Quotes About Talent

He was not convinced of the truth of the saying [] "The poet is born, not made" but he was quite sure of the truth of this at least: [] "The poem is made not born.

You don't realize the gift you have.

Gretchen, talent doesn't have anything to do with a person's background or education. Did you ever see Amadeus? It's the story of Mozart and his rivalry with Antonio Salieri. Salieri hated Mozart because he thought God had given this great talent to an undeserving idiot. Talent isn't earned, it's given. It's like getting hit by lightning in the middle of a wet pasture. People don't sign up for it.

writer or a musician, not knowing that it was possible

Besides my great fashion sense? I play a mean harmonica.

We try not to encourage demonstrations of his mastery of the gaseous arts.

His face flushed, and I felt like cheering. Yes, he said stiffly. Besides de vings. Hmm. Besides de vings. Nudge tapped one finger against her chin. Um... Her face brightened. I once ate nine Snickers bars in one sitting. Without barfing. That was a record! Hardly a special talent, ter Borcht said witheringly. Nudge was offended. Yeah? Let's see YOU do it. ... ... I vill now eat nine Snickers bars, Gazzy said in a perfect, creepy imitation of ter Borcht's voice, visout bahfing.

i play a mean harmonica

He was 90 percent image, and the most you want is 50 percent because the other 50 percent must be a musical talent.

If you are lucky you will find something you love, if youre really lucky youll find someone to pay you for it

BECAUSE I'M REALLY GOOD," Rhonda added.

He's even funnier than that sit-down/stand-up comedian kid I heard about, Jamie Grimm.

Ultimately, I don't think you can teach a tone-deaf person how to sing. Some talents you're just born with, unfortunately.

You can never be guaranteed good roles because of an award, but I think your profile and net worth as a performer has to do with awards, unfortunately.

My secret dream has always been to be a jazz musician. I tried the saxophone for a year or two when I was younger, but unfortunately I had to face the fact that I was not really talented!

I was a gymnast when I was younger. My parents put me in gymnastics, and I was actually only good at the floor. I was terrible at everything else, especially beam. Unfortunately, you can't be a gymnast unless you're good at all of the apparatuses, so I became a competitive cheerleader. I was just the main tumbler for my squad.

Actors are like Swiss Army knives - we're ready to use any lever at any moment. But I learned long ago that, unfortunately, this industry only sees the one thing sticking out that they know us from, and that's the only thing they can imagine.

Unfortunately, many talented people in Hollywood find their values and politics do not reflect the content they create, and many movie themes are in direct contrast with over half of today's American families.

Oh God, I would love to do Broadway, but I'm unfortunately not a very good singer.

Unfortunately, there is no 'X Factor U.S.A.' without Simon Cowell.

Sean's a better person when he's directing. He becomes a queen when he's an actor. And he's so unhappy when he's acting.

Geniuses sometimes end up very unhappy, without a penny.

There's a lot of good musicians who are unheard of. Get it down before they pass away.

When I was 16, I moved to Torrance, California to train at a more advanced studio, and by 19, I joined the American Ballet Theatre in New York. It all happened so fast - it was pretty unheard of that someone could train for so few years and become a professional at one of the most elite dance companies in the United States.