Galileo Galilei Quotes
Among the great men who have philosophized about [the action of the tides], the one who surprised me most is Kepler. He was a person of independent genius, [but he] became interested in the action of the moon on the water, and in other occult phenomena, and similar childishness.
Quotes to Explore
-
Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
-
When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
-
When the idea of 'Chopped' surfaced, it was originally meant to be taped at some guy's mansion with him and his crazy Chihuahua. A stuffy fellow in a tuxedo was to host, and the losing chef's dish was then fed to the dog! I am not kidding, I saw it! I think it is genius! Twisted, but genius!
-
Industry is a better horse to ride than genius.
-
Taste is the common sense of genius.
-
To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.
-
Affirmative action based on quotas is wrong - wrong because it is antithetical to the genius of the American idea: individual liberty.
-
I do love the clothes on 'Mad Men' because my character has been so elegant and I would never have had access to these clothes. I think Janie Bryant is a costume designing genius. They'll call and tell me, 'It will only take an hour,' and I'm like, 'I will try on the whole truck!'
-
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.
-
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.
-
A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books.
-
I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.
-
Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.
-
The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.
-
Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.
-
There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent.
-
Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.
-
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.
-
Great genius you already have. The super conscious mind is invariably triggered by definition, and by decisiveness.
-
I'm left handed and I'm playing a right handed kit... That's why everyone thought, 'Wow, he's a genius,' but all I was doing was trying to play backwards... It's one of those mad accidents, you can't learn it.
-
'Genius' which means transcendent capacity of taking trouble, first of all.
-
On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history as the first openly gay athlete to play in one of the four major U.S. sports leagues.
-
In China, because China is gaining wealth, rice consumption is way down. Rice is a poor person's food, and they're eating less of it. To wait in line at a fast food chain is cool. And they haven't historically had weight problems. So they don't have this culture of, "I need to lose weight."
-
Among the great men who have philosophized about [the action of the tides], the one who surprised me most is Kepler. He was a person of independent genius, [but he] became interested in the action of the moon on the water, and in other occult phenomena, and similar childishness.
