170 Quotes About Brilliance

Live so fully and so brilliantly that your pain diminishes in your aliveness.

A leader helps the brilliance of others shine and never allows them to be hidden in his or her shadow.

The reputation of the best people in any field goes down to compensate for brilliance.

To be quietly brilliant is to give to the world.

Ten thousand women marched through the streets shouting, 'We will not be dictated to,' and went off and became stenographers.

How terrible it is to recognize that one’s brilliance rests solely upon the small-mindedness of others.

I can't believe you said that about fire ants and thunderstorms! You are such a Houstonist!

A public official must understand from his first day in office that any show of initiative will signal the end of his career because he isn't there to be meritorious but to reach his level of incompetence with dignity.

He invented ordinary things, and I stress, ordinary. Not brilliant, just ordinary, and that's exactly what humanity needs. Brilliant inventions might be good for brilliant people, but how many brilliant people are there? On the other hand, ordinary inventions are good for everyone.