remarkable intellect Quotes

Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all

No nation has produced anything like his equal. There is no quality in the human mind, there is no class of topics, there is no region of thought, in which he has not soared or descended, and none in which he has not said the commanding word.

President Obama is perhaps the smartest person I've ever worked with.

Men of genius are not to be analysed by commonplace rules. The rest of us who have been or are leaders, more commonplace in our quality, will do well to remember two things. One is never to forget posterity when devising a policy. The other is never to think of posterity when making a speech.

Plague might be a social incompetent, but he was unquestionably a genius.

But for my own example, I'd never believe one little kid could have so much brains!

Geniuses have the shortest biographies.

The greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest excellencies, are open likewise to the greatest aberrations; and those who travel very slowly may yet make far greater progress, provided they keep always to the straight road, than those who, while they run, forsake it.