Quotes about talent (1048 quotes, page 11)

“The extraordinary ability of a woman to forget is not the same as the talent of a lady not to be able to remember.”

Karl Kraus (1874–1936) Czech playwright and publicist

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

Forgetting

“That's the beauty of an art school: as long as you can pay the tuition, they will never, even in the gentlest way, suggest that you have no talent.”

David Sedaris Naked

Essay: "Something for everyone". (p.238)
Naked (1997)

Way , Beauty , School , Art

“I’m interested in coaching, modeling, and teaching various writing practices and less in discovering talent. I want students to develop their own unique writing practices rather than impose my aesthetic values from the top down…”

Gregory Pardlo (1968) American writer

On his teaching process in “Gregory Pardlo: How I Write” https://www.writermag.com/writing-inspiration/author-interviews/gregory-pardlo-how-i-write/ in The Writer (2019 Jul 17)

“To wear away the time, we learn to play chess,
In thousands, horses and infantry chase each other.
Move quickly into action, in attack or in retreat.
Talent and swift feet give us the upper hand.”

Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969) Vietnamese communist leader and first president of Vietnam

"Learning to Play Chess"
1950's

Horse , Time , Learning

“Everyone has talent. The question is how do we find it, and how do we nurture it?”

Newton Lee American computer scientist

Vincennes University (December 2019)

Question

“To me, America used to be a place that made steel, and cars, and had giant department stores. Now, basically, we produce amateur talent and people [who] judge amateur talent.”

Jerry Seinfeld (1954) American comedian and actor

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012 — Present), Season 3 (2014)

Cars , People

“The American Revolution of 1776 was a great liberal revolution. The Declaration of Independence and the American Constitution, more than any documents on earth, embody the fundamentals of liberalism. These documents assert the essential equality of human beings. This does not mean, and never did, that one man is as talented, or wise, or good as another, or that each person is entitled to the same rewards. It does mean that every human being has a right to his own life; that no man may be forced to labor against his will, or to assert beliefs contrary to his conscience, or be relegated to one class of society.”

Dorothy Thompson (1893–1961) American journalist and radio broadcaster

Dorothy Thompson’s Political Guide: A Study of American Liberalism and its Relationship to Modern Totalitarian States (1938)
Source: A Study of American Liberalism and its Relationship to Modern Totalitarian States (1938)
pp. 64-65

Personality , Life

“God gives talent so that the ordinary person can become extraordinary. Talent is the only way the poor can become rich. Otherwise, in this world the rich would remain rich and the poor would remain poor. This unfair talent actually creates a balance, helps to make the world fair.”

Chetan Bhagat book The 3 Mistakes of My Life

Source: The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008), P. 61

God , Personality , Help , Way

“What is rare is not raw talent, skill, or even confidence, but humility, diligence, and self-awareness.”

Ryan Holiday book Ego Is the Enemy

Self-confidence , Confidence

“Talent is the enemy of taste. Taste is the enemy of talent.”

Ron English (1959) American artist

Ron English's Fauxlosophy (2016)

“Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.”

Henry Van Dyke (1852–1933) American diplomat

The following information is from the following site: http://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talento , the fourth entry, which gives the citation as (( Henry van Dyke quoted in "Handicapped Individuals Services and Training Act: hearing before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, on HR 6820 … hearing held in St. Paul, Minn., and Loretto, Minn. on September 2, 1982. "-. 223 Page, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education - USGPO, 1982 - 257 pages ))
Quoted by Tor Dahl in the document cited https://hdl.handle.net/2027/pur1.32754076335276?urlappend=%3Bseq=229.
A very similar quote appears in an essay entitled "Do What You Can" by "Little Home Body" in the The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated, Volumes 62-63 (August 1876): "The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there but those that sang best" but states "I know not who said those beautiful words"
However, the quote may have been misattributed to Henry Van Dyke. In "The Two Vocations or the sisters of mercy at home" by Elizabeth Charles (1858) p.34 the following appears: "'Dear Jean', she said,'the woods would be very silent if no bird sang but those that sing best' "
Attributed

