Talent Quotes

I believe that God felt sorry for actors so he created Hollywood to give them a place in the sun and a swimming pool. The price they had to pay was to surrender their talent.

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.

Talent deserves to be honored. Hands deserve to be slapped if you do something stupid as well, but don't take it too far.

One lapse of judgment can cost and talent isn't everything. A huge slice of good fortune in needed to make it to the top, and without that element of luck, you've no chance.

At least, in this situation, I know my chances of coming back could be slim because of the young talent the Yankees do have.

What I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that I'm a good person to society. That's hard. The talent, that's a gift. I just came here like that.

I think when there's enough will and aggression, there's no shortage of talent either.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while.

I was the only Christian on the cast, but that was cool because we all respected each others talent and mostly they respected me a lot even though I was the only Christian.

The talent is in the choices.

He's got everything. He' not a great player yet because he hasn't won any major championships, but it's a matter of time. He's an outstanding talent. I didn't realize how tall he is.

If you've got talent, stick with it... because talent wins out, without a doubt.

Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: "Are your ready?"

I don't think there are really enough meetings in Britain for our athletes to compete properly, and because of this a lot of the talent we have has been stunted.

Hope is a talent like any other.

There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent.

Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.

My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent.

When I speak of natural drummers I'm talking about guys that are playing with the talent God gave 'em.

People realize that Salieri is not the man we saw in the Amadeus movie. That man had no talent. It was a great movie, but the Salieri character was a big fiction.

Theatre is about people, not buildings. Incalculable damage has been done to the expert talent a company needs - from wardrobe to lighting technicians.

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.

Talent is only the starting point.

If I have any talent at all it's from God, and my mom, who was on Capitol Records also.

I'm always looking for new talent.

I was the boy who liked to sing his own songs at talent shows, and I was suddenly officially uncool.

So much talent comes from the base of poverty and those in the margins. You limit the base, you miss too much talent.

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.