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.
Nothing is so envied as genius, nothing so hopeless of attainment by labor alone. Though labor always accompanies the greatest genius, without the intellectual gift labor alone will do little.
It takes extraordinary times to make an ordinary man brilliant.
I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don't know that I've ever heard any geniuses.
Genius is the talent of a person who is dead.
The recurrence of a phenomenon like Edison is not very likely. The profound change of conditions and the ever increasing necessity of theoretical training would seem to make it impossible. He will occupy a unique and exalted position in the history of his native land, which might well be proud of his great genius and undying achievements in the interest of humanity.
Jonathan Edwards is without a doubt the most brilliant mind America ever produced. I'm not talking about theologian; I'm talking about mind and everybody. I put him above Einstein and everybody else.
probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas Jefferson ate alone.
Genius: the superhuman in man.
A prodigy to me is someone that is enormously gifted at a young age - to the point that people can't deny it. I think when you are a young kid and you are a prodigy, other parents, when their child is on your team, they aren't even mad that their kid isn't getting the shine because that other kid is special.
One of the brightest lights of our time-a brilliant writer, a fierce friend, and a truly phenomenal woman.
Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.
