Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those…

For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them.

— Itzhak Perlman

Nobody told me I was a child prodigy.

— Herbie Hancock

I have never been a child prodigy. When I think back to my childhood, I can not discern any sign of future success. My…

— Bobbejaan Schoepen

You cannot imagine how it spoils one to have been a child prodigy.

— Franz Liszt

I was born because it was a habit in those days, people didn't know anything else ... I was not a Child Prodigy, because…

— Will Rogers

Many people used to call me a child prodigy, but I never thought that. I knew that I had learned everything, that I had…

— Michala Petri

He has the personality of a child prodigy, but no discernable talent.

— Nick Hornby

A child prodigy is one with highly imaginative parents.

— Anonymous

“I sprung from the womb a child prodigy.”

— J.S. Breving

If you like being battered, the work of Savion Glover - one-time child prodigy - should be up your alley. I don't, and it…

— Robert Gottlieb

I have never considered myself a prodigy. Others have used that term, but I never bought in to it.

— Joshua Waitzkin

I think it's fair to say that Nina Simone was a prodigy.

— Michel Martin

“Everyone loves a prodigy [...]. Prodigies get us off the hook for living ordinary lives. We can tell ourselves we're not special because we…

— Nathan Hill

The word "prodigy" was thrown around a lot, but I didn't understand what that meant, or the weight of it. It didn't really mean…

— Misty Copeland

I was never a prodigy.

— Lindsay Davenport