Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
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Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
Federico Fellini -
When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Taste is the common sense of genius.
Victor Hugo -
Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell.
W. H. Auden -
To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.
Madeleine Albright -
Affirmative action based on quotas is wrong - wrong because it is antithetical to the genius of the American idea: individual liberty.
Jack Kemp
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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
E. F. Schumacher -
Pun was just a natural-born genius with music, and he basically taught me so many tricks on how to make better music, even though I was the one that discovered him. He was so far advanced than me; he taught me a lot.
Fat Joe -
A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon -
I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.
R. Buckminster Fuller -
When my nephew was 3 and 4, he would say the most genius things. He said, You're hammer macho with FBI dogs. I thought it was just one of those great lines.
Beck -
The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent.
J. B. Priestley -
Martin Freeman is a genius, he really is. He gives you every color of the rainbow in every take and it's wonderful just to play off of him and opposite him.
Lara Pulver -
Genius is a potential that lives within you and every other human being. You have many moments of genius in your lifetime. These are the times when you have a uniquely brilliant idea and implement it even if only you are aware of how fantastic it is.
Wayne Dyer -
Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.
R. Buckminster Fuller -
The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make the rest of us wonder at the possibility that we might be missing something.
Gamal Abdel Nasser
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From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his aspirates. From the point of view of life, he is a reporter who knows vulgarity better than any one has ever known it.
Oscar Wilde -
Our actions make the fragrance of our lives...Would you smell of plums? Or Vinegar?
Kirby Larson -
Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch system and don't realize it. You're speaking for the president without ever having to go to him.
Larry Speakes -
I hate the way people use slide presentations instead of thinking. People would confront a problem by creating a presentation. I wanted them to engage, to hash things out at the table, rather than show a bunch of slides. People who know what they're talking about don't need PowerPoint.
Steve Jobs -
Genius is finding the invisible link between things.
Vladimir Nabokov