Quotes About Talent

If you're good at something, never do it for free.

Talent works for money and fame; the motive which moves genius to productivity is, on the other hand, less easy to determine.

God felt sorry for actors, so he gave them a place in the sun and a lot of money. All they had to sacrifice was their talent.

I don't think anyone enjoys raising money, but for some reason I seem to have a knack...

A man of talent will strive for money and reputation; but the spring that moves genius to the production of its works is not as easy to name

You dont need money, or plastic surgery to be a star

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

My dad would give me $10, which is a lot of money when you're 9, to sing at church, on tables at restaurants, at family functions, just about anywhere.

Many of the greatest black athletes of all time played baseball for no money and no recognition. I'm just sorry many major league fans never got to see them play, because many of them were awesome.

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

What is most vile and despicable about money is that it even confers talent. And it will do so until the end of the world.

Yeah, I like to be the maker of the art. And I like and want the money. But I don't really dig being famous.

Whatever you are passionate about, there is some skill associated with it and there's some service associated with it. Go for it, and don't worry about the money all the time.

I feel that all of us can contribute something, and it doesn't have to be money. It can just be service or talent.

I'd seen musicians act, and it scares me. And they make more money than me.

When people believe you have something to give, something no one else has, they'll go to great lengths and pay a lot of money for it.

I will paint for money any time.

It's hard to convince people when you haven't done anything that the things you're working on are worthy of spending their time and money on: like, "Oh man, I write really great songs, I promise!"

I had a moment where I realised I could do silly voices, that lots of people I knew couldn't do silly voices, and that thus I must be able to make money doing silly voices.

I can't draw a stick person. I can't play a musical instrument. But I've always had a knack for making money.

Your money can be inflated away but your knowledge and talent cannot.

You can take any line of business and skill and the ones who do it the best are the ones who get the most money for it.

If you wrote something for which someone sent you a cheque, if you cashed the cheque and it didn't bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented.

God put a certain potential into us that is totally sufficient to carry out the assigned task