Talent Quotes · Page 88

What men want is not talent, it is purpose; in other words, not the power to achieve, but the will to labor.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

I'm just like this. I have no talent for choosing my battles. Life seems, strangely, like a battle to me. The whole…

— Louise Penny

This young man is an exceptionally gifted and talented violinist ... He is a first class talent ...

— Ruggiero Ricci

I was writing lyrics since I was nine years old, so by age 15, I was feeling pretty confident about my talent.

— Rza

My bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and my talent are my title.

— Layne Staley

“Human communities depend upon a diversity of talent not a singular conception of ability”

— Sir Ken Robinson

Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does.

— Gerald Brenan

“Millions of people can draw. Art is whether there is a scream in you wanting to get out in a special way.”

— Chaim Potok

America is the only developed nation in the world with no guaranteed paid leave of any kind. That means we're leaving a…

— Hillary Clinton

Unless I am convinced that it is a strong, prominent role with ample scope to perform, I don't accept it. I want…

— Shamna Kasim

If I wasn't in show business I don't know what I would have been - a wanderer or something, you know? But…

— Wilson Pickett

A talent is a combination of something you love a great deal and something you can lose yourself in - something that…

— George Lucas

We are all born with wonderful gifts. We use these gifts to express ourselves, to amuse, to strengthen, and to communicate. We…

— Lynn Johnston

Soap operas are such a great way to break-in to the industry. The diminishing landscape of daytime TV means it's going to…

— Josh Duhamel

It is amazing how quickly a true talent can announce itself. In the case of Myla Goldberg, it is not even a…

— Jeff Giles

The biggest challenge Malayalam cinema faces is territorial. We operate within a small territory in Kerala, and the Malayalam diaspora across the…

— Prithviraj Sukumaran

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

— Walter Mercado

I don't consider myself an artist necessarily, but craftsmen or people in the arts, their spiritualism is sort of when you're writing…

— Al Franken

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

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

— Don Yaeger

“What I know is that billions of people have walked this earth, and billions more will. The vast majority are born without…

— Sonya Hartnett

“Everything passes through the eyes of top bureaucrats who closely watch to ensure that no intruder can enter their ranks and disrupt…

— Dejan Stojanovic

They say in that book (Keneally's Schindler's List) that I gave the Jews the food in their mouths. I never had time…

— Emilie Schindler

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

“That boy is talented. You don’t develop those gifts in houses or in schools.”

— Sara Sheridan

The book is not the important part. The book is the delivery system. The important part is the story and the talent.

— Stephen King

I was a pretty sheltered kid, a slow starter. I was pretty secretive with my passion for music and, I guess, my…

— Raheem DeVaughn

It's no good being talented and not being in the right place at the right time.

— Roger Moore

Everybody's got one killer story. It doesn't take talent to tell that story, it just takes experience.

— Kevin Smith

A lot of fighters have skills, they have talent. The one thing that you can't train is a strong mind.

— Keith Thurman

I was young and so eager to make some money as well as get exposed and show my talent.

— Young Buck

“[I]f you have talent in an area and there's a big market for your skills, then that is a great area to…

— Tina Seelig

I wish I had Kim Kardashians talent of not having any talent and making money out of it.

— Anonymous

“Every talent has an audience waiting to be inspired and entertained.”

— Lakaii

Saying “no” has more creative power than ideas, insights and talent combined...

— Kevin Ashton

I'm just looking to explore every medium to express my talent, but I think mostly it's going to be a focus on…

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

I think punk rock, especially for me, was a big middle finger to this whole talent thing.

— Mike Watt

In high school, my desire for friendship far outweighed my talent for it.

— Beth Kephart

“Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.”

— Louisa May Alcott

I have high expectations of myself. I always have, always will. That will never waver. I always believe in my talent -…

— Russell Wilson