Talent Quotes

Of Virginia Woolf: The talent of this generation which is most certain of survival.

When I was just a girl in Sydney, no one thought, 'Oh, she's going to be a movie star.' No one. I had to get by with actual skill and talent.

Any coach needs talent. You start with talent. Without talent, we're all in the soup.

I guess I'm afraid to retire because I don't know what I would do. I don't know what my talent is. So I don't know. So maybe I'm afraid to stop, but I've got to stop.

Over the years I have found one of my best strengths is my ability to recognise talent and trust them.

Even with talent, it's who you meet at the right time that tips the scales.

Hollywood has a way of sucking the world's talent to it.

I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away their freedom to make art, would lose their mind.

I just rely on natural talent," said Adrian, strolling up to the start of the Dragon's Lair. "When you have such a wealth of it to draw from, the danger comes from having too much.

Great leaders have an ability, a characteristic of analyzing very good talent, and empowering that talent.

A truly great artist has many talents.

Here is the reality - as I've been saying for longer than I can remember, Scott Walker is a mediocre county executive who has risen far beyond his talents.

I get really frustrated with people who turn their noses up at talent shows like 'The Voice' and 'X-Factor.'

I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them.

When you work; don't expect your talent to be discovered. Work hard because it makes you happy.

Is your love for the Lord sufficient to give all your time and talents to his work?

People in Scotland appreciate homegrown talent, but it's getting harder and harder to get films made in Britain.

They can buy talent. You can't buy it for yourself, but you can buy other people's talent to serve your purposes. And once an artist does that, he becomes like a plaything of the rich.

I make non-fiction partly because I'm not that good of a writer. My talent, if I have any, is in balancing, capturing and directing reality, rather than creating scenarios.

That's the goal. Just to go out and not try to prove anybody wrong but just let your talents speak for themselves.

It's not about talent once you get to the NFL because everyone's got it. It's about being willing to go that extra mile to be the best and that's something that I've always done.

Egyptologists, skilled in piecing together the papyri of lost civilisations, suddenly discovered that the same talent could be applied to working out the pattern of German radio traffic.

No talent in management is worth more than the ability to master facts-not just any facts, but the ones that provide the best answers.

A lot of what the Internet is showing is that talent is more disperse than gatekeepers such as myself...

Having talent is fantastic. Having confidence is even more important.

Film acting would be about 80 percent better than it has been lately if actors did their homework, if they didn't have egos that took the size of their talent for granted.

My talent is getting things to work that people think are many decades in the future. I say we can make them happen now.

Israel has incredible entrepreneurial spirit and a deep bench of technology talent.

I knew that Jaye Davidson would not last because of that. I really liked him and thought he had incredible screen presence and talent, but I knew that he would not stay in that profession.

Eric McCormack is directing talent waiting to happen.

With a good editor you find yourself shaping as you talk and they will ask a couple of questions that open new things. Some are good at line editing too, but there's this other, less visible talent.

The purpose of America is to unleash the full talent and genius of every individual.

I was a Gordon Lightfoot fan before he ever had a song out. You just knew he was pure talent and he was going to be successful. Gordon has written and recorded some of the greatest music ever.

I think that that's always been a real talent of mine is to be able to spot somebody who has that thing that is so non-definable, that thing that I wish I possessed.

This young man is an exceptionally gifted and talented violinist ... He is a first class talent.

Talent cannot be learned, it can only be developed.

Hillary Clinton doesn't have any natural talents. Hillary doesn't have any natural connection to people. Hillary doesn't have any charisma, magnetism. All of that has to be manufactured by the media.

I'm always surrounded by smart talented people. I had talented partners. Stan Latham for one. Talent scouts.

So I have this ability, if I may say so, to spot talent.

I know that great gifts come at a price, and that not all talent inspires admiration.

I dont think playing a villain is my greatest talent.

All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House.

Woman, I tell you, is a microcosm; and rightly to rule her, requires as great talents as to govern a state.

There must always be some advantage on one side or the other, and it is better that advantage should be had by talents than by chance.

His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void; And sure the Eternal Master found The single talent well employed.

Cunning has effect from the credulity of others, rather than from the abilities of those who are cunning. It requires no extraordinary talents to lie and deceive.

I'm pretty focused on what I do. I think directing is a very specific talent, and I'm not real big on putting puzzles together, which is basically what a film is.

Is duty a mere sport, or an employ! Life an entrusted talent or a toy!

People stereotype pop stars, but Christina [Aguilera] proves them wrong with her unique style and talent.

Decisions are made by people who have time, not people who have talent.