Sentences with phrase «sign of genius»

Ever since Reed was a little kid, he showed signs of genius, but that genius was always misunderstood.

Coming after Taxi Driver, critics probably grew restless looking for more signs of a genius filmmaker that they thought Scorsese to be within this rather straightforward drama - romance, with its length, unsympathetic lead character and ostensibly confusing themes.

And there's more — if you talk to yourself, that's a sign of genius too!

Getting all A's isn't necessarily the sign of a genius or total dedication — it might be a sign that a kid is playing it too safe.

Such traits were often attributed to their creative temperament, and might even be seen as a sign of genius.

How is that a sign of genius?

So when it takes him an hour to realize what bloggers and writers knew before we had even played the game, making changes that rectified decisions such as starting Barzagli at right back can hardly be a sign of his genius.

Now being utterly outplayed for 150 of the 180 minutes is a sign of his genius.

A thousand years later, Homer would establish the epic simile *; later Aristotle would call the use of metaphor «a sign of genius.»