Bette Greene Quotes

What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to a great challenge?

Bette Greene

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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
  • Think
  • Place
  • Genius

• Together with international unity and resolve we can meet the challenge of this global scourge and work to bring about an international law of zero tolerance for terrorism.

  

  Manmohan Singh
  • Work
  • Together
  • Law

• If I were to listen to people all the time when they say, 'Hey, this is a really high challenge, this is a high climb, the bar is pretty steep,' then I wouldn't have gone to the academy. I wouldn't have become an aircraft carrier pilot. I wouldn't have become a Navy SEAL for sure. And I probably wouldn't have applied to Harvard.

  

  Gabriel E. Gomez
  • People
  • Time
  • High

• My dream as an actor growing up was always to challenge myself to different genres, different roles, and it's actually rare that an actor's given that opportunity to do that.

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Up
  • Different
  • Dream

• The challenge is sort of capturing the issues that Oregonians feel strongly about and moving forward on those.

  

  Kate Brown
  • Moving
  • Challenge
  • Moving Forward

• We are strong supporters of First Amendment rights, and we believe free speech is a two-way street. While anyone is free to be an anti-Muslim bigot, on campus or off, CAIR is free to challenge their bigotry by speaking out against the promotion of hatred and intolerance.

  

  Ibrahim Hooper
  • Believe
  • Free
  • Strong

• I've read every single fantasy novel there is. I mean, I would challenge a lot of people to read more fantasy novels than I have.

  

  Felicia Day
  • People
  • Single
  • Challenge

• I am happy with the response I am receiving for 'Kaabil.' Audiences' love is what we work for, after all.

  

  Yami Gautam
  • Work
  • Happy
  • Response

• I love challenges, and I believe that the challenge of quality cinema should not be underestimated as an important part of the Italian cultural offer.

  

  Lapo Elkann
  • Believe
  • Quality
  • Challenge

• Something like 'Rust and Bone' would be a dream. Very pared down. 'Orphan Black' is such a challenge. I just need something that isn't as full-on intense as that.

  

  Tatiana Maslany
  • Dream
  • Black
  • Challenge

• To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • You
  • Understand
  • Genius

• I definitely think independent film is very exciting, and you get to sometimes take bigger risks. So that's always a challenge and something that I look forward to.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Think
  • Challenge
  • Independent

• The biggest challenge or biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humankind is fear and intolerance.

  

  Kailash Satyarthi
  • Fear
  • Challenge
  • Doors

• To be a truly conscientious artist, you have to look at what's not working and challenge it. You riff on things.

  

  Kara Walker
  • Challenge
  • Artist
  • Look

• No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural.

  

  Ian Hamilton Finlay
  • People
  • Work
  • Challenge

• It's hard in today's society to have a discussion where you want to challenge the status quo because of the 'I gotcha' politics.

  

  Jack Kingston
  • Today
  • Society
  • Challenge

• We created a line of pet food called Nutrish that's made to human standards, and 100 percent of the proceeds go to animal rescue. One of our top-tier donors is the ASPCA, and they help us challenge animal shelters all across the country to get more animals placed in homes.

  

  Rachael Ray
  • Country
  • Help
  • Food

• Fame is a dangerous thing. It's what the post-industrial society wants. They want fame and many followers on Twitter. But to really make the world understandable, that challenge is remaining.

  

  Hans Rosling
  • World
  • Society
  • Challenge

• "You see," said Mr. Toots, "what I wanted in a wife was - in short, was sense. Money, Feeder, I had. Sense I - I had not, particularly."

  

  Charles Dickens
  • Money
  • Wife
  • Sense

• I appreciate the sentiment that I am a popular woman in computer gaming circles; but I prefer being thought of as a computer game designer rather than a woman computer game designer. I don't put myself into gender mode when designing a game.

  

  Roberta Williams
  • Appreciate
  • Sentiment
  • Designing

• The problem of different sensitivities of distinct protein groups to lysosomal inhibitors has remained unsolved and may have served as an important trigger in the future quest for a non-lysosomal proteolytic system that may be involved in at least certain aspects of intracellular protein degradation.

  

  Aaron Ciechanover
  • Different
  • Important
  • May

• I have never believed in comparisons, whether they are about different eras, players or coaches.

  

  Sachin Tendulkar
  • Different
  • Never
  • Coaches

• What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to a great challenge?

  

  Bette Greene
  • Challenge
  • Genius
  • Response