The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.

Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses

Genius is one of the many forms of insanity.

Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready to treat great men as lunatics.

It is a sad mission to cut through and destroy with the scissors of analysis the delicate and iridescent veils with which our proud mediocrity clothes itself.

The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities

God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.

The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand

Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.'

But you are proof that you can think you know someone yet never really know them at all.

No, when the time comes, I’m sure I’ll kill just like everybody else. I can’t go down without a fight. Only I keep wishing I could think of a way to…to show the Capitol they don’t own me.

My job is to make you think what you think is your businessRjS

The object of oratory is not truth but persuasion.

Jimmy Stewart could have been a good golfer, but he speaks so slowly that by the time he yells 'Fore!' the guy he's hit is already in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.

I got through college realizing business was repugnant.

Grace. Loss. Fortune. Hardship. Victory. Sometimes the worst seat is best seat in the house and it comes as a result of leading.

We have our own thoughts, and if we want others to know them, we must tell them.

Of course you can't please everyone all the time. It's just something that I've got to get over, and I'm better at it now.

I can definitely tell when mum has got money because then she likes to go shopping to spend it, whereas dad is steadier and avoids splurges. I like to think I've inherited both sides.