Beauty , Wise , Peaceful , Bird

“Sometimes in our activist and production-oriented American society and culture we succumb to pragmatism looking at the Christian life and our sharing in the apostolic mission of the Church as a matter being able to “do” things for Christ, the Church or others. In fact, the Christian life is a gift and a call to truth and love given to us by God. It is first a matter of "being," of simply existing as a person created by God and redeemed by him in Christ. We live out this truth and love in specific ways according to our age, talents, and unique vocation. At no point are the sacraments about what we have done or promise to do for God. They are God's free gift of grace to us. At the same time, these gifts of love entail an obligation to bear witness to God's love in word and deed by our collaboration in freedom with the grace given.”

Álvaro Corrada del Río (1942) Puerto Rican Catholic bishop

Pastoral Reflection on the Sacrament of Confirmation http://www.americancatholicpress.org/Bishop_Corrada_Pastoral_Reflecton%20_on_Confirmation.html (October 7, 2005)

God , Time , Freedom , Personality

“Time, talent, and treasure. If people give their time to God’s work, that’s very important, and use the talents that God gives you, not for yourself, it’s for the greater glory of God, but you use your talents. Everybody's got different kind of talents, but you use some of your talents for the greater glory of building up the Kingdom of God on Earth.”

Michael Wiwchar (1932) Ukrainian Catholic bishop in the United States and Canada.

Honouree Announcement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjTtG_muVhM (November 1, 2020)

God , Time , People

“Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.”

Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998) Motivational speaker, writer

God , Wise

“Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.”

Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881) Swiss philosopher and poet

Light

“I believe that every person is born with talent.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

Personality

“All our talents increase in the using, and the every faculty, both good and bad, strengthen by exercise.”

Anne Brontë (1820–1849) British novelist and poet

Exercises

“Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.”

Mary Kay Ash (1918–2001) Entrepreneur

People

“Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“Democracy's premise rests on the notion that the collective wisdom of the majority will prove right more often than it's wrong; that given sufficient opportunity in the pursuit of happiness, your population will develop its talents, its intellect, its better judgment; that over time its capacity for discernment and self-correction will be enlarged.”

Ben Fountain (1958) American writer

Democracy , Happiness , Time , Wisdom

“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.”

Horace (-65–-8 BC) Roman lyric poet

“God gave me this talent of being an actor, and I’m not going to waste it. That’s just who I am. I love working, and with five kids and a fantastic wife, I want to make sure I’m taking care of everyone. That’s what my dad did, and that’s what I’m going to do.”

Neal McDonough (1966) American actor

Neal McDonough Admits Putting God And His Family First Has Been ‘Hard’ On His Career (Exclusive) https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/neal-mcdonough-admits-putting-god-and-his-family-first-was-hard-on-his-career-exclusive/ (January 5, 2019)

God , Love

“Whether it is energy, time, talent or pleasure, only when you are overflowing can you really share it.”

Nithyananda (1978) Indian guru

Living Enlightenment

Pleasure , Time

“I think music is like my only talent, unfortunately. I just utilized it as much as possible.”

Alessia Cara (1996) Canadian singer

Interview with Universal Music Korea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI68Ue0sPfo (October 2018)

Music , Thinking

“Art is work. It is the ability to give life to the emotions of others through one's talent.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) L'arte è lavoro. È la facoltà di dar vita alle emozioni altrui tramite il proprio talento.
Source: prevale.net

Art , Life

“Meritocracy is a concept that should exist in every workplace. Unfortunately, sometimes the inability of an executive reaches the point that it does not consider such an essential value for the development and the future of an entire generation of talents.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) La meritocrazia è un concetto che dovrebbe esistere in ogni luogo di lavoro. Purtroppo, a volte l'incapacità di un dirigente arriva a tal punto da non considerare un valore così essenziale per lo sviluppo ed il futuro di un'intera generazione di talenti.
Source: prevale.net

Future

“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops. […] We know nothing about them because of the survivorlship bias.””

