Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Dryden

A happy genius is the gift of nature.

Louis Pasteur

My opinion - nay more, my conviction- is that, in the present state of science, as you rightly say, spontaneous generation is a chimera ; and it would be impossible for you to contradict me, for my experiments all stand forth to prove that spontaneous generation is a chimera.

Louis Pasteur

Messieurs, c'est les microbes qui auront le dernier mot." (Gentlemen, it is the microbes who will have the last word.)

John Ciardi

Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen.

Luis Miguel

I'm dangerously generous.

You?d be surprised what kind of marketplace there is for gently used equipment.

Yogi Berra

You can observe a lot just by watching.

Matthew Arnold

Genius is mainly an affair of energy, and poetry is mainly an affair of genius; therefore a nation whose spirit is characterized by energy may well be imminent in poetry - and we have Shakespeare.

Maxim Gorky

Talent I say is what an actor needs. And talent is faith in oneself, one's own powers.

Max Beerbohm

Sometimes I feel that I am a natural born genius in a field of human endeavor that hasn't been invented yet

Max Brooks

Generation Z, they cleaned up their own mess.

Marina Warner

The sombre-suited masculine world of the Protestant religion is altogether too much like a gentlemen's club to which the ladies are only admitted on special days.

Maria Montessori

We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to form one whole unity.

Karl Marx

The traditions of the dead generations weigh like a nightmare upon the living.

Jules Verne

I have been, am, in his service; I have seen his generosity and goodness; and I will never betray him-not for all the gold in the world. I have come from a village where they don't eat that kind of bread.

Julia Child

The sweetness and generosity and politeness and gentleness and humanity of the French had shown me how lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly.

Those three projects will generate about $28 million in one-time fees.

It was his vision and perseverance that made Opelousas General a reality.

Jim Croce

Tried to find me an executive position, but no matter how smooth I talked they wouldn't listen to the fact that I was a genius.

Jim Cummings

I get to be one of the torch-bearers for a new generation.

Jeremy Rifkin

Generations of human beings were transformed into machines in the relentless pursuit of material wealth: We lived to work.

Jenny Holzer

A sense of timing is the mark of a genius.

Technological alliances like this generally don't produce visible results that quickly.

Oprah Winfrey

See, that's what geniuses know, ... They know they're a genius. When geniuses take the test they say, 'well, I'm a genius, of course, I'm going to score.'

How much easier is it to be generous than just.

Julia Quinn

Nothing like trapping the gentlemen where they couldn't get away.

Little Richard

I'm very much a gentleman in what I do.

Leonardo da Vinci

The greatest geniuses sometimes accomplish more when they work less.

Oscar Wilde

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

Patrick Rothfuss

I have had a few gentlemen let me know they find my manly beardiness somewhat alluring. Never any ladies though.

Leopold Von Ranke

Every generation is equidistant from God.

Neal A. Maxwell

Progress is measured by milestones. What many good people lack are markers that might tell them how they are actually doing. Goals can become a ritual or a fetish, but in the right measure they can give us some much needed reference points. No wonder some seem discouraged! Minus such milestones, we often feel minus in our lives

Margot Asquith

You can do something with talent, but nothing with genius....