Quotes About Talent

I've been drawing my whole life. My mom says my sister and I were drawing by age 1. Animation seems a real, natural extension of drawing as a way of telling a story visually.

You really do have a pretty voice, Peter. You never should've quit chorus." "The only reason I ever took chorus is because all the girls were in chorus." "Well, then forget about joining a chorus at UVA. No a cappella groups either.

I guess I'm a better baker than I am a cook.

You probably make her feel very special. Because that's your talent, right? You're good at making people feel special.

I'm so in awe of your talent and so honored to be your friend.

Stevie Wonder.

It's my gift and my curse.

shop assistants who think they can sing

You can be the best actor in the world, but if you don't have that one lucky moment, it kind of doesn't matter. There are a lot of amazing actors who will never get the chance to prove themselves because they won't have that one lucky moment.

I think it's real easy to be famous these days it's not real easy to sustain success.

My momma always said, 'You and Elvis are pretty good, but y'all ain't no Chuck Berry.

If I'm going to Hell, I'm going there playing the piano.

recognized that he was a genius" (67)

Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary.

Mr. Gibbons had the talent that many puppeteers have of speaking to children as though he believed they were intelligent and could understand a thing or two.

I sing a little bit. I got a guitar for my 16th birthday.

You have to be the best of whatever you are, but successful, cool actresses come in all shapes and sizes.

A deepening class divide makes social mobility all but impossible. The result is a de facto caste system. This is not only morally wrong but also tremendously wasteful. Denying access to opportunity for large segments of the population means throwing away vast reserves of talent and brainpower. It's also been shown to dampen economic growth.

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops," reflected the late writer Stephen Jay Gould.

am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops," reflected the late writer Stephen Jay Gould.

deepening class divide makes social mobility all but impossible. The result is a de facto caste system. This is not only morally wrong but also tremendously wasteful. Denying access to opportunity for large segments of the population means throwing away vast reserves of talent and brainpower. It's also been shown to dampen economic growth.

The relationship between talent and management is uneasy, at best.

Now, anybody who's seen me sing or even tell a joke knows I have the facial expressions of Jim Carrey.

Ich lüge auch. Aber ich weiß es. Ich weiß, dass das System falsch ist. Bei uns in der Wirtschaft sieht das ein Blinder. Aber ich diene dem falschen System mit Hingabe. Denn im Rahmen des falschen Systems, dem ich mein bescheidenes Talent zur Verfügung stelle, sind die falschen Maßnahmen naturgemäß richtig und die richtigen sind begreiflicherweise falsch.