Talent Quotes:

Toby: All right. It couldn't have gone far, right? Sam: No. Toby: Somewhere in this building...is our talent.

- Aaron Sorkin

topic: Gone, Toby, Talent

The good will is all — and all the talents are ways to fulfill it.

- Abraham Isaac Kook

topic: Way, Talent

I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don't be old. Don't be stale.

- Abraham Joshua Heschel

topic: Ideas, Talent, Capacity

We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings.

- Abraham Maslow

topic: Inspiration, Calling, Talent, Talent And Passion

You can shoot and edit a movie from your iPhone and upload it to YouTube. Of course, what's not universal is talent. Are you making anything that anyone really should see?

- Adam Leipzig

topic: Technology, Iphone, Talent

Talent is not sexually transmitted.

- AJ Lee

source: "10 Wrestling Couples That Prove Talent Can't Be Sexually Transmitted", whatculture.com. June 20, 2015.

topic: Talent, Sexually

Can't win without talent, you know.

- Al McGuire

topic: Basketball, Winning, Talent

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

- Alan Rickman

topic: Responsibility, Acting, Talent, Snape

You may not have any extra talent, but maybe you are just paying more attention to what you are doing.

- Alan Shepard

topic: Attention, May, Talent

The ability to portray people in still life and in motion requires the highest measure of intuition and talent.

- Albert Einstein

topic: People, Intuition, Talent

I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive.

- Albert Einstein

topic: Talent, Inquisitive, Particular

Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.

- Albrecht Durer

topic: Blessing, Talent, Given

I don't think I really have a talent for movie acting. I'm not bad at it, but I don't think I really have a talent for it.

- Alec Baldwin

topic: Thinking, Acting, Talent

I don't think I really have a talent for movie acting.

- Alec Baldwin

topic: Thinking, Acting, Talent

Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.

- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

topic: Doe, Talent, Abundance, Abundance And Prosperity

Everybody has a talent, but its what you do with that talent to make it great.

- Alex Morgan

topic: Talent

Whate'er the talents, or howe'er designed, We hang one jingling padlock on the mind.

- Alexander Pope

topic: Mind, Padlocks, Talent

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

- Alfred Adler

topic: Pressure, Talent

What you have in your mind, your talents, your native abilities, no one can take from you. When you die, you take them with you. Use them diligently while you are here.

- Alfred Armand Montapert

topic: Mind, Use, Talent

Talent always rises to the top

- Amy Astley

topic: Talent

By not sharing our interests, talents and abilities, we limit our possibilities.

- Angela Burt-Murray

topic: Limits, Talent, Possibility, Talents And Abilities

So precious a talent as intellect never was given to be wrapt in a napkin and buried in the earth.

- Angelina Grimke

source: Sarah Grimke, Angelina Grimke (2015). “On Slavery and Abolitionism: Essays and Letters”, p.96, Penguin

topic: Earth, Napkins, Talent

Ultimately, I don't think you can teach a tone-deaf person how to sing. Some talents you're just born with, unfortunately.

- Anna Camp

source: "Talking About Singing with Anna Camp". Interview with Mark Svartz, www.esquire.com. October 3, 2012.

topic: Thinking, Tone, Talent

I was one of those lucky people with only one talent. It is harder for people with many talents to decide what to do.

- Anna Chancellor

topic: People, Lucky, Talent

Among her other talents were forgetting what she did not like and ignoring what she preferred not to see.

- Anna Godbersen

source: Anna Godbersen (2011). “Beautiful Days”, p.18, Harper Collins

topic: Talent, Forget

All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.

- Anne Bronte

source: Anne Bronte (2016). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Diversion Illustrated Classics)”, p.232, Diversion Books

topic: Strength, Exercise, Talent

I went to the High School for Performing Arts, and to Howard University on a talent scholarship.

- Anthony Anderson

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Art, School, Talent, Performing Arts

And to get that much talent in the show—and to keep it constant and consistent—I think is a remarkable feat.

- Anthony Head

topic: Thinking, Talent, Remarkable

Making movies is difficult and you get disorientated sometimes - even when you're working with fantastic talent.

- Antonio Banderas

topic: Talent, Sometimes, Fantastic

I always felt that the telefilm directors made wonderful films, which are even better than the big screen movies, but never got enough opportunities to showcase their talents on the big screens.

