Talent Quotes

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.

I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.

Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, a talent becomes a curse.

I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else's talent.

So I have this ability, if I may say so, to spot talent.

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

People would read all kinds of reaction into it, but Tracy told me himself that half the time he was just standing very still, trying to look sober and composed. That takes nothing away from him. The fact he got away with it was a tribute to his talent.

You always get that energy, you just want to be heard, to go out, do your thing and show people that we have just as much talent here as everywhere else.

Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.

Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.

I feel the producers really exploited my lack of talent at this time. I looked like an idiot up there. I want to be good, not something that people will laugh at.

I would not be able to pen an academic and dry diatribe. I have too much talent for that.

When you play soccer, most of the time you got to get the ball moving, but once you get into that attacking third you gotta' be creative, you gotta' let your talent take over.

I was given talent, and if you are given it, it is your obligation to use it.

The truth of the matter is the real industry is in LA and the cream of the talent is there.

Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation.

Your talent is your art. It is not to be taken for granted.

'America's Got Talent' has really opened a lot of doors for me. I want to do a lot more TV.

Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.

I respect country music because I feel like it's more about the talent and the songwriting and I put on a big show and we have a lot of stuff, but I feel confident in myself enough as an artist and a singer that I can have all of those fun toys and know that we don't need all the bells and whistles either.

I was born with a natural gift. My mother recognized the talent.

There's tons of people with talent; it's the system that's all screwed up.

Talent was not rare; the ability to survive having it was.

Most of the dogmatic religions have exhibited a perverse talent for taking the wrong side on the most important concepts in the material universe, from the structure of the solar system to the origin of man.

You can never have enough talent.

Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing here but it sounds better in French.

I have been aware, from the age of 6, that I had talent.

You think you have some stable talent that will show no matter what you're writing, and if it doesn't seem to be getting across to the audience once, you can't imagine that moment when it suddenly will. Gradually, gradually you gain that confidence.

When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions.

I think talent is dangerous to have if you take it for granted. If you use it well and put hard work with it together, it's hard to catch that guy. And I think that's what you're seeing right now.