Best 1678 quotes in «talent quotes» category

I'm a huge Dallas Mavs fan. What I love about Dirk Nowitzki is he has just as much talent as everyone else, if not more, and he never toots his own horn. He's this silent warrior.

I'm always looking for new talent.

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

I'm a planner, and most networks don't plan. Bravo doesn't plan. Bravo is lucky in a lot of ways - they've got a lot of great talent, but at the same time, they don't nurture it. They lost 'Project Runway.'

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.

I'm not unfamiliar with music, and I really do write music. I've gotten a talent for it. I don't have the technical skills, but I do plan to learn.

I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and 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'm still interested in perfecting whatever talents I have and continuing to grow as an actor and continuing to be useful to the telling of the story.

I'm so used to people slagging me off. Since the beginning of my career I've been told I have no talent, I can't sing and I'm a one-hit wonder.

I'm not interested in making money. It's just that with my talent, I'm cursed with it.

I'm very secure about my talents and about who I am.

In a movie you have all these logistical problems; all these practical problems. But you're also going to have people come who can do things that you can't do, and you get to direct their talents.

I'm hardly Hollywood material - they're interested in youth and perfection and I lay no claims to either. It's not a place that's particularly interested in talent.

I'm taking my talents to South Beach.

I'm very open to fresh talent, and I love the underdog, people who have been counted out, because they come in with a different type of hunger. I'm all for the underdog, so I'd like to talk to anybody who shows up with that sort of thirst.

In abandoning the vagueness of the sketch the artist shows more of his personality by revealing the range but also the limitations of his talent.

India has lot of talent. What I am happy with is that the talent keeps on coming. Certainly it could be nice, though I am not terribly keen on seeing my successor yet.

India is one of the youngest startup nations in the world, and so far, various technology startups have witnessed phenomenal growth. It's amazing how these startups are thriving solely based on domestic demands. It speaks volumes about India's economy and its rich talent pool.

I never met a winner who had a work ethic. Not somebody who says I have so much talent that naturally I won.

I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.

In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable.

In every trade save war men of talent and vigor prosper. In war they die.

I never starved. And you know, whatever talent I have, I've relied on that, versus image or star.

In my early days I was a contract player at Universal and I had a wonderful mentor named Monique James, who was head of talent there, and she used to drag me on sets to do parts.

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

In film, the possibilities are greater. You can go beyond the fourth wall. You can go to these incredible locations and you're put into circumstances that are physically sensuous. It sometimes requires much more of a physical talent.

Intelligence is to genius as the whole is in proportion to its part. [Fr., Entre esprit et talent il y a la proportion du tout a sa partie.]

In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork.

In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.

In truth, we are all part of the team of humanity. And as such, we are all obligated to share ourselves, and our talents, for the sake of the team.

In Yale they convinced me I had no talent, even though I was always working. They cast me mostly as prostitutes and old women, and I stayed because I loved the writers. I loved Chris Durang and Wendy Wasserstein. I was always doing their work in the Yale Cabaret.

Investing in yourself is the best thing you can do. If you've got talents, no one can take them from you.

Invest in your brain, invest in your talents. Those things can appreciate and they get better as you get older.

I often help others discover the outer limits of their hatred. It’s a talent of mine.

I plan to do my next two albums with Lady Gaga . She is quite a 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.

I prefer to discover new talent by holding open auditions.

I put my talent in my work, I save my Genius for my life.

I question my own talent and ability to make creative work every single day.

I really think that aside from admiring my talent you really admire me as a person and as a woman.

I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.

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

I sat down and wrote some jokes and went to the talent show, got up on stage, fell in love with it and never turned back.

I soon realized that poets do not compose their poems with knowledge, but by some inborn talent and by inspiration, like seers and prophets who also say many fine things without any understanding of what they say.

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

I take jobs with people I admire, people with incredible talent who aren't necessarily big sellers.

I take no pride in my artistic talents; they are God-given and I see absolutely no reason to become puffed up over something that one has received.

It destroys the soul to hear that you're all hype, that you have no talent, and that your whole career has been contrived.