- Arin Paul

source: Interview with Shrabanti Basu, calcuttatube.com. February 21, 2009.

topic: Opportunity, Directors, Talent

Nature does nothing in vain. Therefore, it is imperative for persons to act in accordance with their nature and develop their latent talents, in order to be content and complete.

- Aristotle

topic: Order, Doe, Talent

Happiness is the utilization of one's talents along lines of excellence.

- Aristotle

topic: Excellence, Lines, Talent, Utilization

Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents.

- Aron Nimzowitsch

topic: Chess, Talent, Young, Young Talent

Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents; but one thing is not given to it, to put a stop permanently to the incursion of new and powerful ideas.

- Aron Nimzowitsch

topic: Powerful, Ideas, Talent

Dealing with corruption and staying calm is a talent most of us in India have mastered and learnt to live with.

- Arshad Warsi

topic: India, Calm, Talent

Talent is like a marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like a marksman who hits a target which others cannot see.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

topic: Target, Genius, Talent

I have always been able to write on the spot. It is a talent that I guess comes naturally.

- Ashanti

source: "Ashanti always on time". Interview with AskMen, www.askmen.com.

topic: Writing, Able, Talent

I have a responsibility to nurture and shepherd my talent and when I'm living the parts of my life not related to that I feel I have the right to be left alone.

- Ashley Judd

topic: Responsibility, Shepherds, Talent

Jackie had a keen eye for talent, and like an elephant never forgot. And, he was always right on the mark.

- Audrey Meadows

topic: Eye, Elephants, Talent, Jackie

I have created nothing really beautiful, really lasting, but if I can inspire one of these youngsters to develop the talent I know they possess, then my monument will be in their work.

- Augusta Savage

topic: Beautiful, Inspire, Talent, Inspirational Teacher, Developing

Talent alone is helpless today. Any success requires both talent and luck. And the 'luck' has to be helped along and provided by someone.

- Ayn Rand

topic: Luck, Today, Talent

Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light.

- Baltasar Gracian

topic: Light, Views, Talent

Don't teach talent that isn't there.

- Barbara Corcoran

topic: Talent, Teach

It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.

- Barry Bonds

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Ties, Talent

I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows.

- Barry Mann

topic: Boys, Mountain, Talent, Talent Show

See God gave us the talent, but the devil make us famous.

- Barry Sanders

topic: Devil, Talent

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.

- Ben Affleck

topic: Talent, Being Me, Sometimes, Overused

Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.

- Ben Hogan

topic: Golf, Management, Talent

Every person is endowed with God-given abilities, and we must cultivate every ounce of talent we have in order to maintain our pinnacle position in the world.

- Benjamin Carson

topic: Order, World, Talent, Pinnacle

Vocation is different from talent. One can have vocation and not have talent; one can be called and not know how to go.

- Benjamin Moser

source: Benjamin Moser (2009). “Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector”, p.79, Oxford University Press

topic: Different, Talent, Vocation

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

- Bernie Worrell

topic: Mother, Talent, Natural, Natural Gifts

I have this ability to find this hidden talent in people that sometimes even they didn't know they had.

- Berry Gordy

topic: People, Talent, Sometimes, Untapped Potential, Motown

You can lose everything but you can't lose your talent!

- Bette Davis

topic: Talent

I wish you power that equals your intelligence and your strength. I wish you success that equals your talent and determination. And I wish you faith.

- Betty Shabazz

topic: Determination, Wish, Talent

She means well, but she always manages to do the wrong thing. She has a real talent for it.

- Beverly Cleary

topic: Real, Mean, Talent, Real Talent

Good talent with bad attitude equals bad talent,

- Bill Walsh

source: Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.36, Penguin

topic: Attitude, Bad Attitude, Talent, Badness

There's such a big buzz around boxing at the moment. Everything's happening and there's so much building up with a lot of young talent coming through.

- Billy Joe Saunders

topic: Boxing, Buzz, Talent, Young Talent

Honestly, I think I`ve stretched a talent which is so thin it`s almost transparent over a quite unbelievable term of years.

- Bing Crosby

topic: Thinking, Years, Talent, Transparent

People keep telling me I never lived up to my potential, that I wasted my talent. . . I just didn't have as much as people thought. I got more ink for doing less than any pitcher who ever lived.

