"I remember when I posed as a customs officer so that I could meet Oscar Wilde. I said to him "Have you anything to declare?" He said "I have nothing to declare but my genius." I said "I'll put that down as nothing then shall I?" For I am the wittiest man on Earth."

-- Simon Munnery

#Men Quotes #Genius Quotes #Earth Quotes

“I had always suspected that trying to play golf in the company of big-time pros and a gallery would be something like walking naked into choir practice.”

Source : Dan Jenkins (2015). “DOGGED VICTIMS OF INEXORABLE FATE”, p.11, Simon and Schuster
“I do believe that we all have these stories inside of us, these scars that we compulsive worry as we do wounds, and that drive for redemption, to change the story or resolve it, governs a lot of what we do in love. We are irresistibly drawn to opportunities to reenact those traumas out of a desire to heal, not to punish ourselves.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Fear is the single biggest barrier to creativity. Unless we're brave enough to risk looking foolish, we'll inevitably find ourselves sticking to the status quo. That fear is disabling, One of the things we need to do as business leaders is build and nurture cultures that encourage responsible risk taking so making mistakes is OK.”
“The role of the musician is to go from concept to full execution. Put another way, it's to go from understanding the content of something to really learning how to communicate it and make sure it's well-received and lives in somebody else.”
“Not-writing is a good deal worse than writing.”
“We are never content with our lot.”
“I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and agents and lawyers and the press.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I don't think you can prevent an artist from being and I don't think you can cause one to be. No one knows what makes an artist.”

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