Genius is an overused word. The world has known only about a half dozen geniuses. I got only fairly near.

Quote by Fritz Kreisler

Topics: Genius Quotes

The moral effect of the thundering of one's own artillery is most extraordinary, and many...

The moral effect of the thundering of one's own artillery is most extraordinary, and many...

Suddenly, at about ten o'clock, a dull thud sounded somewhere far away from us, and...

Suddenly, at about ten o'clock, a dull thud sounded somewhere far away from us, and...

Life that only a few hours before had glowed with enthusiasm and exultation, suddenly paled...

Life that only a few hours before had glowed with enthusiasm and exultation, suddenly paled...

I saw a great many men die afterwards, some suffering horribly, but I do not...

I saw a great many men die afterwards, some suffering horribly, but I do not...

Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed...

Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed...

What impressed me particularly in Vienna was the strict order everywhere. No mob disturbances of...

What impressed me particularly in Vienna was the strict order everywhere. No mob disturbances of...

Although I had resigned my commission as an officer two years before, I immediately left...

Although I had resigned my commission as an officer two years before, I immediately left...

IN trying to recall my impressions during my short war duty as an officer in...

IN trying to recall my impressions during my short war duty as an officer in...

We started at once to dig our trenches, half of my platoon stepping forward abreast,...

We started at once to dig our trenches, half of my platoon stepping forward abreast,...

My wife volunteered her services as Red Cross nurse, insisting upon being sent to the...

My wife volunteered her services as Red Cross nurse, insisting upon being sent to the...

Signs of fatigue soon manifested themselves more and more strongly, and slowly the men dropped...

Signs of fatigue soon manifested themselves more and more strongly, and slowly the men dropped...

One gets into a strange psychological, almost hypnotic, state of mind while on the firing...

One gets into a strange psychological, almost hypnotic, state of mind while on the firing...

The outbreak of the war found my wife and me in Switzerland, where we were...

The outbreak of the war found my wife and me in Switzerland, where we were...