Genius Distinction Quotes

#1. Towering genius disdains a beaten path ... It sees no distinction in adding story to story ... It scorns to tread in the footsteps of any predecessor, however illustrious. It thirsts and burns for distinction; and, if possible, it will have it ...

Abraham Lincoln

#2. I don't agree with the whole 'my mother's my friend' approach, because you're their mum and there has to be a difference between the generations.

Jane Asher

#3. Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah ... it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you.

Rumi

#4. The feminine graces of Madame de Sevigne's genius are exquisitely charming; but the philosophy and eloquence of Madame de Stael are above the distinction of sex.

James Mackintosh

#5. Towering genius ... thirsts and burns for distinction; and, if possible, it will have it, whether at the expense of emancipating slaves or enslaving freeman.

Abraham Lincoln

#6. I don't look at what I've lost. I look instead at what I have left.

Betty Ford

#7. Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out.

Richard M. Nixon

#8. There are no perfect leaders.

Max McKeown

#9. My favorite films are the ones that I walk away from and I know I saw a story.

Shane Carruth

#10. I've always been a little shy about taking my clothes off, but I don't worry about it any more.

Kylie Minogue

#11. [There is no shortage of scientific talent.] But [I am] much less optimistic about the managerial vision [of the pharmaceutical industry] to catalyse these talents to deliver the results we all want.

James Whyte Black

#12. Perspective alone can make an experience positive or negative, but regardless of which you let it become, it can only have as much power over your outlook on life as you give it.

A.J. Darkholme

#13. There's no more foolish proverb than the one which says that dead men tell no tales. To help dead men to find their tongues is one of the chief uses of the Law.

Hope Mirrlees

#14. The distinction between talent and genius is definite. Talent combines and uses; genius combines and creates.

Anna Brownell Jameson

#15. Prof is right; more than three people can't decide anything.

Robert A. Heinlein

#16. Genius is when you strike a chord accidently, and the ensuing music is beyond your control

Bangambiki Habyarimana

#17. Don't worry about the bloodsucker,' Jacob suggested, and his tone was smug. 'He's just jealous.'
'Of course I am.' Edward's voice was velvet again, under control, a musical murmur in the darkness.

Stephenie Meyer

#18. I was traveling down the road with a buddy and there's a guy driving around in a jeep with a dead deer strapped to the hood. My buddy says to me you think he's been hunting? Nope, They're probably giving them away with the purchase of every jeep. Here's your sign!

Bill Engvall

#19. 'Scalped' No. 1 was only the third comic script I'd ever written. I really learned a lot about writing on the fly with that series.

Jason Aaron

#20. But you, O LORD, are r a shield s about me, my glory, and t the lifter of my head.

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