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Talent Quotes

"As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too."

"As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too."

Johnny Depp, American Actor

Talent, Thought, Ambition, Nothing

15

"Where a beast would have claws, I was born with talent."

"Where a beast would have claws, I was born with talent."

Klaus Kinski, German Actor

15

"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."

"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."

Artie Lange, American Actor

Talent, Day, Now

15

"The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something."

"The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something."

Michael Caine, English Actor

15

"The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart."

"The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart."

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

Talent, Heart, Intellect, Temperament

15

"He had a lot of talent, but didn't have much dedication, wasn't organized, didn't know how to learn, didn't know how to comprehend what he was doing, didn't try to learn how to get better."

"He had a lot of talent, but didn't have much dedication, wasn't organized, didn't know how to learn, didn't know how to comprehend what he was doing, didn't try to learn how to get better."

Jack Nicklaus, American Athlete

Talent, Dedication

15

"Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent."

"Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent."

Marya Mannes, American Journalist

Talent, Successful, Arrogance

15

"I thought I saw him for what he was-or what I thought he was. And he was talented, no doubt about that. But, he thought his talent was based on misery and that if he became happy it would just go. He believed that."

"I thought I saw him for what he was-or what I thought he was. And he was talented, no doubt about that. But, he thought his talent was based on misery and that if he became happy it would just go. He believed that."

Fay Wray, American Actress

Talent, Thought, Doubt, Misery

15

"It takes good clients to make a good advertising agency. Regardless of how much talent an ad agency may have, it is ineffective without good products and services to advertise."

"It takes good clients to make a good advertising agency. Regardless of how much talent an ad agency may have, it is ineffective without good products and services to advertise."

Morris Hite, American Businessman

Talent, Advertising, Clients, May

14

"For the amount of talent I had - and I couldn't dance, act, or tell a joke - I enjoyed a tremendous career."

"For the amount of talent I had - and I couldn't dance, act, or tell a joke - I enjoyed a tremendous career."

Perry Como, American Musician

Talent, Dance, Act, Career

14

"I feel like directing is an innate talent."

"I feel like directing is an innate talent."

Jordana Brewster, American Actress

14

"You have to have talent. You have to get the audition and then you have to nail the audition."

"You have to have talent. You have to get the audition and then you have to nail the audition."

Joel McHale, American Comedian

14

"Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads."

"Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads."

Erica Jong, American Novelist

Talent, Courage

14

"There are people who possess not so much genius as a certain talent for perceiving the desires of the century, or even of the decade, before it has done so itself."

"There are people who possess not so much genius as a certain talent for perceiving the desires of the century, or even of the decade, before it has done so itself."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

Talent, Genius, People

14

"Obviously, for me, story is first and foremost, even in the face of the attractive idea of having all the cast there, or having a great piece of talent come to it."

"Obviously, for me, story is first and foremost, even in the face of the attractive idea of having all the cast there, or having a great piece of talent come to it."

Vin Diesel, American Actor

Talent, Idea, First

14

"I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point."

"I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point."

Michael Caine, English Actor

14

"If I have a talent for making some fourth-grader who hates school and reading to hate it a little less, then I have to do the most with what I've been issued."

"If I have a talent for making some fourth-grader who hates school and reading to hate it a little less, then I have to do the most with what I've been issued."

Brian P. Cleary, American Author

Talent, Hate, Reading, School

14

"Dali is like a man who hesitates between talent and genius, or, as one might once have said, between vice and virtue."

"Dali is like a man who hesitates between talent and genius, or, as one might once have said, between vice and virtue."

Andre Breton, French Poet

Talent, Genius, Virtue, Man

14

"Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is."

"Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is."

George Lucas, American Director

14

"I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing."

"I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing."

Paul Simon, American Musician

14

"Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity."

"Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

Talent, Performance, Circumstances, Deeds

14

"Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best."

"Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best."

Carla Bley, American Musician

Talent, Composers, Living, Writing

14

"I went to the High School for Performing Arts, and to Howard University on a talent scholarship."

"I went to the High School for Performing Arts, and to Howard University on a talent scholarship."

Anthony Anderson, American Actor

Talent, School, University

14

"Genius is the talent of a person who is dead."

"Genius is the talent of a person who is dead."

Edmond de Goncourt, French Writer

14

"A good artist must be good at many things."

"A good artist must be good at many things."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Talent, Wisdom, Truth, Power

14

"You can never have enough talent."

"You can never have enough talent."

