If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone. – John F. Kennedy, in an address to Nobel Prize winners

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. – Henri Frederic Amiel

Since when was genius found respectable? – Elizabeth Barrett Browning