Quotes About Talent

Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks.

To make war all you need is intelligence. But to win you need talent and material.

His gaze was a lot steadier than her heartbeat. "She's the reason for those whispered phone calls I used to overhear, isn't she?" "Don't be silly. I was talking to my lover." "She told me she lives at a place called Brookdale. After I hung up, I did a little research on the Web. Your talent for obfuscation continues to amaze me." "Hey, I haven't obfuscated in weeks. Makes you go blind.

Be the best at what you're good at

Everyone was against each other, trying to get their art displayed in the gallery. Some people would write that off as competition. I saw it as bullying. And in the music classes, to tell you the truth, I didn't get a lot of respect. Most kids started playing early. They took lessons with private teachers. My family

Anna was a star athlete at school, while Dawn was one of the last picks for any sporting teams. Dawn

I told her once I wasn't good at anything. She told me survival is a talent.

The vision becomes reality. Linking talent with opportunity.

Now he's [Cinna] arranging things around my living room: Clothing, fabrics, and sketchbooks with designs he's drawn. I pick one up and examine one of the dresses I supposedly created. You know, I think I show a lot of promise," I say. Get dressed, you worthless thing.

My mother says healers are born, not made.

We each get fifteen minutes before the Gamemakers to amaze them with our skills, but I don't know what any of us might have to show them. There's a lot of kidding about it at lunch. What we might do. Sing, dance, strip, tell jokes. Mags, who i can understand a little better now, decides she's just going to take a nap.

Rue,, la niña que, cuando le preguntas por lo que mas ama en el mundo, contesta que la musica, nada mas y nada menos.

He knew this would be easier if he wasn't such an exceptional person. The best and the brightest humanity had to offer. The youngest to pass the officer candidate test.

Peeta'n?n, Oyunlar'? resmetmek için bir f?rçaya ihtiyac? yoktu. Sözcüklerle de ayn? ustal?kla oynayabiliyordu.

healers are born, not made.

Why? The ease with which he manipulates words is his greatest talent. Was his difficulty a result of his torture? Something more? Like madness?

There is a general knowledge that I am multi-dimensional, that when you are creative you do a lot of things.

Nelson Riddle was really something. Just something else.

When people compliment my cooking, it's like somebody telling me that they like my music. And it's great to be known for something else.

The more you live, the better an actor you are, but maybe I'd like to do something else on the side. Something to pay the bills as well.

There are many brilliant actors, including our own Dilip Kumar, but Robert de Niro is something else.

When I started playing football, I started as a left-defender. Maybe I wasn't very talented in that position but I knew that something good could come out of it. I got some skills with my feet and that helped me a lot later on. Those qualities have helped me a lot in my career.

Obviously, artists need to make money and stuff like that, but if you do something good or if you make good art or make good stuff, the wealth will find you in some way.

To me, no matter who you're casting for what role, if something's authentic, usually you can mine something good there.