Talent Quotes · Page 58

Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty.

— Edgar Degas

“Dennis was present, still present, and this, she thought as she stayed landed against him, was no small talent.”

— Meg Wolitzer

A lot of my friends are musicians or artists, and their talent always pushes me to think creatively.

— Erin Willett

There may be people that have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.

— Anonymous

Talent, will and genius are natural phenomena like the lake, the volcano, the mountain, the wind, the star, the cloud.

— George Sand

I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent.

— Marguerite Young

I couldn't add my talent, which is prodigious, to a defense of someone even accused of hurting a child.

— Lynne Stewart

I have come to the definite conclusion that musical ability is not an inborn talent but an ability which can be developed.

— Shinichi Suzuki

Our attitude towards immigration reflects our faith in the American ideal. We have always believed it possible for men and women who…

— Robert Kennedy

Adrian might be brash and impertinent, but he knew how to move. Maybe dance lessons had been part of growing up in…

— Richelle Mead

People seldom get the right platform or direction. I have seen a lot of people who did not get the right place…

— Vijay Krishna Acharya

It's the most important thing - especially for a young player who wants to improve - to improve his talent and learn,…

— Xherdan Shaqiri

I can't think of anything more rewarding than being able to express yourself to others through painting. Exercising the imagination, experimenting with…

— Bob Ross

In AirAsia, we consider ourselves basically a dream factory. We deliberately decided that we wanted a company where people can pursue their…

— Tony Fernandes

People who sleep around to get roles are frail and scared and most likely without talent. It's their own little horror show…

— Bruce Campbell

Absolutely, you can improve and become better at toughness. It's a talent, but it can be acquired, too. I think of it…

— Jim Harbaugh

A person who makes full use of and exploits his talents, potentialities, and capacities. Such a person seems to be fulfilling himself…

— Abraham Maslow

An awful lot of actors who are considered very good actors are not very good actors. There are people who just strike…

— Martin Landau

At every moment you choose yourself. But do you choose *your* self? Body and soul contain a thousand possibilities out of which…

— Dag Hammarskjold

The Nazis hated culture itself, because it is essentially international and therefore subversive of nationalism. What they called Nazi culture was a…

— Christopher Isherwood

To be sure, [NASCAR] stars were initially ex-bootleggers for the most part drawn from that talent pool in the Carolinas hills: "good…

— Brock Yates

Well I was about to be expelled from school, I had been arrested and a teacher said: "Why don't you try acting,…

— John Leguizamo

You need three things to become a successful novelist: talent, luck and discipline. Discipline is the one element of those three things…

— Michael Chabon

I suppose the thing I most would have liked to have known or been reassured about is that in the world, what…

— Stephen Fry

I was blessed with a God-given talent and my mother raised me the right way.

— LeBron James

“Thank you for stitching me up" I say. "I seem to have a talent for it.”

— Bethany Griffin

Your money can be inflated away but your knowledge and talent cannot.

— Warren Buffett

“Skill gives you legs to jog, talent gives you legs to run, brilliance gives you legs to sprint, but genius gives you…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

For me, it is the worst kind of sacrilege if you are given some of special talent and you don't take advantage…

— Jaromir Jagr

Having caught a glimpse of what I might be able to do with my talent, I feel a tremendous obligation to try…

— Simon Callow

Seventy-five percent of great art is hard work only about twenty-five percent is great talent.

— Lee Strasberg

The best way to be successful is to utilize your talent, as sundials can not work in shade.

— Sonam Luthra

My talent was the weapon, the power, the way for me to fight. It was the one way I might hope to…

— Sammy Davis, Jr

Feeling insecure is good for you. It forces you to do something better, drives you to use all your talents.

— Helen Gurley Brown

'Lucha Underground' is a fantastic product. They have the right people, talent, and backing up the product.

— Alberto Del Rio

A person has the right, and I think the responsibility, to develop all of their talents.

— Jessye Norman

You have to have talent. You have to get the audition and then you have to nail the audition.

— Joel McHale

When you do films that don't justify your role, work or talent for one reason or another, you tend to get labelled.

— Zayed Khan

TALENTS Will Take You To High Position. But, Character Will Help You To Maintain The High Position.

— Pacifiersucker

Faith is a capacity of the spirit. It is like talent: you have to be born with it

— Anton Chekhov