Talent Quotes

Some people have such a talent for making the best of a bad situation that they go around creating bad situations so they can make the best of them.

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts.

What impresses me is the young actors with terrific talent arriving on the scene. They'd have blown us all away in the old days. Guys like Brad Pitt.

Comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin. A talent in one area might also lead to a predisposition in the other.

The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.

It must be remembered that the Bush White House has a separate talent for character assassination that must not be confused with a talent for governance.

Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three hundred.

I don't want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain.

Success is what you do with your ability. It's how you use your talent.

Nothing is so sexy in a man as talent.

Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest in talent, in people.

At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the coming woman.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

If I hadn't had the talent, the networks wouldn't have televised my fights. No one has made me; I made myself. I paid my dues.

I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them; the really lucky ones discover what it is.

There is no spray can called 'Instant Stardom,' only talent can keep you at the top.

Music is your own talent and is an important tool. Even if you don't want to be a role model, get ready to be in the public eye. Energy is there, you just have to use it.

Obviously you have to have talent in order to play so you can't overlook that, but we won't overlook the character issue when it comes to talent because if they have talent and they don't have character, it's going to be very difficult to coach that person.

An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork.

I admire a lot of actors; I think a lot of them have so much talent.

Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent.

As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too.

I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.

Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent.

My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family talent for magic realism, she once told me she had been to the doctor's on the very day.

When you sit down and focus on the matches and series that took place during the 12 month period it strikes you just how broad the talent pool is in international cricket is today.

Tony Stark in 'Iron Man' helped wider audiences finally embrace the enormous talent of Robert Downey Jr.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.