Talent Quotes · Page 79

Talent is only a starting point in business. You've got to keep working that talent.

— Irving Berlin

Method acting? There are quite a few methods. Mine involves a lot of talent, a glass, and some cracked ice.

— John Barrymore

My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.

— Katee Sackhoff

I think when one has talent one finally breaks through; so don't pass up any opportunity to do some work.

— Camille Pissarro

Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and abilities were used in a way that served others.

— Marianne Williamson

“What most people call talent is our way to vent, and if we’re not discovered it will never pay the rent.”

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith... talent is the smallest part of it.

— Jodi Picoult

I feel that if you have the talent and are hard working, then no one can stop you.

— Jeetendra

Always define WHAT you want to do with your life and WHAT you have to offer to the world, in terms of…

— Richard Nelson Bolles

Agents of disruption, subversion, sabotage and disinformation tunnelers and smugglers, listeners and forgers, trainers and recruiters and talent spotters and couriers and…

— John le Carre

“Okay, so anagrams. That’s one. Got any other charming talents?” she asked, and now he felt confident. Finally, Colin turned to her,…

— John Green

Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried…

— John Cleese

Well, it was one of my most gratifying experiences because I could devote my knowledge and my talent for the good for…

— Felix de Weldon

Some people have such a talent for making the best of a bad situation that they go around creating bad situations so…

— Jean Kerr

Although I liked especially physics and mathematics for which I had considerable talent, I decided to study medicine. This profession had for…

— Renato Dulbecco

Talent and generosity are needed to recognize talent and generosity in our companions; all is discord to an ear that has no…

— Julia McNair Wright

The caliber of play in professional football compared to college is better and everybody knows it. They don't realize how much better.…

— Marv Levy

My daughter [Ariana], she's a sweet, lovely girl, but she doesn't have the drive or the belief in herself. As it says…

— Robert Davi

Smart tech investor thinks about: a) future product roadmap, b) bottoms-up market size & growth, c) talent and skill of team. Essentially…

— Marc Andreessen

Each of us is born brilliant. Then we spend the rest of our lives having our brilliance buried by people, circumstances, and…

— Simon T. Bailey

The individual's most vital need is to prove his worth, and this usually means an insatiable hunger for action. For it is…

— Eric Hoffer

If you have talent, I believe that talent will win out. In other words, if you're a good broadcaster, if you're a…

— Larry King

Few artists have influenced the sound and trajectory of popular music more distinctly, or touched quite so many people with their talent.…

— Barack Obama

Some of the parables that Matthew records and that Jesus delivered as part of his Olivet Discourse-such as the ten virgins and…

— Eric D. Huntsman

With my talent, I can make people laugh and give them another attitude about life. What a blessing that is for me.

— Doris Roberts

Ek Tappa Out' is a huge platform for the new talent and I think everyone should exploit this opportunity.

— Johnny Lever

Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.

— Charles Duhigg

Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.

— Henry Fielding

I think there's an enormous lot of talent around, and somewhere amongst these I'm sure that something will emerge, given time.

— Conrad Aiken

Consummate talent and relentless passion - The Truth ain't pretty...but it rocks like crazy!

— Billy Squier

All have not the same capacity. I would allow a man of intellect to earn more, I would not cramp his talent.

— Mahatma Gandhi

There is such amazing talent at Disney. My job is 100% creative, and I am very excited to creatively lead them.

— John Lasseter

The repetition of small efforts will accomplish more than the occasional use of great talents.

— Charles Spurgeon

“Talented minds have always been stealthily targeted by mediocre ones.”

— Pawan Mishra

I think it's important that artists use their voices for so much more than just their talent.

— Demi Lovato

In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It's one thing to have talent. It's another to figure out how to use it.

— Roger Miller

Strategy will compensate the talent. The talent will never compensate the strategy.

— Marco Pierre White

I am thankful for all the blessings and talents I have been given, but most of all I am thankful for my…

— Olivia Holt

Racing has reached the point where it is pricing the young driver, no matter his talent, out of the game.

— Carroll Shelby