The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
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Quotes tagged ‘Genius’
It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing.
A genius doesn't adjust his treatment of a theme to a tyrant's taste.
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
The only geniuses produced by the chaos of society are those who do something about it. Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man something to be a genius about.
When things don’t go well, it helps to think of yourself as a genius and the rest of the world as a bunch of idiots.
A possible link between madness and genius is one of the oldest and most persistent of cultural notions; it is also one of the most controversial.
Geniuses are always branded as crazy.
Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man something to be a genius about.
We all know Albert Einstein was a genius... ... but his brother Frank was a monster.
It's amazing what we can do when our passions meet a purpose greater than ourselves. And that's why we need to explore our curiosities, invest in more interests us, follow what intrigues us. Transformational ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. And that's why we're chasing genius.
There's nothing wrong with being a genius who can fascinate the young.
Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they chang…
People make fun of the guy who stays home every night doing nothing, but the truth is that guy is a genius.
Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing…
Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind. There's no other definition of it.
I'm doing pretty good as far as geniuses go.
There is a real danger in believing it when people use the word ‘genius’— and it’s even more dangerous when we let hubris tell ourselves we are one. The same goes for any label that comes along with a career: are we suddenly a ‘filmmaker,’ ‘writer,’ ‘investor,’ ‘entrepreneur,’ or ‘executive’ because…
He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.