If there be anything that can be called genius, it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a subject which keeps it steadily in the mind, till we have surveyed it accurately on all sides.

Quote by Robert Quillen

Topics: Genius Quotes

There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that...

There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that...

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument is an exchange of ignorance

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument is an exchange of ignorance

Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be...

Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be...

If you count all your assets, you always show a profit

If you count all your assets, you always show a profit

As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.

As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.

If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first...

If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first...

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate, are often...

Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate, are often...

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it,...

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it,...

He would argue the moon was blue

He would argue the moon was blue

The formula of the argument is simple and familiar: to dispose of a problem all...

The formula of the argument is simple and familiar: to dispose of a problem all...

When you let someone else win an argument, often you both end up winners

When you let someone else win an argument, often you both end up winners

A dangerous conceit: That's one's opponents are winning on the strength of their weakest arguments...

A dangerous conceit: That's one's opponents are winning on the strength of their weakest arguments...

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

Arguments derived from probabilities are idle

Arguments derived from probabilities are idle

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

I don't believe that arguments make the relationship stronger...

I don't believe that arguments make the relationship stronger...

Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand

Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand

God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us -...

God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us -...

Knowledge is power if you know about the right person

Knowledge is power if you know about the right person