Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length. – Christian Nevell Bovee

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