Stephen Jay Gould book The Panda's Thumb

"Wide hats and narrow minds" https://books.google.com/books?id=-lWtVSZoqWkC&pg=PA776 New Scientist 8 March 1979, p. 777. Reprinted in The Panda's Thumb, p. 151 https://books.google.com/books?id=z0XY7Rg_lOwC&pg=PA151.

People

“It's rare to find a woman filmmaker in Muslim society, and even rarer when she is an outspoken talent unafraid of controversy.”

Yasmin Ahmad (1958–2009) Malaysian film director

By Roger Garcia (former director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival)
Reuters Article by Jalil Hamid - Malaysian filmmaker struggles with hardline Islam https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-filmmaker-idUSKLR21119520070629 - 29 June 2007 - Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20210821072553/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-filmmaker-idUSKLR21119520070629
Yasmin Ahmad retrospective at the Honolulu Academy of Arts hosted by CSEAS (Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hawai`i) - Interview with Malyasian Filmmaker Yasmin Ahmad (with Wimal Dissanayake) in Section: Description http://hdl.handle.net/10125/7235 - 2007 Spring - Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20210821074323/https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/7235
About Yasmin Ahmad

“There is a certain class of people who prefer to say that their fathers came down in the world through their own follies rather than to boast that they rose in the world through their own industry and talents.”

William Winwood Reade (1838–1875) British historian

The Martyrdom of Man (1872)

People , World

“I think music is like my only talent.”

Alessia Cara (1996) Canadian singer

Interview with Universal Music Korea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI68Ue0sPfo (October 2018)

Music , Thinking

“Science wasn’t a show-business talent, conducted in large halls and decided by audience applause.”

Charles Sheffield book Convergence

Source: The Heritage Universe, Convergence (1997), Chapter 6 (p. 321)

Business , Science

“Most kings should be entertained because they lack talent except killing and scolding others.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“I thought that the acting talent is something that you are born with. But now I have realized, with this drama, that acting is something that requires you to pour endless efforts on each piece.”

Kim Hye-ja (1941) South Korean actress

On performing in stage drama Doubt in "Kim Hye-ja returns to stage with 'Doubt'" in Han Cinema (20 November 2006) https://www.hancinema.net/herald-interviewkim-hye-ja-returns-to-stage-with-doubt--7779.html

Effort

“Brevity is the sister of talent.”

Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) Russian dramatist, author and physician

Краткость — сестра таланта.
Letter to Alexander P. Chekhov (April 11, 1889)
Letters

Sister

“Know your lines; otherwise, have an open mind because you want to get lost in the moment. When you have talented actors and directors to work with, then it's pretty easy to do.”

Dave Bautista (1969) American actor and professional wrestler

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“You care passionately about this thing…That is what makes you so valuable. That and your talents, your allergies, your tame pathologies, the things that make you a secret legend in the world of marketing.”

William Gibson Blue Ant trilogy

Source: Blue Ant trilogy, Pattern Recognition (2003), Chapter 7, "The Proposition" (Bigend to Cayce, about the footage)

World , Secret , Passion

“You now have access to a global talent pool eager to maintain their freedom. Employees can travel the world while still maintaining a full-time job and not have to wait until they retire to enjoy life.”

Jay Samit (1961) American businessman

Future Proofing You (2021)

Freedom , World , Time , Waiting

“You are to be congratulated on your talent for deception.”

Charles E. Gannon (1960) American novelist

Source: Trial by Fire (2014), Chapter 55 (p. 792)

“The most talented man, as he has been told many times, does a hundred foolish things in his life.”

Daniel Salamanca (1863–1935) President of Bolivia (1863-1935)

Time , Life

“I don’t think that the word leader has to do with a particular talent or a particular field.A leader is a leader, and this cuts across in different ways.”

Ezinne Akudo (1990) Nigerian lawyer and pageant titleholder

https://thenationonlineng.net/ezinne-akudo-anyaoha-dont-think-world-owes-anything/amp/ Ezinne Akudo speaking at an interview

Thinking , Way

“I think the reason that we seek distraction is that working on stuff that we care about is often scary. It brings us into contact with all the ways in which we’re limited—our talents might not be up to what we’re trying to do, and we can’t control how things will unfold.”

