Quotes About Talent

I do a pretty good job at casting actually.

What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man.

Good taste cannot supply the place of genius in literature, for the best proof of taste, when there is no genius, would be, not to write at all.

I haven't actually seen a Lady Gaga tour, but I do think she's very good.

I'm basically a cocktail jazz kind of pianist. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a very good keyboard player. People think I think I'm good. I think I'm a very poor piano player.

I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play.

My chief gifts are - naturally good at all sports with a raw talent for pretty much everything, which if nurtured could develop into improper talent.

The sign of a good society is where talent is respected.

Anne Baxter was a very good actress, Donna Reid was great. You couldn't name an actress I wasn't crazy about.

I would've loved to have been in a band, but sadly I just wasn't good enough.

There is no such thing as an amateur artist as different from a professional artist. There is only good art and bad art.

I'm not a good enough singer to pull off the effect.

I think this is a very good look at how to tackle this effort. The resources and the talent are here, but now we've got to move forward with some sort of direction.

Paul Newman is not a very good pool player.

Acquiring and keeping good people is a leader's most important task.

Good writing is clear. Talented writing is energetic. Good writing avoids errors. Talented writing makes things happen in the reader's mind - -vividly, forcefully.

I started really young, like 12 or 13, and then I started doing school plays. We had a really good drama department, so the kind of drama-geek stigma wasn't really there in my high school.

Actors are the best and the worst of people. They're like kids. When they're good, they're very very good. When they're bad they're very very naughty.

I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline.

Revolutions are good times for soldiers of talent and courage.

Cristiano is unlucky to be playing in the same era as Messi. Ronaldo is a very good player, but Messi is even better.

It's possible for me to make a bad movie out of a good script, but I can't make a good movie from a bad script.

Good music is good music, but it has to be good.

We obviously can't compete with the big clubs trying to sign world class stars, but we've already identified some very good players and we'll see what happens.