The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder.
Frederick William FaberI've known people with exceptional talent - and some have wasted it. Ambition spurs a man on.
Geoffrey BoycottI can cook really complicated recipes, but it takes a real talent to do the perfect egg.
Christine TeigenI have no talent for making new friends, but oh such genius for fidelity to old ones.
Daphne du MaurierTalent is its own expectation, Jim: you either live up to it or it waves a hankie, receding forever.
David Foster Wallace