- Bo Belinsky

topic: People, Ink, Talent

I'll tell you one thing, in what I do for a living, there's no substitute for experience. I don't care how much natural talent you may have... In the type of show I do, you can depend on surprises.

- Bob Barker

source: "Bob Barker Comes on Down for the Last Time". The Tampa Bay Times Interview, www.tampabay.com. October 31, 2006.

topic: Care, May, Talent

A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you, than you see in yourself, and helps bring it out of you.

- Bob Proctor

topic: Mentor, Helping, Talent, Talents And Abilities

Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you're willing to practice, you can do.

- Bob Ross

topic: Practice, Talent, Interest, Happy Accidents

Possessing talent is nothing more than the continuous pursuit of a life-long interest.

- Bob Ross

topic: Long, Talent, Pursuit

Again, talent is the real import of being in the business.

- Bobby Sherman

topic: Real, Being Real, Talent

You see Boris Becker, Mats Wilander, Nadal, Pete Sampras - they were all great when they were young. As a coach, you can see that type of talent at an early age.

- Brad Gilbert

source: Interview with Nima Naderi, tennisconnected.com. April 8, 2010.

topic: Age, Nadal, Talent

I needed to explore my talent and versatility and see if I had another side to me, another sound.

- Brandy Norwood

topic: Sound, Sides, Talent, Versatility

I didnt really have an agenda for my talent. I just wanted to be able to sing.

- Brenda Lee

topic: Agendas, Able, Talent

Everybody is talented because everybody who is human has something to express.

- Brenda Ueland

source: Brenda Ueland (2013). “If You Want to Write”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

topic: Talent, Humans

No man can discover his own talents.

- Brendan Behan

topic: Men, Talent

Obviously talent gets you to a certain point, but it's what you do with it, how you handle.

- Brett Favre

topic: Talent, Certain, Handle

It's all about chemistry. Talent alone won't get it done.

- Brett Favre

topic: Sports, Done, Talent

I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When I'm on form, I can sell anything.

- Brian Eno

topic: People, Trying, Talent

Great churches aren't built on the gifts or talents of a few, but on the sacrifice of many.

- Brian Houston

source: FaceBook post by Brian Houston from Jan 30, 2011

topic: Sacrifice, Church, Talent

Every man and woman who has talent and hides it will be called a slothful servant. Improve day by day upon the capital you have. In proportion as we are capacitated to receive, so it is our duty to do.

- Brigham Young

topic: Men, Talent, Proportion

There are so many young women who throw their talent away.

- Britt Ekland

source: Interview with Aida Edemariam, www.theguardian.com. February 26, 2011.

topic: Talent, Young, Young Women

We are told that talent creates opportunity, yet it is desire that creates talent.

- Bruce Lee

topic: Opportunity, Desire, Talent

It's a prizefight. Get off the stool, take your beating, go back to your corner, rest, and take a beating again. Believe in your own talent. Marry well.

- Bruce Paltrow

topic: Believe, Talent, Marry Me

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

- Calvin Coolidge

topic: People, Common, Talent

I've always thought that parallel parking was my main talent.

- Calvin Trillin

topic: Talent, Parking

Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best.

- Carla Bley

topic: Writing, Band, Talent

America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.

- Carlisle Floyd

topic: Artist, America, Talent

Ronaldo is a unique player for all of his talent and his professionalism. He is a player who is extraordinarily consistent.

- Carlo Ancelotti

topic: Unique, Player, Talent, Cristiano Ronaldo

The only thing that happens overnight is recognition. Not talent.

- Carol Haney

topic: Recognition, Talent

I respect country music because I feel like it's more about the talent and the songwriting.

- Carrie Underwood

topic: Country, Talent, Music Is

Talent counts for much, but effort counts for more.

- Carter Ratcliff

source: Carter Ratcliff (1982). “John Singer Sargent”, Abbeville Pr

topic: Effort, Talent

Your ambition outweighed your talent

- Casey Stoner

topic: Ambition, Talent

Talent is like a birthmark - it's a gift and no credit nor fault to those who wear them.

- Charles Marion Russell

topic: Credit, Faults, Talent, Birthmarks

Talents constitute our very essence.

