2007-06-26 19:43:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
"Talent does what it can. Genius does what it must."
2007-06-26 22:13:59 · answer #1 · answered by greyguy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a former Mensan, and the subject of “Genius” always got a ton of laughs at the meetings. I have two favorite quotes, one comical and one “wise”.
The first is from Scott Adams’ cartoon “Dilbert”. A co-worker asks Dilbert “You seem like a bright fellow. Have you considered joining MENSA?” To which Dilbert queries, “Is that the group with genius IQs?” The co-worker replies “Precisely correct. I’m the president of the local chapter.” The final frame has Dilbert asking “If we’re so smart, why do we work here?” and the co-worker replies “Intelligence has much less practical application than you’d think."
The second is by Alexander Pope, containing a frequently MIS-quoted line from a verse in “An Essay on Criticism”.
A little Learning is a dang'rous Thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring:
There shallow Draughts intoxicate the Brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again.
2007-06-26 22:37:51 · answer #2 · answered by web-eagle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is someone like Norman Einstein." Joe Theisman
2007-06-27 09:07:38 · answer #3 · answered by Lorenzo Steed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In following the strong bent of his genius, he was self assured that he should 'create the taste by which he is to be enjoyed.
Emerson
Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede - not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above fourteen.
G. C. Lichtenberg
2007-06-27 05:47:43 · answer #4 · answered by subtle.nature 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Accordingly a genius is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework. ~ Thomas Alba Edison
2007-06-26 20:17:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
"I have nothing to declare but my genius" - Oscar Wilde, upon entering the United States
2007-06-26 21:58:18 · answer #6 · answered by Ricky Bobby 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Will you take one on stupidity instead? "Two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the first." - Albert Einstein.
2007-06-26 20:52:28 · answer #7 · answered by Amy W 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