Best 1678 quotes in «talent quotes» category

I wasn't born with a natural talent for songwriting.

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

I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school.

I was very interested in being a painter. I had facility, I had talent, and I loved painting and printmaking, and I was quite serious about it.

I was young and so eager to make some money as well as get exposed and show my 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.

I won a scholarship to come to LA and compete in a modeling and talent completion and was amazed when I won it. I had never acted before in my life and won the acting category. I began to wonder what this is about and then decided to see what happened.

I would definitely like to direct at some point. I've been very fortunate to work with some amazing talent and study them. But when the right time and the right story arrives, and I feel like I'm compelled to tell it, then I'll do that.

I would love to sing with Christina [Aguilera]... she has so much talent... she has an amazing voice.

I wouldn't call myself an actor or a singer for that matter, just a journeyman. [...] I feel I must have a talent somewhere for doing something but I'm still not terribly sure what it is. I suppose it's a talent for being myself.

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

Let the sexes mutually forgive each other their follies; or, what is much better, let them combine their talents for their general advantage.

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

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

J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he's been a wonderful manager to me.

Kathy Bates is sexy. It's partly because of her talent, but she's got a great face, and a great laugh.

Keeping even the most humble talent wrapped in a napkin becomes the more reprehensible the greater the emergency.

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

Let us people who are so uncommonly clever and learned have a great tenderness and pity for the poor folks who are not endowed with the prodigious talents which we have.

Life is not linear, it is organic. We create our lives symbiotically as we explore our talents in relation to the circumstances they help create for us

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.

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.

Louie Bellson represents the epitome of musical talent. His ability to cover the whole musical spectrum from an elite percussionist to a very gifted composer and arranger never ceases to amaze me. I consider him one of the musical giants of our age.

Lynn, my wife, would very much appreciate if I had a talent for anything besides music.

Make your own talent, make your own luck, and activate your stubborn streak, and there's nothing that can stop you.

Mannerism always wants to be finished and doesn't enjoy the process. Genuine, truly great talent, however, finds its greatest satisfaction in the production.

Manufacturing establishments not only occasion a positive augmentation of the produce and revenue of the society . . . they contribute essentially to rendering them greater than they could possibly be, without such establishments. These circumstances are . . . greater scope for the diversity of talents and dispositions which discriminate men from each other.

Many talents preserve their precociousness right into old age.

Marathons are about tenacity as much as 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.

'MasterChef' is the search for America's culinary amateur talent, so this is a search for the best home cook in America, and it's our job to figure out who that is.

Martyrdom is the only path to immortality that requires no talent whatsoever.

McKinty is an exciting new talent.

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

Mental Toughness: The ability to consistently perform toward the upper range of your talent and skill regardless of the competitive circumstances.

Meryl Streep's got talent, she's got skills. I'm sure she wants to be on 'Cougar Town,' right?

Messi or Cristiano - Speed? Cristiano. Shot? Cristiano. Dribbling? Messi. Intelligence? Messi. Talent? Messi. Winner is Messi!

Method acting? There are quite a few methods. Mine involves a lot of talent, a glass, and some cracked ice.

Mine's a pretty simple strategy: there's not a lot of talent here, but there's a lot of hustle. I have to be in every place I can, and be busy.

Money can run out but talent is forever

Mort Meskin was a consummate professional, dedicated to his work. A great talent.

Most people over estimate others talents and underestimate their own.

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

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

My bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and my talent are my title.

My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.

My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesnt work hard enough.

My delusion outweighs my talent by far and it always will, because if it doesn't, then there's no point in living.

My father always said, 'The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.'

My gift, if I have one, is choosing terrific talent and providing the atmosphere for them to do their best work.