At TED, brilliance is rampant.

I swear by the sun and its brilliance,

I swear by the sun and its brilliance,

The bad news is that without wisdom, brilliance isn't enough.

Again and again biologists are fascinated with the brilliance of what's discovered.

It was just sheer terror.

And so what happened was that I started just becoming an editorial illustrator through, you know, sheer whatever, sheer ignorance.

It is a sheer waste of time.

And at TED here in February, their passion and brilliance just took our breath away.

She put two pairs of sheer tights in the suitcase.

I bet many of you have seen the Apple commercials, kind of poking at the PC for their brilliance and simplicity.

The other big dynamic of change is the sheer performance of underperforming asphalt.

The other thing that was so striking was the sheer number of volunteers.

Then he uncovered his hand and it appeared sheer white to the onlookers.

Then he uncovered his hand and it was sheer white to the onlookers.

Then he uncovered his hand and it appeared sheer white to the onlookers.

Then he uncovered his hand and it was sheer white to the onlookers.

And there is indeed a fire burning over the Earth, taking with it not only plants and animals, but the legacy of humanity's brilliance.

I managed to stick in both the zeppelin and an ocean liner out of sheer enthusiasm.

Do you lustfully approach men instead of women? Nay, you engage in acts of sheer ignorance.

Do you lustfully approach men instead of women? Nay, you engage in acts of sheer ignorance.

The sheer amount of cocaine on the ship meant they had to be removed by a crane

Now, the sheer numbers of these hand axes shows that they can't have been made for butchering animals.

But they knew that the sheer length of this journey would stretch their supplies of food and water.

In August 2007, Claron was awarded the Amsterdam Prize for the Arts, winning praise for her brilliance, her amazing and extensively wide repertoire and her vivid stage personality.

The report delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping is a programmatic document radiating the brilliance of Marxism, which puts forth a series of important thoughts, ideas, judgements and measures.

Zambia born filmmaker Franco Sacchi tours us through Nollywood, Nigeria's booming film industry . Guerrilla filmmaking and brilliance under pressure from crews that can shoot a full length feature in a week.

Man They'll get an incredible panorama and understand, I think more completely, the sheer totality of the destruction of the place.

Terrorism is a form of theatre. It invokes its effects not by sheer destruction, but by dramatizing atrocious acts against civilians.

Now as another Sign place your hand under your arm and it will come out sheer white without harm (or stain).

Now as another Sign place your hand under your arm and it will come out sheer white without harm (or stain).

In real, immediate human terms, it comes from fear, from injustice, from a loss of absolute values and from sheer rage.

On the other hand, the Security Council is at risk of being paralysed by the sheer amount of issues on its agenda.

Woods, who dragged himself through two matches on Saturday, showed occasional bursts of brilliance but he has now lost 19 of his 29 matches in fourballs and foursomes and seven in a row.

That is because God is the Truth while anything they invoke besides God is sheer falsehood. God is the Sublime, the Great One.

That is because God is the Truth while anything they invoke besides God is sheer falsehood. God is the Sublime, the Great One.

With all the intensity and brilliance for which he is known, Alan Kay envisions better techniques for teaching kids by using computers to illustrate experience in ways mathematically and scientifically that only computers can.

I'd go to Central Park and see the rolling topography of Central Park come up against the abrupt and sheer topography of midtown Manhattan.

The need for this skill in the face of the sheer quantity of useful information being presented to the United Nations is growing rapidly.

At the same time, many States have begun to feel that the sheer imbalance of power in the world is a source of instability.

The Government's position is that the information provided by the source concerning the deprivation of liberty of Thich Quang Do is a sheer fabrication.

It was an amazingly smelly city. Not just because of the cesspools, but also the sheer number of livestock in the city would shock people.

And we have had examples over and over and over again you've just heard one in the last 15 minutes of people who have not only had that commitment, but had the charisma, the brilliance and I think in this room it's easy to use the word brilliant, my God the brilliance to succeed at least at the beginning of their quest, and who no doubt will continue to succeed, as long as more and more of us enlist ourselves in their cause.

This is an amazing group of people who are doing so much, using so much of their talent, their brilliance, their energy, their money, to make the world a better place, to fight to fight wrongs, to solve problems.

We have only to read the newspaper, turn on the television, or go online to appreciate the sheer scale of the need. Conflicts rage in too many places.