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.

Quote by Robertson Davies

Topics: Genius Quotes

No people in the world can make you feel so small as the English.

No people in the world can make you feel so small as the English.

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

It isn't everybody who is the hero of his own romance, and when we meet...

It isn't everybody who is the hero of his own romance, and when we meet...

What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us.

What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

The love that dare not speak its name has become the love that won't shut...

The love that dare not speak its name has become the love that won't shut...

The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence...

The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence...

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact...

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

One can always tell it's summer when one sees school teachers hanging about the streets...

One can always tell it's summer when one sees school teachers hanging about the streets...

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the...

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the...

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual.

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual.

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.

Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures.

Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures.

Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. The...

Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. The...

What would women do if they could not cry? What poor, defenseless creatures they would...

What would women do if they could not cry? What poor, defenseless creatures they would...

Men's vows are women's traitors!

Men's vows are women's traitors!

Men hate women because we always know where things are.

Men hate women because we always know where things are.