Talent Quotes · Page 91

“Hard work and perseverance trumps talent most of the time. Talent plus hard work? Virtually unstoppable.”

— T.C. Harrelson

“Don’t ever think you’re useless just because someone your age is doing something extraordinary. Talent differs, and so does timing.”

— Ojingiri Hannah

It's an intangible thing, this thing we call talent, especially if we're in a position to teach and mentor others.

— Alan Zweibel

Talent is like a seed which needs fertile soil. There is no less talent now, there is less fertile soil to nourish…

— Walter Darby Bannard

Generating ideas isn't some mystical talent that you have to be born with: it's a skill you can develop.

— Charles Stross

In Portland, there are so many trained artists and technicians, there's an enormous talent base. And it's not like second-stringers.

— Dean Devlin

I think talent, especially in acting, is being wholly yourself within the context of yourself.

— Mariel Hemingway

“Creativity is not intelligence, it is the ability to do what you did not know through the use of what you know.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

I use a special tool. I make it myself; very sharp steel point and a handle like a pencil. For me it…

— Ugo Mochi

He had a lot of talent, but didn't have much dedication, wasn't organized, didn't know how to learn, didn't know how to…

— Jack Nicklaus

I would hope to end my career here if it came down to it and take other roles with 'Lucha Underground.' I…

— Rey Mysterio

It is not enough to have talent alone. You will have to train hard and motivate yourself to do your best. You…

— Eddy Merckx

He [Belafonte] was a good teacher and looked after me. He said, 'You have such great talent, you must try not to…

— Miriam Makeba

There are people in the world who have skills and strength and talent that I will never have. Never. These notions that…

— Jocko Willink

I want to serve. I love my country. I love service above self and I don't want my talents to go to…

— Paula Broadwell

I have absolutely no complaints about my life. But people think I got handed everything, all this kind of fell in my…

— Wayne Gretzky

Most people are defined by their titles, their cars, their house, where they came from, their color, their race, their religion. And…

— Stedman Graham

At our theaters we only see feeble copies of the copies that have proceeded them, renounce that slavish routine which keeps your…

— Jean-Georges Noverre

I'm not sure I had ever written a fan letter before to a poet I had not met, but that's what I…

— Thom Gunn

You can't write a song out of thin air. You have to feel and know what you are writing about. ... Talent…

— Irving Berlin

Dear Kanye West. It is YOU who is so busy disrespecting artistry. You disrespect your own remarkable talents and more importantly you…

— Shirley Manson

A lot of what I know as a filmmaker is because of hockey. That's teamwork, and being able to collaborate with people,…

— Gabe Polsky

I don't know whether it was his (Charlie Christian's) melodic lines, his sound or his approach, but I hadn't heard anything like…

— Wes Montgomery

The city as a center where, any day in any year, there may be a fresh encounter with a new talent, a…

— Margaret Mead

The business world needs the best talent from both genders to compete in an ever-changing environment and drive innovation.

— Denise Morrison

Doing the difficult things that you've never done awakens the talents you never knew you had.

— Robin Sharma

You can be born with the talent to be an opera star, but you've got to work and practice it.

— Iris Apfel

Punning is a talent which no man affects to despise but he that is without it.

— Jonathan Swift

I think there's a million talented people out there, it's just a matter of luck a lot of the time.

— Joan Cusack

With a lot of pop music, they just have one song and a good beat, but there's not necessarily that much talent.

— Jimmy O. Yang

In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what…

— Maurice Baring

There is an abundance of good sports talent in India, and wrestling needs a strong support of a very big brand to…

— Sangram Singh

I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.

— Mahesh Bhupathi

Hopefully, some day I help some of this up-and-coming talent and promote them. Boxing is growing and is here to stay.

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr

“Take 5" is the practice if spending 5 minutes a day giving focused attention to your hopes for your talent.”

— Don Maruska

Amazing," Edward muttered. "How can someone so tiny be so annoying?" Alice laughed. "It's a talent.

— Stephenie Meyer

When I was in elementary school, the coach of our school (soccer) team personally unearthed my talents.

— Eunhyuk

Baseball is about talent, hard work, and strategy. But at the deepest level, it's about love, integrity, and respect.

— Pat Gillick

“Nūllum magnum ingenium sine mixtūrā dēmentiae fuit No great talent without an element of madness”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“Hope is a beautiful lie and it requires talent to create it for others.”

— Karen Maitland