Oliver Burkeman (1975) British journalist

"The Best Time-Management Advice Is Depressing But Liberating" (2021 August 11)

Way , Thinking

“Never doubt of your talents, all you wait for is just a right opportunity.
Then, you can fly high up to where you belong…….”

Kazeronnie Mak

Waiting , Flying

“Today, the image always comes first, and it is enough to look at the women on our television to realize it. I don't want to make a bundle of all the grass, but having a nice and seductive image is necessary. I don't even know if it is wrong: a beautiful woman is right to be appreciated also for her own aesthetics. The problem occurs when, at an audition and with the same talent, the girl with the dress is taken instead of the girl in the suit. I realized I had a weapon available, my body, and I decided to use it. It is wrong, however, that talent alone is not enough.”

Paola Di Benedetto (1995) Italian showgirl, model, television presenter and radio host

Original: (it) L'immagine, oggi, arriva sempre prima, ed è sufficiente guardare le donne della nostra televisione per rendersene conto. Non voglio fare di tutta l'erba un fascio, ma avere un'immagine piacente e seducente è necessario. Non so neanche dire se sia sbagliato: una donna bella è giusto si faccia apprezzare anche per la propria estetica. Il problema subentra quando, ad un provino e a parità di talento, viene presa la ragazza con il vestitino al posto della ragazza in tailleur. Io ho capito di aver a disposizione un’arma, il mio corpo, e ho deciso di sfruttarla. È sbagliato, però, che il solo talento non sia sufficiente.
Source: From the interview with de Claudia Casiraghi, Paola Di Benedetto: La bellezza aiuta, ma non basta https://www.vanityfair.it/people/italia/2020/12/07/paola-di-benedetto-oltre-il-corpo-libro-se-ci-credi-interviste, vanitifayr.it, 7 December 2020.

Girl , Grass , Beauty , Problem

“After you have settled yourself in a place as favorable as possible to the concentration of your mind upon itself, have writing materials brought to you. Put yourself in as passive, or receptive, a state of mind as you can. Forget about your genius, your talents, and the talents of everyone else. Keep reminding yourself that literature is one of the saddest roads that lead to everything. Write quickly, without any preconceived subject, fast enough so that you will not remember what you're writing and be tempted to reread what you have written. The first sentence will come spontaneously, so compelling is the truth that with every passing second there is a sentence unknown to our consciousness which is only crying out to be heard.”

André Breton (1896–1966) French writer

Le Manifeste du Surréalisme, Andre Breton (Manifesto of Surrealism; 1924)

Literature , Cry , Forgetting , Truth

“There are so few who have all the talents requisite for translation and… there is so little encouragement for so considerable part of learning.”

John Dryden (1631–1700) English poet and playwright of the XVIIth century

Learning , Parting

“In art it is not enough to have talent. A true artist with the mind must never lack imagination and order his body to perform, remember and then archive.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Nell'arte non basta avere talento. Un vero artista con la mente non deve mai mancare di immaginazione ed ordinare al proprio corpo di eseguire, ricordare e poi archiviare.
Source: prevale.net

Imagination , Art

“The world of entertainment and showbiz is cruel, ruthless, selfish and risky. Never give in to any compromise. Make your art count and remember: true talent is not for sale. He will never need it.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Il mondo dell'intrattenimento e dello spettacolo è crudele, spietato, egoista e rischioso. Non cedete mai a nessun compromesso. Fate valere la vostra arte e ricordate: il vero talento non è in vendita. Non ne avrà mai bisogno.
Source: prevale.net

Selfishness , Art , World

“In the professional field, one who is unfair to a colleague is aware of his superiority and is terribly afraid of his talent.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: In ambito professionale, chi è scorretto con un collega è consapevole della sua superiorità e teme terribilmente il suo talento.
Source: prevale.net

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Quotes about talent
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