#low

Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#carrying #events #every #extraordinary #flows

It took me a couple of years after I got out of Berkeley before I dared to start writing. That academic mind-set - which was kind of shallow in my case anyway - had begun to fade. ↗

— Joan Didion

#after #anyway #before #begun #berkeley

My mom insisted on multigrain bread and never allowed soda in the house. ↗

— Vin Diesel

#bread #house #insisted #mom #never

Which is why, in my lieder concerts, I always strove, when possible, to sing only the works of a single composer, so that the audience could be gradually drawn into a particular creative genius' way of thinking, and could follow him. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#audience #composer #concerts #could #creative

How can people think that artists seek a name? There is no such thing as an artist - only the world, lit or unlit, as the world allows. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#artist #artists #how #lit #name

It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creator, our very self-consciousness, is also the one thing that divides us from our fellow creatures. It was a bitter birthday present from evolution. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#birthday #bitter #creator #creatures #divides

Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle - keep away from children. ↗

— Phyllis Diller

#away #bottle #children #follow #keep

JP Morgan always has higher capital liquidity, that is partially to make up for mistakes and problems and obviously it's a tough economy. We support an oversight committee, we supported some of the compensation, new compensation rules, though we already follow most of them. We support a lot of it. ↗

— Jamie Dimon

#always #capital #committee #compensation #economy

We allow no geniuses around our Studio. ↗

— Walt Disney

#around #geniuses #our #studio

This is a free country, and nobody should be criticized for their political beliefs. We're all allowed to have our opinions. ↗

— Shannen Doherty

#beliefs #country #criticized #free #free country