Quotes About Talent

reminder how some people could do things others could not.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.

If Roberts had been a poet or a painter or a musician; we might have had a masterpiece. As he was neither: we had a monster

With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.

The regular guy still relates to him and Howard is a $500 million guy now who dates a model and drives about in a limo all day. But Howard still knows how to make a plumber laugh and those guys still have him on in the morning, because he is a real talent.

Una mujer perspicaz —continúa ella— adivina al pedante en la tercera frase, y es capaz de ver el talento del que guarda silencio.

La del agente secreto, como cualquier vida clandestina, requería talento, frialdad y aptitudes para la supervivencia. También capacidad de improvisación, saber adaptarse al entorno y facilidad para captar el conjunto por simples detalles.

Hay mujeres admirables, acostumbradas a pensar. Damas inteligentes, libres de espíritu, que se sitúan por encima de los prejuicios y combinan el alma fuerte de los hombres con la sensibilidad de su sexo. —Eso es muy cierto. Quizá por eso, las mujeres de talento aman más tiernamente a sus viejos amigos que a sus jóvenes amantes... Ellas pueden engañar a veces al marido o al amante, pero nunca al amigo.

Ni en el siglo dieciocho ni ahora —continuó al cabo de un momento— acepta nadie que su fracaso se deba a falta de talento, sino que ve injusticias, conspiraciones y desdenes por todas partes...

The most exciting place to discover talent is in yourself

I have a responsibility to nurture and shepherd my talent and when I'm living the parts of my life not related to that I feel I have the right to be left alone.

I love voice over! I just think it is amazing!

My mom thought I might be good for voiceover. She thought I had a cute voice, so maybe I could do a cartoon or something. And while we were looking into that, we also thought I should get into theater acting, so I tried it and the first audition I went on, I booked it. And it kind of just snowballed from there.

It takes only one man to make an artist, but forty to make an Academician.

a spiritual gift as a unique, God-given ability for service.

Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their reason.

Competitions are for horses, not artists.

Lazy But Talented

After a point, it doesn't matter where you come from. There are many star kids who haven't done well in the industry and rank newcomers who have done amazingly well.

You can usually tell how healthy a ballet company is by the degree of your interest in the middle ranks of the dancers - the not-yet stars, the up-and-comers.