"A genius is the one most like himself."

-- Thelonious Monk

#Genius Quotes #Jazz Quotes

“My most serious character flaw is that I don't deny myself much.”
“I like to think of myself as a physical actor.”
“At the very smallest wheel of our reasoning it is possible for a handful of questions to break the bank of our answers.”
“The hardest thing for me is restraint.”
“[Science fiction is] that class of prose narrative treating of a situation that could not arise in the world we know, but which is hypothesised on the basis of some innovation in science or technology, or pseudo-science or pseudo-technology, whether human or extra-terrestrial in origin. It is distinguished from pure fantasy by its need to achieve verisimilitude and win the 'willing suspension of disbelief' through scientific plausibility.”
“Try being my size and going into a public restroom.”
“United need to start garnishing some points.”
“She's soft and she's gentle and sweet as can be, and if Sharmon needs squeezin', then leave it to me.”

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