- Charles Rollin

topic: Essence, Talent

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

- Charlie Hunnam

topic: Real, Matter, Talent

I'm not a celebrity. I'm intentionally and defiantly not a celebrity. I don't have any interest in it. I don't have any talent for it. I keep my personal life out of my public life as cleanly as I can.

- Charlie Kaufman

topic: Talent, Cleanliness, Interest

Seriously, I don't consider myself a writer. I don't think I have writing talent. But I will continue to do it.

- Charlie Kaufman

topic: Writing, Thinking, Talent

You want a little talent on that?

- Chet Atkins

topic: Want, Littles, Talent

I still don't know if I'm good enough or if it's a calling or a vocation or something, but the talent part is out. My desire to do it is undoubted. I just love doing this.

- Chris Isaak

topic: Desire, Calling, Talent

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

- Christiane Amanpour

topic: Technology, People, Talent

Your talent will open the door but only your character can keep you there.

- Christine Caine

topic: Character, Doors, Talent

The Nazis hated culture itself, because it is essentially international and therefore subversive of nationalism. What they called Nazi culture was a local, perverted, nationalistic cult, by which a few major artists and many minor ones were honored for their Germanness, not their talent.

- Christopher Isherwood

topic: Artist, Culture, Talent, Nationalistic, Subversive

Having talent isn't merely about being competent; confidence is actually a part of that talent.

- Claire Shipman

topic: Confidence, Talent

Most of us would kill ourselves if we were as talent-free as Elizabeth Hurley.

- Claudia Shear

source: "Marilyn Monroe" by Imogen Tilden and Sara Gaines, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2001.

topic: Talent

How we put our collective talents to work is a social issue, not solely a personal one.

- Clay Shirky

topic: Issues, Talent, Social, Social Issues

You can give of your talent, you can give of your possessions, or you can give of yourself. For God's sake, give something.

- Cleveland Amory

source: Dennis Wholey, Cleveland Amory (1986). “Are you happy?: some answers to the most important question in your life”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

topic: Giving, Sake, Talent

As far as talent goes, Marilyn Monroe was so minimally gifted as to be almost unemployable, and anyone who holds to the opinion that she was a great natural comic identifies himself immediately as a dunce.

- Clive James

topic: Opinion, Talent, Natural, Dunces

Skills are common. Talent is rare.

- Colin Clark

source: Colin Clark (2011). “My Week with Marilyn”, p.157, Weinstein Books

topic: Skills, Common, Talent

To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap.

- Colin Mochrie

topic: Hard Work, Discipline, Talent

Ry Cooder for me is a master, a great master that has a wonderful feel for Cuban music. He's also paid tribute my talent a bit, even though I don't know half of what he knows.

- Compay Segundo

topic: Half, Talent, Wonderful, Cuban Music

Education is of no value and talent is worthless - unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.

- Condoleezza Rice

topic: Basketball, Finding Yourself, Talent, Unwavering

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

- Constantin Stanislavski

topic: Attention, Talent, Periods, Assimilation

I have tried to explore the little talent I have for writing.

- Cyril Cusack

topic: Writing, Littles, Talent

What does God want me to do with the resources, time, and talents He has given me?

- D. Todd Christofferson

topic: Doe, Want, Talent

Few of us have the necessary unselfishness to hear with gladness the talents of others extolled or to listen with patience to the successes of those whom we despise—Vivian

- D.E. Stevenson

topic: Talent, Despise, Unselfishness, Gladness

One of the best predictors of ultimate success in either sales or non - sales selling isn't natural talent or even industry expertise, but how you explain your failures and rejections.

- Daniel H. Pink

topic: Rejection, Talent, Selling, Inspirational Selling, Salespeople

I was having a hard time at school, in terms of being crap at everything, with no discernible talent,

- Daniel Radcliffe

topic: School, Hard Times, Talent, Having A Hard Time

The more you take away the less there is to hide behind and that's when the true talent comes out.

- Danny Bowien

topic: Talent, Behinds

I have absolutely no musical talent of my own!

- Danny Strong

topic: Musical, Talent, Musical Talent

A familiar name on its own, however, does not carry its bearer far unless the talent is there, and the will to work.

