Judge Advocate General, which is the judicial system of the military. ↗

— Catherine Bell

#general #jag #judge #judicial #judicial system

Genius worship is the inevitable sign of an uncreative age. ↗

— Clive Bell

#genius #inevitable #sign #uncreative #worship

We all agree now - by "we" I mean intelligent people under sixty - that a work of art is like a rose. A rose is not beautiful because it is like something else. Neither is a work of art. Roses and works of art are beautiful in themselves. ↗

— Clive Bell

#art #beautiful #because #else #i

Guided only by their feeling for symmetry, simplicity, and generality, and an indefinable sense of the fitness of things, creative mathematicians now, as in the past, are inspired by the art of mathematics rather than by any prospect of ultimate usefulness. ↗

— E. T. Bell

#art #creative #feeling #fitness #generality

These are the multinationals, like General Motors and Nestle; these are the big industrial groups that weigh, on the monetary scale, much more than big countries like Egypt. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#countries #egypt #general #general motors #groups

I'm not afraid to play my age. I never was. I've never been an ingenue. I like getting older. ↗

— Maria Bello

#age #been #getting #getting older #i

Mel is a great director because he's not just a director, he's an actor, so he knows how to direct actors. I loved working with him. He's great as a director. He's so intelligent. He's generous. I really loved him. ↗

— Monica Bellucci

#because #direct #director #generous #great