--- title: "11 Didn Talent Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Didn Talent quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Didn Talent sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/anthony-hopkins-1334_actor_i-wanted-to-be-a-musician-but-i-didn-t-h_1314487.png" --- > [I wanted to be a musician but I didn't have the talent for it, so I decided I wanted to be famous,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-hopkins/i-wanted-to-be-a-musician-but-i-didn-t-have-the-talent-for-it-so-i/) [Anthony Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-hopkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/anthony-hopkins-1334_actor_i-wanted-to-be-a-musician-but-i-didn-t-h_1314487.png) > [I actually thought I wanted to be Thomas Wolfe, but I didn't have the talent. So I thought I could edit Thomas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-skipper/i-actually-thought-i-wanted-to-be-thomas-wolfe-but-i-didn-t-have-the/) [John Skipper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-skipper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/john-skipper-30191_actually_i-actually-thought-i-wanted-to-be-thomas_1116963.jpg) > [I didn't choose painting, it chose me.I didn't have a talent,i just had genius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-hartigan/i-didn-t-choose-painting-it-chose-me-i-didn-t-have-a-talent-i-just/) [Grace Hartigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-hartigan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/grace-hartigan-40052_art_i-didn-t-choose-painting-it-chose-me-i-d_2858867.png) > [Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing here but it sounds better in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-jay-lerner/back-home-everyone-said-i-didn-t-have-any-talent-they-might-be-saying/) [Alan Jay Lerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-jay-lerner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6a/alan-jay-lerner-16617_home_back-home-everyone-said-i-didn-t-have-an_1195595.jpg) > [Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/does-anybody-really-think-that-they-didn-t-get-what-they-had-because/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/991/nelson-mandela-248_commitment_does-anybody-really-think-that-they-didn_1709190.jpg) > [In 2001 we didn't have all the talent in the world, we just had me on offense and just a bunch of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-iverson/in-2001-we-didn-t-have-all-the-talent-in-the-world-we-just-had-me-on/) [Allen Iverson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-iverson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/allen-iverson-8217_ass_in-2001-we-didn-t-have-all-the-talent-in_1968866.jpg) > [You wouldn't desire something if you didn't have the talent to carry it out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/napoleon-hill/you-wouldn-t-desire-something-if-you-didn-t-have-the-talent-to-carry/) [Napoleon Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/napoleon-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3be/napoleon-hill-201_desire_you-wouldn-t-desire-something-if-you-did_2821473.jpg) > [I wanted to bat for the England cricket team. I was quite good at cricket. But then I kept getting out for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcintyre/i-wanted-to-bat-for-the-england-cricket-team-i-was-quite-good-at/) [Michael McIntyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcintyre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51a/michael-mcintyre-6813_cricket_i-wanted-to-bat-for-the-england-cricket_2754763.jpg) > [He walked into a room and everything stopped. Elvis was just so physically beautiful that even if he didn't have any talent...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tuesday-weld/he-walked-into-a-room-and-everything-stopped-elvis-was-just-so/) [Tuesday Weld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tuesday-weld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/tuesday-weld-63289_beautiful_he-walked-into-a-room-and-everything-sto_645853.png) > [I didn't have any looks, I didn't have any talent, and it was easy for me to say to the Lord, "I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-kuhlman/i-didn-t-have-any-looks-i-didn-t-have-any-talent-and-it-was-easy-for/) [Kathryn Kuhlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-kuhlman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4d/kathryn-kuhlman-31258_done_i-didn-t-have-any-looks-i-didn-t-have-an_1018931.jpg) > [“quoting from Neil Kinnock, running against Thatcher in 1987: Why am I the first Kinnock in a thousand generations to be able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-biden/quoting-from-neil-kinnock-running-against-thatcher-in-1987-why-am-i/) [Joe Biden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-biden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd7/joe-biden-454_play-football_quoting-from-neil-kinnock-running-agains_1031262.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/didn-talent/#itemlist", "name": "Didn Talent Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wanted to be a musician but I didn't have the talent for it, so I decided I wanted to be famous, so I became an actor.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anthony Hopkins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-hopkins/i-wanted-to-be-a-musician-but-i-didn-t-have-the-talent-for-it-so-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/anthony-hopkins-1334_actor_i-wanted-to-be-a-musician-but-i-didn-t-h_1314487.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/anthony-hopkins-1334_actor_i-wanted-to-be-a-musician-but-i-didn-t-h_1314487.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/anthony-hopkins-1334_actor_i-wanted-to-be-a-musician-but-i-didn-t-h_1314487.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I wanted to be a musician but I didn't have the talent for it, so I decided I wanted to be famous, so I…” — Anthony Hopkins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I actually thought I wanted to be Thomas Wolfe, but I didn't have the talent. 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