Quotes tagged ‘Brilliant’

“Originality is the brilliant alchemy of critical thought and creativity.”

— Sarah Gubbins, Stanley Hyman, Michael Stuhlbarg, imdb.com

“I am brilliant, which has often been misconstrued as mad.”

— Tony McNamara, Catherine, Elle Fanning, imdb.com

“I don't know why brilliant young women are always punished.”

— Mike Flanagan, Hannah Grose, T'Nia Miller, imdb.com

“Yeah, you're brilliant! You're very dedicated. You're gonna make someone really happy one day.”

— Laurie Nunn, Otis Milburn, Asa Butterfield, imdb.com

“Peter Bishop: Let me ask you something. My father — not my favorite — he is without a doubt the most self-absorbed, twisted, abusive, brilliant, myopic son of a bitch on the planet. So, he was a chemist. That much I already know. He worked out of a basement lab in Harvard, doing research for a tooth…”

— Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, J.J. Abrams, Peter Bishop, Joshua Jackson, imdb.com

“Having a brilliant idea isn’t as easy as turning on a light. But just as a single bulb can illuminate even the most depressing of rooms, the right idea can shed light on a depressing situation.”

— Daniel Handler, Lemony Snicket, Patrick Warburton, imdb.com

“Now, pull your twisted self together, concentrate and be brilliant.”

— Andy Breckman, Sharona Fleming, Bitty Schram, imdb.com

“Windom Earle's mind is like a diamond. It's cold, and hard, and brilliant.”

— Scott Frost, Special Agent Dale Cooper, Kyle MacLachlan, imdb.com

“Bob: [practicing] 'As you know, sir, we have several loans with your institution, all 'past due.' But what does 'past due' even mean, you know? Gene: It's brilliant! There's no such thing as time! Linda: Gene was past due, and he came out fine.”

— Dan Fybel, Rich Renaldi, Bob Belcher, H. Jon Benjamin, imdb.com

“Ellen Piccolo: You're brilliant, you know that. And a coward. You're a brilliant coward. Gabriel: You do not know my family. What you guys call the apocalypse, I used to call Sunday dinner!”

— Jeremy Carver, Dr. Ellen Piccolo, Christine Chatelain, imdb.com

“It's time for you folks to sharpen your pencils, and you better come back with one Traci Lords of an idea. And if you need that fucking defined, here it is: a barely legal, market-dominating, brilliant cocksucker of an idea.”

— Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Mike "Wags" Wagner, David Costabile, imdb.com

“Your producer, who you say idolizes me, is obviously a brilliant fellow.”

— Groucho Marx, amazon.com

“Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.”

— Orson Scott Card, amazon.com

“Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“Oh, screw beautiful. I'm brilliant. If you want to appease me, compliment my brain.”

— Peter Nowak, Dr. Cristina Yang, Sandra Oh, imdb.com

“I invited Mozart to dinner on condition he didn’t embarrass me. In the middle of the meal he began weeping uncontrollably. “You silly fuck,” I screamed, “what are you doing in this century if you can’t take it?”

— Greogry Orr, amazon.ca