Alphabetical Index of Topics

1. In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous. - Robert G. Ingersoll
2. In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous. - Robert G. Ingersolln
3. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
4. I don't want to be a genius - I have enough problems just trying to be a man. - Albert Camus
5. Subconsciously the genius is feared as an image breaker; frequently he does not accept the opinions of the mass, or man's opinion of himself. - Loren Eiseley
6. Some people, without possessing genius, have a remarkable power of stimulating it. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
7. Since when was genius found respectable? - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
8. One cannot explain the existence of genius. It is better to enjoy it. - Ernst Gombrich
9. Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius. - Josh Billings
10. But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown. - Carl Sagan
11. Be a good craftsman; it won't stop you being a genius. - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
12. Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel. - William Hazlitt
13. There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. - Oscar Levant
14. Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and there is his tragedy. - George Eliot
15. Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes. - Edgard Varese