Ally Carter (1974) American writer
Source: Uncommon Criminals
Ally Carter (1974) American writer
Source: Uncommon Criminals
“It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.”
Joseph Roux (1834–1905) French poet
Part 4, LXXXVIII
Meditations of a Parish Priest (1866)
“Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won't carry a quitter.”
Stephen King book Duma Key
Source: Duma Key
“They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort.”
Eric Hoffer (1898–1983) American philosopher
Section 77
Reflections on the Human Condition (1973)
Context: They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.
Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru and poet
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913), Jnana
Samuel R. Delany (1942) American author, professor and literary critic
Source: About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews
“We earth men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things.”
Ray Bradbury book The Martian Chronicles
Source: The Martian Chronicles
“Everybody has talent at twenty-five. The difficult thing is to have it at fifty.”
Edgar Degas (1834–1917) French artist
posthumous quotes, The Shop-Talk of Edgar Degas', (1961)
“The saying that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing is, to my mind, a very dangerous adage.”
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895) English biologist and comparative anatomist
"On Elementary Instruction in Physiology" (1877) http://aleph0.clarku.edu/huxley/CE3/ElPhys.html <br class="br">1870s <br class="br">Context: The saying that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing is, to my mind, a very dangerous adage. If knowledge is real and genuine, I do not believe that it is other than a very valuable possession, however infinitesimal its quantity may be. Indeed, if a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?