- Daphne du Maurier

topic: Names, Doe, Talent

I have no talent for making new friends, but oh such genius for fidelity to old ones.

- Daphne du Maurier

topic: Genius, New Friends, Talent, Making New Friends

Once a person gave his talent to the world, the world put a stamp upon it. The talent was not a personal possession any more. It was something to be traded, bought and sold. It fetched a high price, or a low one. It was kicked in the common market.

- Daphne du Maurier

topic: World, Common, Talent

I figured maybe I had some talent as an investor… since it seemed like I was only a half-assed entrepreneur.

- Dave McClure

topic: Entrepreneur, Half, Talent

There are no good guys in a Quentin Tarantino movie. They're all bad guys. And you like us. That's Quentin's big talent.

- David Carradine

topic: Guy, Talent, Bigs, Tarantino, Quentin

I have no talent except for being able to enjoy and recognize it in others.

- David Geffen

topic: Able, Talent, Enjoy

The talent that I was blessed with was really for the theater.

- David Hasselhoff

topic: Blessed, Talent, Theater

I have talents aplenty. Unfortunately, precious few of them have any redeeming social value.

- David Letterman

topic: Talent, Social, Values, Redeeming

There's no such thing as talent; you just have to work hard enough.

- David Mamet

topic: Hard Work, Talent, Enough

Talent, I believe, is most likely to be found among nonconformists, dissenters, and rebels.

- David Ogilvy

topic: Believe, Rebel, Talent

This is a little off subject, but I'm interested in those cases where someone is barking up the wrong tree, or misapplying their talent.

- David Salle

source: Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

topic: Tree, Littles, Talent, Barking Up The Wrong Tree

Equality of opportunity is an equal opportunity to prove unequal talents.

- David Samuel, 3rd Viscount Samuel

topic: Opportunity, Equality, Talent, Equal Opportunity, Equality Of Opportunity

Every talent is unearned, however, and with it comes a solemn obligation to use it as fully and as wisely as possible.

- Dean Koontz

topic: Use, Talent, Obligation

Its always important to invest in young talents and the talents of tomorrow.

- Delphine Arnault

topic: Important, Tomorrow, Talent, Young Talent

The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success.

- Denis Waitley

topic: Attitude, Aptitude, Talent, Good Attitude, Personal Fulfillment

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

- Dennis Potter

topic: Age, Talent

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

- Dennis Potter

topic: Use, Talent, Given

It doesn't take any talent to play hard.

- Derek Jeter

topic: Play, Talent

It doesn't take talent to work hard.

- Derek Jeter

topic: Hard Work, Talent

Whoever is not able to sacrifice, has no talent for love.

- Desanka Maksimovic

topic: Sacrifice, Able, Talent

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

- Desiderius Erasmus

topic: Inspirational, Genius, Talent, Talent And Genius

Looking back at it now, I really feel like it was a gift because I don't know if I have the talent to become a prima ballerina. It's such a hard job to have. I don't have any regrets about it.

- Diane Kruger

topic: Jobs, Regret, Talent, Ballerina

One needs no particular talent to be polite. On the contrary, being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else.

- Diane Setterfield

topic: Nice, Needs, Talent

When I was a young actor... the more different you were from the part you played, the more talent it reflected.

- Dirk Benedict

topic: Different, Actors, Talent, Young Actors

Everything was fine until I left and then I ran out of talent!

- Don Garlits

topic: Talent, Fine, Ran, Drag Racing

I don't want to discount talent and ability, but I still maintain that a lot of it is just sheer desire.

- Don Henley

topic: Desire, Want, Talent, Discounts, Talents And Abilities

The manuals we got from IBM would show examples of programs and I knew I could do a heck of a lot better than that. So I thought I might have some talent.

- Donald Knuth

topic: Example, Might, Talent, Ibm

It is my belief...that the talents every child has, regardless of his official 'I.Q,' could stay with him through life, to enrich him and everybody else, if these talents were not regarded as commodities with a value in the success-stakes.

- Doris Lessing

topic: Children, Belief, Talent

I've known lots of people that are talented and nothing happens. It's not about talent, it's relentless drive.

- Downtown Julie Brown

topic: People, Talent, Relentless

Real talent doesn't always win championships, like real music doesn't always win Grammys.

