Quotes About Talent

When I was a freshman in high school, my drama teacher, an incredible, inspirational genius, the guy who got me into acting, he encouraged me to get the lead in a musical. They didn't have any guys.

My teacher said I would either be a hoodlum, or a great entertainer.

A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.

Rossini would have been a great composer if his teacher had spanked him enough on his backside.

"It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever" he said. "Have you thought of going into teaching?"

In high school, I was Mr. Choir Boy. I had solos, I was helping out the tenors with their parts and our choir teacher would ask me what songs we should do.

A teacher who is only interested in great talents is like a man who only seeks the company of rich people.

I was always performing, doing silly voices. The teachers realized I could go one of two ways: be creative or destructive.

Not everybody's a great singer, but people can get better at singing. There's great singing teachers out there. It's a muscle, you just have to train it.

Both of my parents are actually music teachers.

There was a very famous musician in our family. He was a great violinist, an internationally known teacher. He was Leopold Auer.

I was a B student in math, simply because my teachers liked me, as an actor.

There are some great teachers who have had great students, but they themselves can't play a note. I don't understand it, because the most I learned from my teacher was just hearing him play.

To get enough of the teachers we need, teaching has to be a great job where talented people are supported and rewarded.

BOLD Immersion was about exposing students to a talented and diverse community, learning about the technology industry from a non-technical point of view, and growing my skills.

Gifted children tend to be very impatient and need constant stimulation, otherwise they become aggressive.

But just because you love something, I added to myself, doesn't mean you'll ever be great. Not if you don't work. Most people stink at the things they love.

You can have pride in what you do each day, but not arrogance in what you were born with.

Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don't you learn to play chess. - Ch. 5

I am a miserable cook but an extremely talented eater.

But sometimes the prodigy in me became impatient. If you don't hurry up and get me out of here, I'm disappearing for good, it warned. And they you'll always be nothing.

No puedes tener suerte cuando otra persona tiene habilidad.

You can't have luck when someone else has skills

You can have pride in what you do each day," said Sister Yu, "but not arrogance in what you were born with." She