He was a genius—that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people cannot do by the uttermost exertion of their abilities.
—Robertson Davies
Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds.
—Samuel Butler
There is no great genius without some touch of madness.
—Seneca
Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
—Thomas A. Edison
Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.
—Josh Billings
No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.
—Christopher Morley
In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.
—John Henry Newman