- Drake

topic: Real, Winning, Talent, Real Music, Real Talent

McKinty is an exciting new talent.

- Ed McBain

topic: Talent, Exciting, New Talent

I don't know what it must be like to be a writer in general, but to be a comedy writer, it's got to be something - it's a very special kind of talent.

- Edie Falco

topic: Special, Comedy, Talent

Self-doubt kills talent.

- Edie McClurg

topic: Self, Doubt, Talent, Self-doubt

Genius is the talent of a person who is dead.

- Edmond de Goncourt

topic: Genius, Talent, Persons

Jacobinism is the revolt of the enterprising talents of a country against its property.

- Edmund Burke

topic: Country, Talent, Revolt, Enterprising

My will exceeds my talents.

- Edvard Munch

topic: Talent

Character is more important than talent.

- Edwin Louis Cole

topic: Character, Important, Talent

Talent is full of thoughts, Genius is thought. Talent is a cistern, Genius a fountain.

- Edwin Percy Whipple

topic: Genius, Talent, Fountain

Talent jogs to conclusions to which Genius takes giant leaps.

- Edwin Percy Whipple

source: Edwin Percy Whipple (1859). “Lectures on Subjects Connected with Literature and Life”, p.162

topic: Giants, Genius, Talent, Talent And Genius

Even in social life, it is persistency which attracts confidence, more than talents and accomplishments.

- Edwin Percy Whipple

source: Edwin Percy Whipple (1866). “Character and Characteristic Men”, p.14

topic: Perseverance, Accomplishment, Talent

I don't have a great talent for explaining myself in acting because I can't explain it.

- Elaine Stritch

topic: Acting, Talent, Because I Can

If somebody doesn't have any talent, get off the stage! You're wasting my time.

- Elaine Stritch

topic: Talent, Wasting My Time, Stage

Talent does things tolerably well; genius does then intolerably better

- Elbert Hubbard

topic: Doe, Genius, Talent

Marriage is not for me. I tell you that I am Blank Verse. I am talent, and I do not rhyme with Love. I am talent and I do not rhyme with man.

- Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

source: Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (2012). “The Sick-a-Bed Lady: And Other Tales”, p.63, The Floating Press

topic: Men, Talent, Blank

Chile could work as a double for L.A.; it's very production-friendly and there's terrific talent down there.

- Eli Roth

topic: Friendly, Talent, Chile

I always wish to find great virtues where there are great talents, and to love what I admire ...

- Elizabeth Montagu

topic: Wish, Admiration, Talent, Great Talent

When you recognize what your talents are, a happy life is developing them to the greatest extent you can.

- Ellen Burstyn

topic: Happy Life, Talent, Life Is

Keep your talent in the dark and you'll never be insulted.

- Elsa Maxwell

topic: Dark, Talent, Insulted

I'm thankful for the talent in which God gave me and I'm thankful for the environment that he placed me.

- Eminem

topic: Talent, Environment

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

- Eric Cantona

topic: Needs, Want, Talent

Youth itself is a talent, a perishable talent.

- Eric Hoffer

topic: Time, Youth, Talent

I praise the Lord here today. I know that all my talent and all my ability comes from him, and without him I'm nothing and I thank him for his great blessing.

- Ernie Harwell

source: Tom Keegan, Ernie Harwell (2002). “Ernie Harwell: My 60 Years in Baseball”, Triumph Books (IL)

topic: Blessing, Today, Talent, Praise The Lord

I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time

- Ethel Merman

source: Ethel Merman, George Eells (1978). “Merman”

topic: Talent, Right Time

if you take passionate interest in a subject, it is hard not to believe yourself specially equipped for it.

- Ethel Smyth

source: Ethel Smyth (1922). “Streaks of life”

topic: Believe, Passionate, Talent

I suspect there's a lot of validity to the premise that big companies aren't going to attract entrepreneurial talent.

- Evan Williams

topic: Talent, Entrepreneurial, Bigs, Validity, Big Companies

The crowning blessing of life-to be born with a bias to some pursuit.

- Evelyn Beatrice Hall

topic: Blessing, Talent, Born

Much of the real computer talent today is concentrated in the private sector.

- Evgeny Morozov

topic: Real, Today, Talent

Part of the business of being an artist is abetting talent. The best do that.

