"Sappho and Emily Dickinson are the only woman geniuses in poetic history."

-- Camille Paglia

#Genius Quotes #Poetic Quotes

“So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky.”
“I have the world's largest collection of seashells. I keep it on all the beaches of the world... perhaps you've seen it.”
“Exercise is the single best thing you can do for your brain in terms of mood, memory, and learning.”

Source : "7 Mind-Blowing Benefits of Exercise" by Deborah Kotz and Angela Haupt, health.usnews.com. March 7, 2012.
“God's love causes the beauty of what He loves, our love is caused by the beauty of what we love.”
“A reduction in meat consumption is the most powerful single act that you can take to halt the destruction of our environment and preserve our natural resources.”
“In reality, I know I'm not hurt directly by sexism; however, my life is made less because of it, so I started thinking about the fallout from relationships in which people feed off each other.”
“I wear glasses, have a big scar, I sing loud, and I am blond. I'm sorry!”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The college that takes students with modest entering abilities and improves their abilities substantially contributes more than the school that takes very bright students and helps them develop only modestly.”

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