Pat Riley, American Coach

13

"You could name the great stars of the silent screen who were finished; the great directors gone; the great title writers who were washed up. But remember this, as long as you live: the producers didn't lose a man. They all made the switch. That's where the great talent is."

"You could name the great stars of the silent screen who were finished; the great directors gone; the great title writers who were washed up. But remember this, as long as you live: the producers didn't lose a man. They all made the switch. That's where the great talent is."

Ernst Lubitsch, German Director

Talent, Man, Name, Stars

13

"Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet."

"Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet."

Camille Paglia, American Author

Talent, Ballet, Heaven

13

"I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent in many different areas. It confuses people."

"I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent in many different areas. It confuses people."

Dirk Benedict, American Actor

Talent, People, Example, Voice

13

"Detroit is full of talent."

"Detroit is full of talent."

Martha Reeves, American Musician

13

"A best-seller is the golden touch of mediocre talent."

"A best-seller is the golden touch of mediocre talent."

Cyril Connolly, English Journalist

13

"No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feeling into them!"

"No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feeling into them!"

Norman Rockwell, American Artist

Talent, Conscience, Feeling, Man

13

"Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making."

"Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

Talent, Obligation, World

13

"Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent."

"Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent."

Baltasar Gracian, Spanish Philosopher

Talent, People, Day, Expectations

13

"The manuals we got from IBM would show examples of programs and I knew I could do a heck of a lot better than that. So I thought I might have some talent."

"The manuals we got from IBM would show examples of programs and I knew I could do a heck of a lot better than that. So I thought I might have some talent."

Donald Knuth, American Scientist

Talent, Thought

13

"Aside from a few master teachers that we have had over the years, this has been a completely local talent development. But people have started to come now from Chicago, we have a number of students from Chicago and different places of the country and even in the world."

"Aside from a few master teachers that we have had over the years, this has been a completely local talent development. But people have started to come now from Chicago, we have a number of students from Chicago and different places of the country and even in the world."

Katherine Dunham, American Dancer

Talent, People, Development, Chicago

13

"I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent."

"I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent."

John Wooden, American Coach

Talent, Experience

13

"Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent."

"Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent."

William Gilmore Simms, American Novelist

Talent, Absence, First, Tact

13

"I think I have the skills. I'm a great judge of talent. I just know basketball."

"I think I have the skills. I'm a great judge of talent. I just know basketball."

Tim Hardaway, American Athlete

Talent, Basketball

13

"That's really what was wonderful for me growing up, since I got to know so many of the songwriters who liked me and thought I had talent. They would then tell me how to read a lyric and sing a song, and challenge me to try and find a different end to a song."

"That's really what was wonderful for me growing up, since I got to know so many of the songwriters who liked me and thought I had talent. They would then tell me how to read a lyric and sing a song, and challenge me to try and find a different end to a song."

Margaret Whiting, American Musician

Talent, Thought, Challenge, End

13

"Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty."

"Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty."

Edgar Degas, French Artist

Talent, Difficulty

13

"The talent for discovering the unique and marketable characteristics of a product and service is a designer's most valuable asset."

"The talent for discovering the unique and marketable characteristics of a product and service is a designer's most valuable asset."

Primo Angeli, American Graphic Designer

Talent, Service

13

"Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person in the arts with lots of brains and drive but little taste or talent."

"Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person in the arts with lots of brains and drive but little taste or talent."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

Talent, Example, Taste

13

"I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs."

"I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs."

Paul Anka, Canadian Musician

Talent, Songs, Teenage

13

"I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio."

"I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio."

Anne McCaffrey, American Author

13

"If I hadn't had the talent, the networks wouldn't have televised my fights. No one has made me; I made myself. I paid my dues."

"If I hadn't had the talent, the networks wouldn't have televised my fights. No one has made me; I made myself. I paid my dues."

Sugar Ray Leonard, American Athlete

13

"I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent."

"I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent."

Julie Christie, British Actress

Talent, Acting, Nothing

13

"I really think that aside from admiring my talent you really admire me as a person and as a woman."

"I really think that aside from admiring my talent you really admire me as a person and as a woman."

Katherine Dunham, American Dancer

13

"I think this is a very good look at how to tackle this effort. The resources and the talent are here, but now we've got to move forward with some sort of direction."

"I think this is a very good look at how to tackle this effort. The resources and the talent are here, but now we've got to move forward with some sort of direction."

Alvin Williams, American Basketball Player

Talent, Direction, Effort, Now

13

"I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have."

"I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have."

Jacqueline Bisset, English Actress

Talent, Possibility, Acting, Freedom

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