Talent Quote by Richard Russo

“He was a man of great depth but of limited breadth, so that while he knew very little, he knew a great deal about…

— Michael Flynn

“I was afraid that if I did anything at all without bartering for at least some small thing in return, he might think I…

— Margaux Fragoso

“Intellectually, they knew a great deal. Practically, they chose to know almost nothing.”

— Peter Benchley

“All things considered, he stuck to his basic attitude of enjoying wealth by knowing that he had it, rather than by making a great…

— Stefan Zweig

“I concluded that the best thing for me and for those around me was to want nothing, to be enthusiastic about nothing, to be…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“...and for a great deal it seemed good to him, for in the music there were no flaws.”

— J R R Tolkien

“I had everything I could possibly want -- yet I was failing to appreciate it. Bogged down in petty complaints and passing crises, weary…

— Gretchen Rubin

“He discounted the value of his own efforts, and seemed to feel that anyone would have done the same.”

— Yoko Ogawa

“Life's pleasures were so simple, really. It was all a matter of appreciating what you had - and knowing that things could always be…

— Meg Rosoff

“He always said you could learn a lot about a person by the things they valued.”

— Karen Lynch

“Sometimes, good intentions couldn't do a thing except make you feel less alone, and sometimes that was enough.”

— Riley Redgate

“He further believed that the only way to get people to believe that you were good for their careers was actually to be good…

— Michael Lewis