...by this infallible sign...

"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this infallible sign: that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." -Jonathan Swift

Here's to the crazy ones...

"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." -Apple Computers

Wisdom: Sometimes the only difference...

"Wisdom: Sometimes the only difference between a budding genius and a blooming idiot is where they choose to take a stand." -Demotivators

Some of the world's greatest feats...

"Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible." -Doug Larson

Wisdom cries in the streets...

"Wisdom cries in the streets, and no man regards it." -William Shakespeare

The whole problem with the world...

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." -Bertrand Russell

There is a fine line between...

"There is a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line." -Oscar Levant

Great spirits have always found...

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." -Albert Einstein

It is a miracle that curiosity

"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." -Albert Einstein

How is it that little children...

"How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it." -Alexandre Dumas fils

If everybody is thinking alike...

"If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking." -George S. Patton, Jr.

That test of a first-rate intelligence...

"That test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function." -F. Scott Fitzgerald

Don't worry about people...

"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats." -Howard Aiken

Words are the core of thought...

"Words are the core of thought. Without words there is no thought." -Sorceress of Darshiva

I was reading about how countless species...

"I was reading about how countless species are being pushed toward extinction by man's destruction of forests. Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." -Bill Watterson; Calvin and Hobbes