Simon Hoggart

Jim Sheridan, the MP who wants to ban sketchwriters from the Commons for being rude about politicians, is a blithering idiot. Sorry, scrub that - clearly a very thoughtful person with whom I might conceivably disagree on some marginal issues. A blithering savant, perhaps.

British Journalist

James Woods

I am one of those guys who could do the most emotional scene and crack a joke instantly. I'm lucky. I'm just like an idiot savant. I have one enormously enjoyable, pleasurable - for me - talent, which is being able to act.

American Actor

Kerry James Marshall

What I hope 'Mastry' ends up doing is completely undermining or doing away with the notion that artists are a savant: that they do things that can't be articulated, driven by inner turmoil they don't have access to.

American Artist

Bertrand Russell

I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite.

British Philosopher

Max Greenfield

It is crazy. It's our first kid, and all of a sudden, she identifies letters as what they are, and you go, 'This kid is a genius - she's obviously some sort of savant!

Emily Mortimer

I think half the time I just assume I don't really know what I'm doing - you have to do that to a certain extent, but you don't have to think you're an idiot savant.

British Actress

Daniel Tammet

I'm not sure I'm the only savant with high IQ or with an above average IQ. Again, it may just be that we don't know very many of the others.

English Writer

Dan Rather

I don't pretend to be a digital savant or even a digital apprentice.

American Journalist

The term savant often highlights a contrast where amazing skills exist alongside mental disabilities.

Mental Disability Contrast

A savant usually excels in a very specific area, not broadly across many fields.

Specific Ability Focus

The skills of a savant are often innate and may seem effortless to them.

Innate Talent

A savant is someone who has deep, not just broad or basic, knowledge in a subject.

Deep Knowledge

Refer to someone as a savant when they have expertise, not when they're still learning.

Not a Novice

A savant is highly specialized, often being an authority in their domain.

Specialization

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 a kind of one-man savant show for you today. I'm going to talk instead about something far more interesting than dates of birth or cube roots -- a little deeper

Different ways of...

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Jaguar Cubs Fight for...

 I'm a savant or more precisely a high-functioning autistic savant it's a rare condition and very still when

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Savant