#genius

It is always well to get near to men of genius. ↗

— William Henry Moody

#genius #get #men #near #well

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

— Christopher Morley

#conversation #does #dog #genius #special

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

— W. H. Murray

#boldness #dream #genius #magic #power

A particularly fine head on a man usually means that he is stupid; particularly deep philosophers are usually shallow thinkers; in literature, talents not much above the average are usually regarded by their contemporaries as geniuses. ↗

— Robert Musil

#average #contemporaries #deep #fine #geniuses

The meetings of the legislature at Springfield then first brought together that splendid group of young men of genius whose phenomenal careers and distinguished services have given Illinois fame in the history of the nation. ↗

— John George Nicolay

#careers #distinguished #fame #first #genius

Historically, the Republicans have been geniuses at throwing away advantages. ↗

— Bob Packwood

#away #been #geniuses #historically #republicans

Madonna is her own Hollywood studio - a popelike mogul and divine superstar in one. She has a laserlike instinct for publicity, aided by her visual genius for still photography (which none of her legion of imitators has). Unfortunately, her public life has dissolved into a series of staged photo ops. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#dissolved #divine #genius #her #hollywood

If beauty isn't genius it usually signals at least a high level of animal cunning. ↗

— Peter York

#beauty #cunning #genius #high #high level

Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#folly #genius #good #good sense #only

One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#fit #genius #human #narrow #only