"A profound dislike for merely absorbing knowledge and a compulsion to learn by doing are among the most reliable signs of genius."

-- Sylvia Nasar

#Profound Quotes #Genius Quotes #Compulsion Quotes

“So how does Liz Phair feel about Lana Del Rey? Well, as a recording artist, I've been hated, I've been ridiculed, and conversely, hailed as the second coming. All that matters in the end is that I've been heard.”
“Think about your goals at every opportunity throughout the day.”
“Trees and flowers were often more meaningful to me than people. They always helped me, consoled me, giving the soul a chance to believe once more than the world was beautiful and sensible, that the mad absurdities and cruelties of men were against the laws of Nature and the Universal Mind; that sooner or later violence would suffer utter defeat on this Earth. No words collected in books were more effectively convincing to me than foliage, clouds, rippling waters, rain.”
“We are disappointed at the decision. The president remains fully committed to building a culture of life ... that is built on valuing life at all stages.”
“All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.”
“Oh, there's tons of resentment. That's normal. I can't control that, and I don't worry about it.”
“When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.”

Source : Herbert Spencer (1873). “The Study of Sociology”, p.242
“I have never been a child prodigy. When I think back to my childhood, I can not discern any sign of future success. My only real talent couldn't be found in any curriculum: whistling.”

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