Savants Quotes

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Science in England is not a profession: its cultivators are scarcely recognised even as a class. Our language itself contains no single term by which… — Charles Babbage
I object to being called a chess genius, because I consider myself to be an all around genius, who just happens to play chess, which… — Bobby Fischer
Animals are like autistic savants. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that animals might actually be autistic savants. Animals have special talents… — Temple Grandin
If, as some savants of consciousness suggest, we are actually agreeing to create, from moment to moment, everything we perceive as real, then it stands… — Phil Lesh
I used to be treated like an idiot, now I'm treated like an idiot savant. — Martin Cruz Smith
The savants will write excellent volumes. There will be laureates. But wars will continue just the same until the forces of the circumstances render them… — Alfred Nobel
Jay-Z is like a rap-savant, he doesn't have to write the rhymes down, he can create complex raps in his head. I mean he does… — Ice T
I met with amnesiacs and savants, educators and scientists, to try to understand what memory is, why it works, why it sometimes doesn't, and what… — Joshua Foer
I don't pretend to be a digital savant or even a digital apprentice. — Dan Rather
I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when… — Bertrand Russell
I'm not sure I'm the only savant with high IQ or with an above average IQ. Again, it may just be that we don't know… — Daniel Tammet
There are estimated to be fewer that 50 prodigious savants worldwide. If we were brought together, it would be disappointing in the sense of us… — Daniel Tammet
Part of the function of memory is to forget; the omni-retentive mind will break down and produce at best an idiot savant who can recite… — Christopher Hitchens
There are only two good outcomes for a quest like this, the hope of the serendipitous savant â€” sail for Asia and stumble on America… — Jess Walter

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