- Faith Sullivan

topic: Artist, Talent, Being An Artist

It must be a sign of talent that I do not give up, though I can get nobody to take an interest in my efforts.

- Fanny Mendelssohn

source: Sebastian Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1968). “The Mendelssohn family 1729-1847: from letters and journals”

topic: Giving Up, Effort, Talent

My lips are big, but my talent is bigger.

- Fantasia Barrino

topic: Lips, Talent, Bigs

Well, it was one of my most gratifying experiences because I could devote my knowledge and my talent for the good for the City of Washington, and all the Federal projects where the Fine Arts Commission had jurisdiction, and it was a tremendous experience.

- Felix de Weldon

topic: Art, Cities, Talent

From that moment on, the newspaper became a highly lucrative investment for those with a talent for making money or for publishers wanting to gain a fortune.

- Ferdinand Lassalle

topic: Gains, Talent, Making Money

Everybody is blessed with a certain talent, you have to know what your talent is maximize it and push it to the limit.

- Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

topic: Blessed, Limits, Talent

My view is not just to find young talents, it's to support them too.

- Franca Sozzani

topic: Views, Support, Talent, Young Talent

They, and they only, advantage themselves by travel, who, well fraught with the experience of what their own country affords, carry ever with them large and thriving talents.

- Frances Osborne

topic: Country, Travel, Talent

Art depends on luck and talent.

- Francis Ford Coppola

topic: Art, Luck, Talent, Great Talent, Film Directors

There are some bad qualities which make great talents.

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

topic: Quality, Talent, Bad Qualities

Nature has concealed at the bottom of our minds talents and abilities of which we are not aware.

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

topic: Mind, Talent, Ability, Concealed, Talents And Abilities

Sometimes a fool has talent, but never judgment.

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

topic: Fool, Talent, Sometimes

Something you consider bad may bring out your child's talents; something you consider good may stifle them.

- François-René de Chateaubriand

topic: Children, May, Talent

After Proust, there are certain things that simply cannot be done again. He marks off for you the boundaries of your talent.

- Francoise Sagan

topic: Done, Talent, Proust

We're all generous, but with different things, like time, money, talent - criticism.

- Frank A. Clark

topic: Criticism, Different, Talent

Not every person has the same kinds of talents, so you discover what yours are and work with them.

- Frank Gehry

topic: Talent, Kind, Persons

Ed Sullivan will be around as long as someone else has talent.

- Fred Allen

topic: Long, Comedy, Talent, Ed Sullivan

I'm always looking for new talent.

- Fred Durst

topic: Talent, New Talent

Talent is some one faculty unusually developed; genius commands all the faculties.

- Frederic Henry Hedge

topic: Genius, Talent, Faculty

The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder.

- Frederick William Faber

topic: Rocks, Talent, Buried

Every talent must unfold itself in fighting.

- Friedrich Nietzsche

topic: Fighting, Martial Arts, Talent

Whether one has natural talent or not, any learning period requires the willingness to suffer uncertainty and embarrassment.

- Gail Sheehy

source: Gail Sheehy (2013). “Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life”, p.349, Penguin

topic: Suffering, Talent, Natural

Everyone, at any age, has talents that aren't fully developed-even those who reach the top of their profession.

- Garry Kasparov

topic: Age, Talent, Profession

The use of talent is far more important than the possession of talent.

- Garson Kanin

topic: Important, Use, Talent

An enterprise that is constantly exploring new horizons is likely to have a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining talent.

- Gary Hamel

topic: Horizon, Talent, Advantage, Retaining, Competitive Advantage

It's the most extraordinary and saddest thing, the amount of talent out there not being seen.

- Gedde Watanabe

topic: Talent, Extraordinary, Saddest

The finest all-around performer we ever had in America was Judy Garland. There was no limit to her talent. She was the quickest, brightest person I ever worked with.

- Gene Kelly

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: America, Limits, Talent

Yes, I've had some pretty good luck finding wonderful talent.

- Gene Krupa

topic: Good Luck, Talent, Wonderful

Day after day, I spent long afternoons in the talent pool, being told how to walk, how to talk, how to sit.

- Gene Tierney

topic: Long, Afternoon, Talent

The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.

- Geoffrey Chaucer

topic: Fate, Handsome, Talent