Quotes About Talent

Lucille was a darling lady. Probably the finest comedienne in the business.

Your workforce is your most valuable asset. The knowledge and skills they have represent the fuel that drives the engine of business - and you can leverage that knowledge.

Again, talent is the real import of being in the business.

I am a huge fan of Alan Furst. Furst is the best in the business--the most talented espionage novelist of our generation.

There are many untalented people making millions of dollars in the film business.

If you stop building stars, which we never do, you wouldn't be in business.

In business there's people who have talent and there's people whose talent is to take advantage of people who have talent.

It's an immensely competitive business, and I can tell you the older you get, the parts are fewer, and the people who are proven performers are greater.

I got to show off in front of my husband, who married me as I was stepping out of the business, so he had no idea that I could strut my stuff on the stage.

I don't have any talent as an artist but I do have an awareness for business and what you need to bring to that world. It helps to know what you're good at.

I look at B.J. Penn as one of the best boxers in the business. He's got one of the best jabs around.

Either an executive can do his job or he can't.

You have to be a star to be in this business.

Music business is hard. It's very difficult. And it's not for everyone. Even if you can sing or even if you can write a song, it takes a lot of determination, it takes some kind of thick skin.

Find me any performer anywhere who isn't egocentric. You'd better believe you're good, or you've got no business being out there.

My show business career doesn't mean I can't write a symphony. It just means I was never asked to write one.

I decided to start my own label because so many people with talent come to me wanting to know how they can get in the music business.

Lack of discipline. First of all, I think some of them fail because they just don't have natural talent, and they shouldn't even be in the business to begin with.

If your content is good, your career just started.

Being in the consumer business helps us groom talent in areas like marketing, finance and logistics. We can benchmark our outsourcing business to our consumer business and its best practices.

That boy could throw a ball through a car wash and not get it wet. (on Warren Moon)

I get appalled when I see good drivers being left on the sidelines because they haven't come up with the half million to a million to put themselves in a competitive car.

I don't put myself on Jeff Beck's level, but I can relate to him when he says he'd rather be working on his car collection than playing the guitar.

I always loved music. You know, my parents said I started singing when I was 4, in the car.