In my opinion, if, as the result of certain combinations, Kepler's or Newton's discoveries could become known to people in no other way than by sacrificing the lives of one, or ten, or a hundred or more people who were hindering the discovery, or standing as an obstacle in its path, then Newton would have the right, and it would even be his duty... to remove those ten or a hundred people, in order to make his discoveries known to mankind. It by no means follows from this, incidentally, that Newton should have the right to kill anyone he pleases, whomever happens along, or to steal from the market every day. Further, I recall developing in my article the idea that all... well, let's say, the lawgivers and founders of mankind, starting from the most ancient and going on to the Lycurguses, the Solons, the Muhammads, the Napoleons, and so forth, that all of them to a man were criminals, from the fact alone that in giving a new law, they thereby violated the old one, held sacred by society and passed down from their fathers, and they certainly did not stop at shedding blood either, if it happened that blood (sometimes quite innocent and shed valiantly for the ancient law) could help them.
Fyodor DostoevskyTags: greatness genius crime utilitarianism the-ends-justify-the-means
A genius. A criminal mastermind. A millionaire. And he is only twelve years old.
Eoin ColferPeople who boast about their I.Q. are losers.
Stephen HawkingTags: intelligence genius boasting bragging cleverness iq brag cleverest intelligence-quotes
I think MacGregor might be a genius. Anyone so oblivious to the horror of the human world must be.
Susan JubyTags: genius
Fashion is ephemeral, dangerous and unfair.
Karl LagerfeldTags: life art creativity genius dangerous unfair ephemeral chanel fashion-designer
I don't want to be a genius-I have enough problems just trying to be a man.
Albert CamusTags: man humanity humour genius problems
I would like to be a one-man multinational fashion phenomenon.
Karl LagerfeldTags: life people genius fashion quote quotes phenomenon chanel designer karl-lagerfeld icon multinational one-man
One night I was layin' down,
I heard Papa talkin' to Mama,
I heard Papa say to let that boy boogie-woogie.
'Cause it's in him and it's got to come out.
Tags: inspiration genius
My genius is not so frail a thing that it cowers from the dirty fingers of newspapernen.
Diane SetterfieldTags: intelligence genius media press
The more obscure our tastes, the greater the proof of our genius.
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