“Genius is fine for the ignition spark, but to get there someone has to see that the radiator doesn't leak and no tire is flat.”

— Rex Stout , book The Doorbell Rang

Source: The Doorbell Rang

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American writer 1886–1975

Craig Groeschel (1967) American priest

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“We'll put aside a little time to fix a flat or 2,
my tires and tubes are doing fine but the air is showing through”

Hank Williams (1923–1953) American country music singer

"Settin' the Woods on Fire" (1952)
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“We should not forget that the spark which ignited the American Revolution was caused by the British attempt to confiscate the firearms of the colonists.”

Patrick Henry (1736–1799) attorney, planter, politician and Founding Father of the United States

This quotation not only has no known source, but also fails to use terminology contemporary to Patrick Henry. The earliest attribution of this phrase to Patrick Henry is after the year 2000.
Misattributed

“Sage's light
Oh and Edison
He made two sparks ignite
All you do
It's a scientific chain reaction”

Laura Nyro (1947–1997) American musician and songwriter

"Light" (Pop's Principle)
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“A genius is someone who discovers that the stone that falls and the moon that doesn't fall represent one and the same phenomenon.”

Ernesto Sábato (1911–2011) Argentine writer, painter and physicist

Un genio es alguien que descubre que la piedra que cae y la luna que no cae representan un solo y mismo fenómeno.
Ernesto Sábato, in On Heroes and Tombs [Sobre héroes y tumbas] (1961), Ch. X
Variant translation: A genius is someone who discovers that the falling stone and the moon that falls represent one and the same phenomenon.