Go Quote by Nellie McKay Download Open image “I thought I had a talent for alienating people, but I have no idea what it is that doesn't go over.” — Nellie McKay ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Go Had Idea No idea Over People Talent Thought
I never understood alienation. Alienation from what? You have to want to be part of something in order to feel alienated from it. — Boyd Rice Copy Share Image
If you feel alienated from people around you, it's because no one tries to understand you. — Robert Smith Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm just flying my own little ego ship, but sometimes people resent talent. — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
I have no talent except for being able to enjoy and recognize it in others. — David Geffen Copy Share Image
Most people like to think they are discovering a new talent. If you ask, then it makes them feel as though they are being… — K Callan Copy Share Image
You think I alienate myself from society? Of course I alienate myself from society. It’s the only way I know of not being constantly… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is. — George Lucas Copy Share Image
It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't. — Barry Bonds Copy Share Image
“Ruefully, nobody perceives me as exceptionally gifted, intelligent, handsome, or physically strong. My sense of alienation stems from an inferiority complex, depressive nature, and manic tendencies that repulse other people. For many years, I passively accepted my clumsiness, uselessness, and lack of capacity for learning by avoiding serious literature and other opportunities for personal growth. I embraced personal ignorance by… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
I think people at most record labels really like music, but it's hard because everything is so subjective, and everyone's so creative in their… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
If we went back to the basics of vegetables, legumes, grains - the things closer to the Earth - it's a lot better for… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
The civilised cultures are the most cruel. It's the same with education - often it breeds sadistic forms of cruelty. — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I was in school for jazz voice, which is the dumbest way to spend $35,000 a year. I just felt like a rip-off of… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
If you're dissatisfied anywhere, New York is the place to be. If you're unhappy at college in Topeka, I don't know what there is… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
In the hierarchy of instruments, if you're a harpist, you're considered someone with a brain much more than if you're a singer. Even though… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
What people generally tell you is, "We'll all agree," and then once you sign, they expect to get their own way. I think it was a bit of a surprise that I was still very headstrong even after signing. I wasn't so happy to get a deal that I would agree to anything. In fact, I disagreed on most things… — Nellie McKay Copy Share
I feel like you should always be questioning the genre you're doing. If you're doing something that sounds like a lullaby, it can be… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
If you look through the century, certain things have gotten better and certain things have gotten worse. I wouldn't say overall that things have… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
While a lot of my day, like most people's, is spent thinking about me, I can see how it's a universal thing: the competition,… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
One is a painter because one wants so-called freedom; one doesn't want to go to the office every morning. — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
I love going to Columbia, Missouri. That is a really underrated campus. It shocked me when I went there because I really didn't know… — Kirk Herbstreit Copy Share Image
Intel has a very complete process that I go through any time I want to sell that ensures I have no insider information. — Brian Krzanich Copy Share Image
Some shows just go away - and that's fine. They serve their purpose and their entertainment value, but there are shows that touch people… — Michael Cudlitz Copy Share Image
It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very lazy. So… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
I always say if you put someone from a small town into a big city for ten years, then when they go back, they'll… — Mike Colter Copy Share Image
Racism is a cancer. You cannot ignore it and it'll go away. If you ignore cancer, it simply metastasizes and consumes the whole body. — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
I just think my own ambition would not allow me to sit on the gifts that my creator had given me. And so that's… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
As much as you want to improve or help the team, as a centre-back your job is to go under the radar and keep… — Tyrone Mings Copy Share Image