"Talent without discipline is like an octopus on……" — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
"Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways."
More Backwards Quotes
- I'm treading the backward path. Mostly, I just waste my time. — Syd Barrett
- The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was Ben Hur. We watched… — Roberto Benigni
- Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future. — Aneurin Bevan
- There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your… — Jeff Bezos
- I was feeling real good and real manly. Until a real cowboy walked by and told me I had my… — Michael Biehn
- People always joke that 'dog' spells 'god' backwards. They should consider that it might be the higher power coming down… — Linda Blair
- Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk. — Elizabeth Bowen
- I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. — Charlotte Bronte
- People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. — Edmund Burke
- It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more… — David Byrne
- It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards. — Lewis Carroll
- The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see. — Winston Churchill