“Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson Related Quotes “With copious evidence ranging from Plato’s haughtiness to Beethoven’s tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot.”– Stephen Jay Gould “A poem is a naked person….Some people say that I am a poet.”— Bob Dylan “Ungrateful people forget what they are not grateful for.”— Ana Monnar