Talent Quotes

Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through.

I simply did not want my face to be my talent.

The saddest thing in life is wasted talent

The same applies to any artist; we are the tools and instruments of our talent. We are outsiders; we have no place in society because society is what we’re watching, and dealing with.

With too little data, you won't be able to make any conclusions that you trust. With loads of data you will find relationships that aren't real... Big data isn't about bits, it's about talent.

Big data isn’t about bits, it’s about talent.

A middling talent makes for a more serene life.

As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.

I would rather be hired solely for my talent, not just to fill a quota.

Racing has reached the point where it is pricing the young driver, no matter his talent, out of the game.

An actress must never lose her ego -- without it she has no talent.

You can win a talent show and be so famous that you can't walk down the street, but no-one knows you next Monday.

If you want to write, you write. Talent is simply not enough.

Wherever there is sincerity & talent, people do recognize them. It may take some time but we should have some patience and hold on to our passion.

Nice to see Christian return as he's been on the injured list for months. 'Captain Charisma' is due to have a big 2011. Very skilled, underrated talent.

I have neither talent or taste for kingship, cousin. I am a warrior, and to dwell always in one place and live at court would weary me to death!

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

When I was six I entered a talent contest. I dyed my hair blond, had a chainsaw and pretended I was Eminem. The old folk weren't expecting that.

Talent is being able to sell what you're feeling.

Honey, if you've had your eye on a piece of talent and that chick down the road has been getting all the action, then you know what you gotta do... Try A Little Bit Harder.

We get talent and scale from mergers.

I like playing a character that admires real musicianship, and real talent and hard work. I think that's a good message for everyone.

Genius is talent exercised with courage.

Talent, will and genius are natural phenomena like the lake, the volcano, the mountain, the wind, the star, the cloud.

The constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts.

Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

If you've got a talent, protect it.

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

I think talent is like a water table under the earth—you tap it with your effort and it comes through you.

If it [talent] isn’t strong enough to take the gaff of real training, then it’s not worth much.

When you've got a player who does what he does at that pace this late in the game than you know you've got an invaluable talent.

You don't want to be victimized by your lesser talents.

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

I only really cast people who are desperate to be in it - who were dying to be in it, whose talent I believed in and were dead ready to do the work that was necessary.

I don't think you need any kind of backing here in the industry. I think what you achieve in your life is the result of your own talent and hard work.

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

Nobility of birth is like a cipher; it has no power in itself, like wealth or talent; but, it tells with all the power of a cipher when added to either of the other two.

I think I have a good eye for talent. I think I'm smart enough to figure out what the mission is and achieve it. I achieve it by hiring good people.

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

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

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

It's one thing to have talent. It's another to figure out how to use it.

My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me.

Writing is a skill, not a talent, and this difference is important because a skill can be improved by practice.

I started Michael years ago. I saw him in Gary, Indiana, and we'd have him on the talent shows. He kind of emulated me, and did the best he could.

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.

Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.

Most talented with a God given talent for weaving words of heartfelt wonder.

My talent lies in the fact that I cannot touch a camera without expressing myself.