Quotes About Talent

He fixed his eyes on my fingers while I played to him, then said suddenly, My God; I work at it till I sweat and yet get no success - while you, my friend, simply play at it! Yes, said I, but I too had to work in order that I might be exempt from work now.

I can levitate birds. No one cares.

Talent is luck. The important thing in life is courage.

soprano saxophone for their delectation (years later

I wrote one single joke for Don Adams. Jonathan Winters needed nothing from anyone; he was simply a genius.

On that movie, I fired Haskell Wexler. I always thought he was a genius cameraman but I found him infantile, annoying like a pestering child, and I realized early if we had to have a Talmudic disagreement before and after every shot, I'd run months over schedule. I was sorry to do it, as I had looked forward to working with such a gifted man, but the chemistry was bad.

Caesar and The Honeymooners—two very different great comedians, Sid and Jackie Gleason.

Dianne Wiest, Julie Kavner so terrific

Anyone who uses more than two chords is just showing off.

que esto de ser copy es lo más parecido a ser vedette: no eres así que digas bailarina, pero bailas; tampoco eres cantante, pero cantas; menos aún actriz, y sin embargo actúas.

Los perdedores se consideran listos, les indigna que los menos dotados lleguen más lejos que ellos. Creen que el talento vale más que la persistencia.

The notion that egalitarian purposes could be served by the "restoration" of upward mobility betrayed a fundamental misunderstanding. High rates of mobility are by no means inconsistent with a system of stratification that concentrates power and privilege in a ruling elite. Indeed, the circulation of elites strengthens the principle of hierarchy, furnishing elites with fresh talent and legitimating their ascendancy as a function of merit rather than birth.

Competition perverts true fitness, Hébert believed. It tempts you to cheat; to overdevelop some talents while ignoring others;

in another era the same behavior that is now throttled with Ritalin and disciplinary rap sheets would have been the mark of greatness, the early blooming of a true champion.

But there's a problem,' Dr. Bramble said. He tapped his forehed. 'And it's right up here.' Our greatest talent, he explained, also created the monster that could destroy us.

The reason some people use their genetic gift for running and others don't is because the brain is a bargain shopper.

Here were these little guys wearing sandals who never actually trained for the race. And they blew away some of the best long-distance runners in the world.

A good idea is a good idea and my work should compete on its own merits, not based on the size of my fan base.

I think early on I knew what I was going to do and it was based a lot on familiarity but it was also because I didn't have a lot of skills. There was nothing I wanted t be. I didn't want to be a doctor. I wanted to be in show business.

Emotional power is maybe the most valuable thing that an actor can have.

I think if you do something effectively whether you're the lover or the comic or the action guy or the villain like I play movies are very expensive to make. Chances are you'll get asked to play that part again.

The Gong Show was the greatest scam of all time. It was simple: We wanted to do a talent show. There weren't any venues for acts back then. We were gonna have a show of new, fresh, good acts. But we couldn't find any; they were all lousy. So rather than throw away the idea, I said, "Let's reverse it. Let's do lousy acts." Now, is that a scam? I'm telling you.

He never learned to read or write so wellBut he could play a guitar just like ringing a bell.

When it comes to football, God is prejudiced - toward big, fast kids.