Genius attracts more hate than love and more disrespect than respect; at least for the first few hundred years.

Quote by Steve Fowler

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The sun is our father, the earth is our mother. And God is a myth...

The sun is our father, the earth is our mother. And God is a myth...

Our father in Heaven above. Why did you leave conclusive evidence for evolution and zero...

Our father in Heaven above. Why did you leave conclusive evidence for evolution and zero...

Nonbelievers are not anti-religious, they are anti-fraud and anti-deception.

Nonbelievers are not anti-religious, they are anti-fraud and anti-deception.

If it's a crime to incite religious hatred, does that make it a crime to...

If it's a crime to incite religious hatred, does that make it a crime to...

God was created by evolution, inside the imagination of a primate.

God was created by evolution, inside the imagination of a primate.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

You would think with all the genius and the brilliance of these times, we might...

You would think with all the genius and the brilliance of these times, we might...

The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which...

The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which...

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to...

What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to...

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise

Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise

Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands...

Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands...

Gift, like genius, I often think only means an infinite capacity for taking pains

Gift, like genius, I often think only means an infinite capacity for taking pains

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common...

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common...

Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness...

Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness...

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals...

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals...

A genius is a man who can rewrap a new shirt and not have any...

A genius is a man who can rewrap a new shirt and not have any...

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both,...

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both,...

There is more self-love than love in jealousy

There is more self-love than love in jealousy