“First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them go get on with it.”
David Ogilvy
“Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered -- either by themselves or by others.”
Mark Twain
“I rather like my reputation, actually, that of a spoiled genius from the Welsh gutter, a drunk, a womanizer; it's rather an attractive image.”
Richard Burton
“Great geniuses have the shortest biographies”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Stoops' reputation was reduced from 'pure genius' to 'smarter than Barry Switzer but not nearly as smarmy.'”
Reggie Hayes
“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
Thomas Alva Edison
“People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.”
Calvin & Hobbes