Talent Quotes

That so unlikely an outcome should accrue to a man possessed of such limited talent and so many flaws, and one lacking in a sense of ethics and decency was one of the bitter ironies of history.

Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but of great talent; and men of no talent, but of one principle - that of obedience to their superiors.

I think you should make more movies, more musicals. I think the public deserves that. I think this country deserves to be able to get out and foster that talent. Give them an opportunity to become stars. I think the whole idea is wonderful.

Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age.

I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing.

I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away their freedom to make art, would lose their mind.

And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent.

The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart.

Here was a man with loads of talent, loads of ability, lots of love to give; but that had been stifled and aborted. I became very fond of that character.

The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.

At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.

Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.

The talent of a true writer and poet is in the ear.

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.

I was a guy who needed to go to class, because I had some raw talent that I thought was identifiable, when I finally made a decision to be an actor. And yet I wanted to learn how to really do the stuff. You know, 'How do I get to be a serious actor?'

There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure.

There's this common perception that having a famous last name is all you need. A surname may get you a meeting, but if there's no talent you won't get the part.

I didn't have time for talent shows and stuff like that. I was into books and studying real hard.

What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That's the secret of my life.

The depth of John Candy's talent did surprise me. He was one of my all-time favorite leading men.

I did a play called 'On Golden Pond' in a dinner theater in Maine and then went to New York for a talent competition having put together a three-man juggling routine and some one-liners and I got myself an agent from that.

Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.

Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.

This battle for global talent is so important.

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

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

You need a particular talent only to want to please. I don't have this talent.

I wish I had a talent for dropping things as well as taking on new ones. It gets to be quite a clutter after a while.