Talent Quotes · Page 64

There's nothing like watching incredible talent grow, blossom, and become even MORE remarkable. It's an indescribable joy.

— Paula Abdul

“If you do not have persistence then no amount of education, talent or genius can make up for it.”

— Stephen Richards

Writing is hard. It takes commitment and determination and a good part talent. It's not an afterthought, an addendum - it's a…

— Rebecca Serle

I'm very happy in charge at Atletico. The squad give me commitment, talent and style.

— Diego Simeone

The assumption of merit is easier, less embarrassing, and more effectual than the actual attainment of it.

— William Hazlitt

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

— Jesse Jackson

Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories?

— Yahoo Serious

The idea that talent is directly proportional to your trophy cabinet is one I oppose.

— Alex Turner

The fame of surgeons resembles the fame of actors, who live only during their lifetime and whose talent is no longer appreciable…

— Honore de Balzac

I could have started playing professional at 16, 17 quite easily. For my position, I was far better than a lot of…

— Sol Campbell

Our lives are like the talents in the parable of the three stewards. It is something that has been given to us…

— George Vaillant

Looking back at it now, I really feel like it was a gift because I don't know if I have the talent…

— Diane Kruger

I was given a talent to play cricket. I don't know why I was given it. But I was. I owe it…

— Rahul Dravid

I want to risk hitting my head on the ceiling of my talent. I want to really test it out and say:…

— Quentin Tarantino

Orthodox criticism ... is a murderer of talent. And because the most modest and sensitive people are the most talented, having the…

— Brenda Ueland

You contain within yourself a unique combination of talents and abilities which, properly identified and applied, will enable you to achieve virtually…

— Brian Tracy

I did make 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin the Million Dollar Champion on Raw. You know I saw the talent in Steve and…

— Ted DiBiase Sr

I've been really lucky because I've managed to become wonderful friends with a handful of very talented British designers. Christopher Kane has…

— Laura Carmichael

I hold it to be one of the distinguishing excellences of elective over hereditary successions that the talents which nature has provided…

— Thomas Jefferson

They would say this when we were in school and I was like, 'I don't really believe you,' but people are watching…

— Rachel Sennott

They say theres a fine line between genius and insanity. If a man thinks he can write, does that make him genius…

— John Miller

What I know now is that everybody in life, no matter where you are or what you do, must be able to…

— Don Yaeger

I was very proud to hear that my friend Andre Johnson was like, 'Man, I'm going back to school.' I was so…

— Ed Reed

Your wardrobe can be your passport for success. What you wear to a new job interview or an audition can be of…

— Walter Mercado

All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred…

— Willa Sibert Cather

Every human being has talents that are just waiting to be uncovered.

— Tom Rath

I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.

— Lady Gaga

I wanted to be an actor as a kid. My teacher in second grade had called a talent agency and had them…

— Brendon Urie

Miss America is a scholarship pageant, and they actually define themselves as a talent pageant.

— Shanna Moakler

Richie Kotzen is such an unbelievable talent as a vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter.

— Mike Portnoy

I don't know if I discovered I had any talent. It was dogged persistence. I had to have the music.

— Bob Weir

“You cannot master something whose doing is not the foundation of your lifestyle.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

My gift from God has been my talent, my genetics, and the people around me.

— Rich Froning Jr

When you work; don't expect your talent to be discovered. Work hard because it makes you happy.

— Rita Zahara

It's just such a pleasure to bring a talent you respect to the world.

— Tina Weymouth

“Most people overestimate others' talents and underestimate their own.”

— Orrin Woodward

Talent is only a part of the work. It is the work that generates the talent.

— Daniela Vega

I really think that aside from admiring my talent you really admire me as a person and as a woman.

— Katherine Dunham

The great ages did not perhaps produce much more talent than ours,' [T.S.] Eliot wrote. 'But less talent was wasted.

— Jonah Lehrer

For a player with his talent, it is about doing it consistently week in, week out and over 90 minutes.

— Chris Hughton