Quotes of: Great-genius Keyword

My mother is a great artist, but she always treated her paintings like minor postcards. Had she pursued it, she would have been a great artist. Instead, she looked down on her art.

Isabel Allende

I want my whole life to be a great work of art, not just my art. And that means paying attention to my entire life and trying to make sure my whole life is balanced.

Jewel

1988 I also received from the city of Vienna the cross of honour for art and science. These titles and the various honors mean a great deal to me, most of all for the reason that they would mean a great deal to my parents too.

Leon Askin

There are times when the art world seems like a religious empire. There are great cathedral galleries and pilgrimage sites where treasured art pieces are displayed like holy relics, and this can certainly be a great pleasure on a rainy Sunday afterno...

Michael Leunig

In every failure, there's the seed to even greater success. However, people waste their time complaining, instead of looking for the seed among the rubble of what was.

12 Laws of Great Entrepreneurs

A temporary coalition of anger against the old regime was no basis for a stable government.

1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War

A little nonsense now and then, Is cherished by the wisest men.

3 Engel für Charlie

Gods are great," said Atsula, slowly, as if she were imparting a great secret. "But the heart is greater. For it is from our hearts they come, and to our hearts they shall return...

American Gods

Every great thing that has been accomplished, and is yet to be accomplished, starts with a dream.

Against the Grain: A Coach's Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love

The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

The Alloy of Law

Your imagination is the most powerful tool to create a great life.

Happy Lemons: How Laughter Breeds Success

Not every President is a great speaker. Not every President is a great thinker. But in the modern era, every single President is a master of one thing: eye contact.

The Inner Circle

I'll take my chances. It has you." And when a great man says something smart like that a smart woman just shuts up.

Icing on the Cake

For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.

Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India

When we take life for granted, we’re assholes. Every day we wake up and the world’s still turning- that’s a great day.

Incubi

Good men are remembered for their friends. Great men are remembered for their enemies. The greatest men are those who turn their enemies into friends.

Judge of Dooms

Part of the trick of being happy is a refusal to allow oneself to become too nostalgic for the heady triumphs of one's youth.

Roads: Driving America's Great Highways

Although individuals need not be well-rounded, teams should be.

Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow

Picasso had a saying - 'good artists copy, great artists steal' - and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.

Steve Jobs

You, know I'm the Queen's favorite great nephew, Well, yeah I'm her only great nephew, but that's not important, I'd still be her favorite...

Shadow Kiss

It is surprising how many great men started out as horse thieves.

Mostly Rapscallions: Salient Sillies about the Rich and Infamous in History