You need three things to become a successful novelist: talent, luck and discipline. Discipline is the one element of those three things… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Gena Rowlands has always inspired me for her fearlessness and talent. — Stacy Martin Copy Share Image
A friend of my mother's, Irene Lopez, was a Spanish dancer. She saw me bopping around the room and said to my… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
I know of no teachers so powerful and persuasive as the little army of specialists. They carry no banners, they beat no… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
The U.S. is the biggest investor in research and development in the world. It has the best universities. Keeping them supplied with… — James Dyson Copy Share Image
When I realized that Reuben was a young man who really wanted to be taken seriously, because he was dismissed for being… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
A man is like a bit of Labrador spar, which has no lustre as you turn it in your hand until you… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
People of talent resemble a musical instrument more closely than they do a musician. Without outside help, they produce not a single… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Now, where a man in this church says, 'I don't want but one wife, I will live my religion with one,' he… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Our gifts and talents should also be turned over to Him. They should be recognized for what they are, God's loan to… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Long ago, I realized that my only talent - aside from the rugged good looks, of course, and the strange power I… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
It's not my style to focus on a 38-year-old player, not because of talent, but because I prefer to create value and… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
Since women are better at producing babies, presumably Nature has given men some talent to compensate. But for the moment I can't… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I'm restless. My whole generation is restless. I'm sick of a system where the richest man gets the most beautiful girl if… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
One's single greatest strength may be uncovering the hidden talents of another person. — Tom Rath Copy Share Image
People who have known a person for many days but could never spot or appreciate his hidden talent in the first place,… — Anuj Copy Share Image
I remember Elvis as a young man hanging around the Sun Studios. Even then, I knew this kid had a tremendous talent.… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
If I was an actor, it would be like a part that was me. It has to be real to me. I… — Steve Young Copy Share Image
It seems to me like a perversion of talent for an artist of any kind to further the corporate structure of America… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The most obvious ones inspiring me are probably women in political life. There are also many women in artistic endeavors, but if… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
A man with a talent does what is expected of him, makes his way, constructs, is an engineer, a composer, a builder… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
Talent isn't enough. You need motivation-and persistence, too: what Steinbeck called a blend of faith and arrogance. When you're young, plain old… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
The most exciting thing about women's liberation is that this century will be able to take advantage of talent and potential genius… — Helen Reddy Copy Share Image
What I've learned over the years is it's so much better to surround yourself with real talent and hire real chefs. I… — Michael Mina Copy Share Image
So generation after generation of men in love with pain and passivity serve out their time in the Zone, silent, redolent of… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
On sheer ability, Mario is good enough to win scoring titles with a broken stick. On pure talent, he's the best there… — Bobby Orr Copy Share Image
Daisy was a consciously happy young woman without any of the usual endowments that make for conscious happiness, money apart. She was… — Laura Riding Copy Share Image
Everyone has the talent to some degree: even making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, you know whether it tastes better to… — Anna D. Shapiro Copy Share Image
Talent is full of thoughts, Genius is thought. Talent is a cistern, Genius a fountain. — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
My films are about faith, and they're made on faith. There has to be faith because making a movie, so many things… — Richard Rossi Copy Share Image
I did make 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin the Million Dollar Champion on Raw. You know I saw the talent in Steve and… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
