Competition is the whetstone of talent.
Talent equaled desirability. Talent trumped good looks or a halfway decent personality. Talent a personality.
Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but of great talent; and men of no talent, but of one principle - that of obedience to their superiors.
I think Lady Gaga is talented. Madonna is talented, and the flair that Michael Jackson had. He was talented! Whatever it is that they do, they must be doing something right. They do have an audience out there, so I respect that.
Holly Golightly: Do you think she's talented, deeply and importantly talented? Paul Varjak: No. Amusingly and superficially talented, yes. But deeply and importantly, no.
Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age.
I like to work with really good professional people - anyone with real talent.
That's my talent, I make people feel uneasy.
But then if you lied to a man about his talent just because he was sitting across from you, that was the most unforgivable lie of them all, because that was telling him to go on, to continue which was the worst way for a man without real talent to wa...
When you're talented, you're talented.
It's surreal working with people you admire. I don't think it ever goes away, no matter how human people are; there's always that moment of 'Oh wow, that's still George Clooney!' But I find that the most talented people tend to be the nicest.
Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that.
Herb Brooks: You think you can win on talent alone? Gentlemen, you don't have enough talent to win on talent alone.
Great talents mature late.
The happiest people aren't necessarily the most successful, or the most popular, or the most talented. They're the ones who are interested in the people around them.
Cooking is like anything else: some people have an inborn talent for it. Some become expert by practicing, and some learn from books.
My talent isn't so much in traditional research as in finding really smart people and badgering them with questions.
I'm really not for famous people who design a line for a company, when you know it's not really them creating it but a team of designers, especially when there are so many talented people who've taken the time to go and study fashion.
Passion is the driver of achievement in all fields. Some people love doing things they don't feel they're good at. That may be because they underestimate their talents or haven't yet put the work in to develop them.
I don't judge people. I don't even judge people on 'The Voice.' I'm a coach. I'm there for constructive criticism and to aid and abet and discover new talent.
I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent.
