Talent Quotes · Page 123

The first thing I ever did was play talent shows at the Uptown Theater and the Adelphi Ballroom.

— Daryl Hall

Miyazaki has a great talent, but I really struggle every time I create a new film and am far from Miyazaki.

— Makoto Shinkai

I told her once I wasn’t good at anything. She told me survival is a talent.

— Susanna Kaysen

I tried to just rely on my talent years ago and ended up losing a couple of fights because of that.

— Paddy Pimblett

London's top colleges attract the best young talent from around the world; they're truly a national asset.

— Munira Mirza

I have talents aplenty. Unfortunately, precious few of them have any redeeming social value.

— David Letterman

Everybody is blessed with a certain talent, you have to know what your talent is maximize it and push it to the…

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr

Messi is a natural born talent, that is not to say he doesn’t work hard, but you can’t teach what he can…

— Deco

I think pressure exists in a situation only when you are unsure of your talent and people are expecting a lot from…

— Armaan Malik

There are as many ways to help another human being as there are people in need of help. For some, the urgent…

— Naveen Jain

I would love to direct a western. I love taking photographs and I'm always fascinated with angles. Also, my father was a…

— Johnny Crawford

Respect talent. Get respect where respect is due, but don't be caught up in yourself where you do things obliviously and not…

— Robert Griffin III

“Said in reference to Ludwig Wittgenstein: "Talent is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the great man is difficult…

— Margot Asquith

A true Educator locates the intelligence and abilities within another, drawing them out for all, even the student, to see. And then…

— L. Ron Hubbard

An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both…

— Irwin Shaw

I could always play the drums, so I have some musical talent, but I don't live in Atlanta or LA, so I…

— Murda Beatz

Once upon a time there was a girl who discovered that if she played a certain tune on a jade flute, she…

— Ursula Vernon

The general unreliability of all information presents a special problem in war: all action takes place, so to speak, in the twilight,…

— Carl von Clausewitz

“Talent can be a nice thing to have sometimes. You look good, attract attention, and if you’re lucky, you make some money.…

— Haruki Murakami

I don’t have a problem with someone using their talents to become successful, I just don’t think the highest calling is success.…

— Richard Stallman

The '60s was a magical time in the music business. So much creativity and talent. I think a lot of it came…

— Frankie Valli

Joan Crawford is doubtless the best example of the flapper, the girl you see in smart night clubs, gowned to the apex…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

I dance with people I despise; amuse myself with men whose only talent lies in their feet, gain the disapprobation of people…

— Kate Chopin

I don't have a lot of respect for talent. Talent is genetic. It's what you do with it that counts.

— Martin Ritt

Use the talents God has given you to make the world better for your having been in it.

— Robert Collier

My talent is universal, and acting is a craft that can be used anywhere, unless ethnicity comes into play, and then, looks…

— Parvathy

Beauty thinks it needs no talent and can feed on itself, so it soon dies.

— Anonymous

All have not the same capacity. I would allow a man of intellect to earn more, I would not cramp his talent.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Consummate talent and relentless passion - The Truth ain't pretty...but it rocks like crazy!

— Billy Squier

“Talented minds have always been stealthily targeted by mediocre ones.”

— Pawan Mishra

I think it's important that artists use their voices for so much more than just their talent.

— Demi Lovato

The repetition of small efforts will accomplish more than the occasional use of great talents.

— Charles Spurgeon

There is such amazing talent at Disney. My job is 100% creative, and I am very excited to creatively lead them.

— John Lasseter

Strategy will compensate the talent. The talent will never compensate the strategy.

— Marco Pierre White

In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It's one thing to have talent. It's another to figure out how to use it.

— Roger Miller

Racing has reached the point where it is pricing the young driver, no matter his talent, out of the game.

— Carroll Shelby

I am thankful for all the blessings and talents I have been given, but most of all I am thankful for my…

— Olivia Holt

A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there.

— Walt Disney