Talents Quotes

The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition.

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

I worked with the world's greatest talents and then went home to the world's greatest woman. It was, and is, a great life.

It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and fabricate for profit and defense.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they soon exhaust their talents.

My talents do not lie in DIY.

When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked.

Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality... 'The Odd Couple' was mine. That was the plutonium I needed. It all started happening after that.

But we live in a modern world, you know, and, and also it does seem to me that if you - that whatever talents you have, it... I mean it may sound a bit absurd but I, I think it's your, absolutely your duty to resolve them, you know?

Whatever the difference between brilliant and average brains, we are all creative. And through practice and study we can enhance our skills and talents.

Like a kick in the butt, the force of events wakes slumberous talents.

Our opportunities to do good are our talents.

The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, "Thus far and no farther."

I've been very well remunerated for my talents over the years so I really don't need the public's money.

We should seek a system that provides outlets for those skills and talents so that everyone can find a way to work and serve in a manner that best suits the strengths of each individual.

A job should employ God-given talents in a way that glorifies Him.

We have to put in our time every day to try and achieve and learn so that we can develop our talents and each of you, thank goodness, have special talents; each of you are special persons.

Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it doesn't do to upset one's own vanity.

I wouldn't even begin to presume that the talent of an able actor is anything like the talents of a prodigious musician.

I just feel like sometimes I'm a force to be dealt with. My talents are sometimes overused and also sometimes underused. It's not easy being me.

I would describe my dancing talents as incredibly deep.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

We believe in some basic human principles - everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets.

What I mean is that none of my talents had a - what's that great word - rubric. A singer, an actor, a dancer - there was nothing I could really say I was. The writing came much later. And, actually, thank God, because if I had said I'm a singer, I would really have just had one thing to do.

Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion.

Ella can work nightclubs that Duke might not be able to work, because of having the big band. Where they go now is strictly a matter of their own names and talents.

As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given.

I respect his talents, even as he does mine.

So I continued through my next school, which takes me up to the age of 17, moving from the bottom stream of one year into the bottom stream of the next year, all the way through. I showed other talents which gave me self-respect, which is fine.