“What is a genius? What is a living legend? What is a megastar? Michael Jackson -- that's all. And when you think you know him, he gives you more. I think he is one of the finest people to hit this planet, and, in my estimation, he is the true King of Pop, Rock and Soul.” PeopleThinkingKnowsGivingSoulRocksPlanetsGeniusKingsPopsLegendsFinestEstimationYou Think You KnowLiving Legends Author:Elizabeth Taylor
“It is commonly the personal character of a writer which gives him his public significance. It is not imparted by his genius. Napoleon said of Corneille, "Were he living I would make him a king;" but he did not read him. He read Racine, yet he said nothing of the kind of Racine.” GivingKindSaidCharacterGeniusKingsSignificanceAuthorshipPersonal Character Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“To clothe the fiery thought In simple words succeeds, For still the craft of genius is To mask a king in weeds.” StillsPoetrySimplePoetGeniusKingsSucceedCraftsMaskWeedFierySimple Words Book:Emerson's Literary Criticism Source: Emerson's Literary Criticism
“A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books.” BookVoiceWonderfulWrittenModernGeniusKingsStorytellingGenreDickensModern Day Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“You need everyone to get together and just believe in it, and lead by example that it is possible to be outside the system, and that's really super-f - king hard, and I'm sure there's some geniuses out there who can achieve it.” NeedsBelieveHardTogetherAchieveExampleGeniusKingsGet TogetherJust Believe Author:M.I.A.
“No single man makes history. History cannot be seen, just as one cannot see grass growing. Wars and revolutions, kings and Robespierres, are history's organic agents, its yeast. But revolutions are made by fanatical men of action with one-track mind, geniuses in their ability to confine themselves to a limited field. They overturn the old order in a few hours or days, the whole upheaval takes a few weeks or at most years, but the fanatical spirit that inspired the upheavals is worshiped for decades thereafter, for centuries.” MenYearsMindMadeWarWholeActionSpiritOrderHoursAbilityGrowingWeekCenturyFieldsRevolutionGeniusKingsInspiredTrackDecadesAgentsGrassUpheavalSingle ManYeastGrass Growing Author:Boris Pasternak