Talent Quotes · Page 63

Erroneous views and presumptuousness send a talent to the insane asylum.

— Franz Grillparzer

“It is not great talents God blesses so much as likeness to Jesus. A holy minister is an awful weapon in the…

— Anonymous

If I hadn't had the talent, the networks wouldn't have televised my fights. No one has made me; I made myself. I…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

There is one thing that can beat talent, the desire and spirit strong

— Rio Takabha

The wonderful thing about acting is that you can use all of your talents and interests in your work.

— Jeff Bridges

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.

— Thomas Jefferson

“Asking for and receiving help is a way to prime the pump of generosity.”

— Jay Perry

With all the talent around, it's sort of amazing that a woman could be up here with us.

— Ralph Kiner

I think TNA has been an excellent locker room. They have a good mentality, they have a good work ethic, and they…

— Matt Hardy

I have neither talent or taste for kingship, cousin. I am a warrior, and to dwell always in one place and live…

— Marion Zimmer Bradley

One of the things that is great about this country is that we're a meritocracy. Aspirational, hard-working people who want to come…

— Priti Patel

The purpose behind coming to Mumbai had always been music and I feel blessed to have got the opportunity to showcase my…

— Ankit Tiwari

If there's any single talent a writer needs, it's persistence. If you can keep at your writing and you can learn as…

— Octavia Butler

Polanski is a great film director - although the much-acclaimed 'Chinatown' has a muddled script - but his true talent is to…

— Richard Cohen

Mike Pence not only knows the Capitol. He knows the players in the House and the Senate. He knows how the committee…

— Jack Kingston

I think both of those: the subject matter, pop culture... the talent, I don't think... there's no Jim Belushi in Saturday Night…

— Dick Van Dyke

Nothing else in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with…

— Anonymous

The true American dream not only provides the freedom to use your gifts and talents to achieve your highest goal but also…

— Dennis Kimbro

Women have innate talents and exceptional abilities that go unnoticed by our society, and that women themselves often do not fully appreciate.…

— Laurie Cabot

We have feudal governments in a commercial age. It would be but an easy extension of our commercial system, to pay a…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Manufacturing establishments not only occasion a positive augmentation of the produce and revenue of the society . . . they contribute essentially…

— Alexander Hamilton

I need to depend on Someone who is bigger, stronger and wiser than I am. I don't do it on my own.…

— Hank Aaron

I try to treat all my fans as if they're the stars, and make them feel as important as they make me…

— Landau Eugene Murphy Jr

If a team is in a positive frame of mind, it will have a good attitude. If it has a good attitude,…

— Sparky Anderson

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

— Katherine Dunham

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

— Daniela Vega

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

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

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

— Rita Zahara

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

— Rich Froning Jr

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

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

— Mike Portnoy

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

— Shanna Moakler

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

— Bob Weir

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

— Tom Rath

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

— Yahoo Serious