Talent Quotes

. . . how man evolved with such an incredible reservoir of talent and such fantastic diversity isn't completely understood . . . he knows so little and has nothing to measure himself against.

Actors already striving in the theatre wouldn't dream of putting themselves on these shows; it means that only about 10% of the talent out there is being auditioned for parts.

Talent is always more interesting - ambition is not interesting. If you have talent, you have to find ways of expressing it, but you may not be a success in the world's terms.

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.

With one more talent one frequently stands with greater instability than with one less, as a table stands better on three legs than on four.

The meanest and most hateful thing about money is that it even gives one talent.

I was a big fan of Rodney Dangerfield. He had this HBO Young Comedians Special and he'd always bring up new talent, and I loved that!

There are two ways to become famous. Degrade yourself or have talent. The first way is easier.

I've known people with exceptional talent - and some have wasted it. Ambition spurs a man on.

Everybody in the world is talking about Canada…outside of the US, there is probably no country in the world that is producing more blue-chip young basketball talent than Canada.

Some people are suspicious of others who have more than one talent. I've had poets tell me to my face that an actress can't be a poet.

The talent is always there and art is cyclical. I’m optimistic.

The most exciting thing about women's liberation is that this century will be able to take advantage of talent and potential genius that have been wasted because of taboos.

We've got unmatched talent, innovation, entrepreneurial spirit, so when we work together, we can all benefit.

If you don't realize there is always somebody who knows how to do something better than you, then you don't give proper respects for others' talents.

I think people of lesser talent will become stars.

A nation needs to know how to utilise talent.

I'm seeing more and more books by celebrity authors, and I'm not happy to see them. I'd rather see publishing budgets devoted to genuine talents.

I have a talent for dealing with difficult men.

I try not to respond with a pep talk, such as, "Everyone has talent, just try, you'll see." I skirt those kinds of answers.

A person has the right, and I think the responsibility, to develop all of their talents.

Guy Peellaert was to Europe what Andy Warhol was to America - except Guy had more talent!

Of all the actresses ... to me, only Faye Dunaway has the talent and the class and the courage it takes to make a real star.

A man of talent is not born to be left to himself, but to devote himself to art and good masters who will make something of him.

I admire writers who can make complicated things simple, but my own talent has been to make simple things complicated.

Wit is the most dangerous talent you can possess. It must be guarded with great discretion and good-nature, otherwise it will create you many enemies.

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

To win once you must have talent, but to win again you must have character.

I heard someone from the music business saying they are no longer looking for talent, they want people with a certain look and a willingness to cooperate.

There is no talent so pernicious as eloquence to those who have it under command.

many writers believe in arrival without leaving home. They believe in talent but not skill.

Designers must be both conscious and unconscious at the same time. Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle talent.

Take me and my role seriously. Take my talent seriously.

Talent is only interesting if it's challenged.

I know talent when I see it. I know frauds when I see 'em. I know players that can play and can't play.

I think if you love someone, you think that they're out of your league, of course. I go for the full package though, you know, like not everything is based on looks. I go for talent and funny.

I like to work with really good professional people - anyone with real talent.

I was blessed with a God-given talent and my mother raised me the right way.

When illusions are shattered by truth, talent is set free.

Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key.

I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more.

Talent is a spring from which fresh water always flows.- But this spring is worthless if no good use is made of it.

I never needed Panavision and stereophonic sound to woo the world. I did it in black and white on a screen the size of a postage stamp. Honey, that's talent.

You can sing if you have a great voice, but to connect that instrument to the text and connect it to the subtext, what lies underneath and the emotion, is indeed a rare talent.

Brilliance is one part talent, two parts wisdom and three parts passion.

Talent is what drives technology companies.

It's a young country and a German only feels comfortable being with the masses. They have very little talent at creating an inner life, privacy. And I think there must be something wrong.

You've got to protect whatever creative talent you have left.

If you work on your talent, the plans will fall in automatically.

I hate, loathe and despise schools.School is bad for you if you have any talent. You should be cultivating that talent in your own particular way.