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What makes success is not your genius idea, but the execution and follow-through around it
There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent.
It made him proud that 29 months in the service had not blunted his genius for ineptitude.
I'm probably the only guy who worked for (Casey) Stengel before and after he was a genius.
Two sorts of writers possess genius: those who think, and those who cause others to think.
There is no more dreary or more repulsive creature than the man who has evaded his genius.
Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.
Chris Brown is a star. He's a genius. Anybody should want to work with him. He makes hits.
The genius of art finds sanctuary among children and madmen to survive.That is who we are.
In those rare individual cases where women approach genius they also approach masculinity.
I think without a doubt, that what is called "financial genius" is merely a rising market.
All children paint like geniuses. What do we do to them that so quickly dulls this ability?
Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.
There may be talent without position, but there is no position without some kind of talent.
He's a tremendous guy. And what's more, he's virtually a genius in the field of management.
Education may work wonders as well in warping the genius of individuals as in seconding it.
We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in color and fire.
Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
Richard Avedon is a true genius of photography and one of the greatest artists of our time.
And yes, again, that was it exactly. A retyper and not a writer. A prodigy and not a genius.
Sir, the slowness of genius is hard to bear, but the slowness of mediocrity is insufferable.
Preparation is - if not the key to genius - then at least the key to sounding like a genius.
Genius cannot escape the taint of its time more than a child the influence of its begetting.
Women, in general, are not attracted to art at all, nor knowledge, and not at all to genius.
If you're a man and you ask questions, you're a genius; if you're a woman, you're difficult.
Genius in one grand particular is like life. We know nothing of either but by their effects.
A man of genius is inexhaustible only in proportion as he is always renourishing his genius.
From haunted spring and dale Edg'd with poplar pale The parting genius is with sighing sent.
Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.
High intelligence is to think the unthinkable; genius is to realize the very unexpected one.
The charm of the best courages is that they are inventions, inspirations, flashes of genius.
Buffett’s genius was largely a genius of character—of patience, discipline, and rationality.
No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that does not enrage me
I'd rather have a genius like Donald Trump running America than someone like Hillary Clinton.
The news we hear, for the most part, is not news to our genius. It is the stalest repetition.
The genius of the people will ill brook the inquisitive and peremptory spirit of excise laws.
People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius.
a masterpiece doesn't so much transcend its time as perpetuate it; it keeps its moment alive.
My own experience is that a certain kind of genius among students is best brought out in bed.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
Sometimes things are nothing on paper, but a genius director turns it into something amazing.
Messi always makes the right decision, whether it's a pass or a finish. He's a little genius.
The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.
Charlie Chaplin's genius was in comedy. He has no sense of humor, particularly about himself.
If I had been brilliant or a genius, I wouldn't have needed to break the law just to survive.
Ismail Merchant was just the most seductive, passionate, outrageous, driven, genius of a man.
Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.
We mustn't forget how quickly the visions of genius become the canned goods of intellectuals.
Every man who observes vigilantly, and resolves steadfastly, grows unconsciously into genius.