I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When I’m on form, I can sell anything.

I performed in a bowling alley before while people were still bowling. Cut the check, and I will perform anywhere.

Why, if someone is good in one field can they not be accepted or given the slightest opportunity to express and be creative in other fields?

Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.

Corruption is a cancer: a cancer that eats away at a citizen’s faith in democracy, diminishes the instinct for innovation and creativity; already-tight national budgets, crowding out important national investments. It wastes the talent of entire generations. It scares away investments and jobs.

One is lucky to be born in a place where no one is doing it, because then you can say, ‚Well, obviously I can write better than everyone else in high school.‘ You have no idea of the competition.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.

What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven.

It is my absolute belief that Indians have unlimited talent. I have no doubt about our capabilities.

Genius, when young, is divine.

I’m not going to lie; listen, I’m nice at basketball.

Mother Earth is very talented. She has produced Buddhas, bodhisattvas, great beings.

I want to thank God, obviously for the health, for the talent He’s given me, for my family who supports me, for the things that basketball’s taught me on and off the court. For the people that I’ve been able to meet through the game of basketball.

Aside from singing, I’m also a dancer. I’ve been dancing since I was 8.

I have no definite talent or trade, and how I stay alive is largely a matter of magic.

If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don’t stop, don’t put it down.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

Talent without working hard is nothing.

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

Talent is something that comes from within; it has nothing to do with age.

If I heard someone else singing like me, I would buy it in a heartbeat.

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.

If I haven’t any talent for writing books or newspaper articles, well, then I can always write for myself.

Many are they who have a taste and love for drawing, but no talent; and this will be discernible in boys who are not diligent and never finish their drawings with shading.

Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

I’ve written some great things. That’s a gift, but there’s consequences. Yeah, you get this great work, but you suffer. You really, really suffer.

Above everything else I’ve done, I’ve always said I’ve had more guts than I’ve got talent.

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.

As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher’s mound. It was as if I’d been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.

I think any activity you have your kids in, you’re all trying to live vicariously through them. And you’re jealous of the kid that’s naturally more talented or has the facility, the body, the genes, or the God-given talent. People get jealous of that.

I always had a knack for improvisation. I can write down the notes I play, but never really had a proper academic musical background. I suppose I’m blessed and cursed by the fact I have that freedom.

There’s no better place in the world for technology start-ups than Silicon Valley; there’s such an incredible well of talent and capital and resources. The whole system is set up to foster the creation of new companies.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

I knew that I was ‚interesting‘ at 18 because I was aware that I could get away with doing things on stage.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.

If you’ve got a talent, protect it.

I consider myself to have one of the greatest voices in the industry.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

There are people in the world who have skills and strength and talent that I will never have. Never. These notions that you can ‚be whatever you want to be as long as you want it bad enough‘ are not true. They are fairy tales.

In case you’re wondering whether I lip synch, the answer is no… people think so because I sound so good.

A lot of people like to do certain things, but they’re not that good at it. Keep going through the things that you like to do, until you find something that you actually seem to be extremely good at. It can be anything.

There are some singers that know exactly when to go, and others hang on much too long and that is the same, that is the same with judges.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

I’m not really an actor, I’m a reactor; I’m a pitchman. That’s what I do best. Nobody can do it any better.

If you’re a human being, you can attempt to do what other human beings have done. We don’t understand talent any more than we understand electricity.

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.

Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better.

I’ve always been a singer. I never really decided I was gonna be a singer. It just kind of – I just sung a lot.

I believe that every one of us has a gift. And I believe that mine is the ability to take the complex and make it simple.

Before ever meeting Priyanka Chopra, I had heard her name coming out of Bollywood and was impressed: she was beautiful, talented, had made nearly 50 movies, earned multiple awards – a massive star.

A true artist is expected to be all that is noble-minded, and this is not altogether a mistake; on the other hand, however, in what a mean way are critics allowed to pounce upon us.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‚I used everything you gave me‘.

With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains. I know. I’ve done it.

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities.