"Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities."

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"There is no off position on the genius switch."

David Letterman, American Comedian

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"I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and destroying it essentially! I like the idea of bringing it down to earth a bit - and even a bit lower than that."

Randy Newman, American Comedian

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"All the geniuses and greats are really just nerds with experience."

A. D. Posey, American Poet

Genius, Experience, Truth, Knowledge

"In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous."

Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer

Genius, Mediocrity

"I am a genius. Then it amused me to keep saying so, but now it does not. I expected to be happy sometime. Now I know I shall never be."

Mary MacLane, Canadian Writer

Genius, Now, Saying

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

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Genius, Accident, Music, Control

"Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness, the temperament, the will of a baby a few months old!"

May Sarton, American Poet

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"Since when was genius found respectable?"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English Poet

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"I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it?"

Charles de Lint, Canadian Writer

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"As a bull market continues, almost anything you buy goes up. It makes you feel that investing in stocks is a very easy and safe and that you're a financial genius."

Ron Chernow, American Author

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"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all."

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"Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life."

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"Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible."

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"For what is truth? In matters of religion, it is simply the opinion that has survived. In matters of science, it is the ultimate sensation. In matters of art, it is one's last mood."

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"Great passions are for the great of soul, and great events can be seen only by those who are on a level with them."

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"Ah! that is the great thing in life, to live the truth."

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"There is no off position on the genius switch."

"I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and destroying it essentially! I like the idea of bringing it down to earth a bit - and even a bit lower than that."

"All the geniuses and greats are really just nerds with experience."

"In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous."

"I am a genius. Then it amused me to keep saying so, but now it does not. I expected to be happy sometime. Now I know I shall never be."

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

"Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness, the temperament, the will of a baby a few months old!"

"Since when was genius found respectable?"

"I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it?"

"As a bull market continues, almost anything you buy goes up. It makes you feel that investing in stocks is a very easy and safe and that you're a financial genius."

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"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all."

"Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life."

"When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers."

"Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching."

"In married life three is company and two none."

"Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary."

"Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible."

"For what is truth? In matters of religion, it is simply the opinion that has survived. In matters of science, it is the ultimate sensation. In matters of art, it is one's last mood."

"Great passions are for the great of soul, and great events can be seen only by those who are on a level with them."

"Ah! that is the great thing in life, to live the truth."