Exceptionally Quote by Walter Isaacson

“Was he smart? No, not exceptionally. Instead, he was a genius. His imaginative leaps were instinctive, unexpected, and at times magical. He was, indeed,…

— Walter Isaacson

He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people cannot do…

— Robertson Davies

I did not consider him to be any kind of a genius. I considered him deeply lacking in the area that mattered most in…

— Augusten Burroughs

Since when was genius found respectable?

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing astonishing things. All astonishing things…

— Benjamin Haydon

Not gifted with genius but honestly holding his experiences deep in his heart, he kept his simplicity and humanity.

— Anonymous

He was smart, but he was also a young male with a usually empty belly. sometimes it was simple as that

— Jhiess Krieg

“that general knowledge was not a true measure of intelligence as it only reflected crystalized intelligence and recall and not fluid intelligence and problem…

— Kierney Scott

While he was not dumber than an ox, he was not any smarter either.

— James Thurber

Genius seems to consist merely in trueness of sight, in using such words as show that the man was an eye-witness, and not a…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Despite his unimpressive appearance and manner, he was a brilliant fellow with a crystal-clear mind… It was just that, when it came time for…

— Harry S. Truman

“Svoboda was not a brilliant man. He was a man of what used to be known as average and is now known as above-average…

— Shirley Hazzard