"Genius is initiative on fire."

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"Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius."

John Philip Sousa, American Musician

Genius, Development, May, Production

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

David Letterman, American Comedian

Genius,

"It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

Genius, Constitution, Invention

"Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one."

Ezra Pound, American Poet

Genius, Man

"No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does."

Christopher Morley, American Author

Genius, Conversation

"A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression."

Ezra Pound, American Poet

Genius, Expression, Man, Right

"Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

Genius, Energy, Force, Goodness

"Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius."

Henry B. Adams, American Historian

Genius,

"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

Genius, Idea, Earth

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

A. D. Posey, American Poet

Genius, Experience, Truth, Knowledge

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"Intuition is reason in a hurry."

Wisdom

"The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art which can be practiced at any hour of the day or night, whenever the time and inclination comes, that is your time for reading; in joy or sorrow, health or illness."

Art

"Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing."

Habit

"The end of reading is not more books but more life."

Life

"The poor are the only consistent altruists; they sell all they have and give it to the rich."

Poor

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"Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius."

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

"It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention."

"Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one."

"No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does."

"A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression."

"Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force."

"Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius."

"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."

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"Intuition is reason in a hurry."

"The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art which can be practiced at any hour of the day or night, whenever the time and inclination comes, that is your time for reading; in joy or sorrow, health or illness."

"Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing."

"The end of reading is not more books but more life."

"The poor are the only consistent altruists; they sell all they have and give it to the rich."

"Patience has its limits, take it too far and it's cowardice."

"A mother never realizes that her children are no longer children."

"No man is ever old enough to know better."

"Suffer fools gladly; they may be right."

"Those who seek happiness miss it, and those who discuss it, lack it."