#genius

I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused. ↗

— Ted McGinley

#especially #genius #hollywood #i #overused

Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius. ↗

— An Wang

#common sense #consistent #function #genius #more

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

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I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

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It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an African who dreams up snow. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

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Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein. ↗

— Joe Theismann

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If my impressions are correct, our educational planing mill cuts down all the knots of genius, and reduces the best of the men who go through it to much the same standard. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

#correct #cuts #down #educational #genius

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

— Peter York

#beauty #cunning #genius #high #high level

JR was a 1-dimensional, evil character. JR was multi-dimensional, and Larry Hagman is probably one of the greatest actors that we have. Then, you go back and look at 'I Dream of Jeannie' - I mean, he's a comic genius, as well. So, I think they should give him an honorary Emmy Award. ↗

— Charlene Tilton

#back #character #comic #dream #emmy