#talent

If you were to stare at this box of matches, you could extract entire worlds out of it. If you search for tastes in a book, you will certainly find them because it was said: seek and ye shall find. But a critic should not rifle, search. Let him sit back with folded arms, waiting for the book to find him. Talents should not be sought with a microscope, a talent should let people know about itself by striking at all the bells. ↗

— Witold Gombrowicz

#talent #writing-philosophy #literary-criticism

You cannot help being a female, and I should be something of a fool were I to discount your talents merely because of their housing. ↗

— Laurie R. King

#sherlock-holmes #talents #sherlock-holmes

We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #talents #louisa-may-alcott

I never thought I was particularly talented, and to be honest with you, I still don't. ↗

— Willie Aames

#i #never #particularly #still #talented

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand. ↗

— Bruce Barton

#distinction #hand #having #men #most

Success is what you do with your ability. It's how you use your talent. ↗

— George Allen, Sr.

#how #success #success is #talent #use

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#eloquence #every #great #great talent #just

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#great talent #power #such #talent #thing

If you respect the art and you have some talent about you, I'm on your team. ↗

— Anthony Anderson

#art #i #respect #some #talent

Some of these guys... I've worked with Ice Cube, I think he's an immensely talented rapper and actor. ↗

— Anthony Anderson

#cube #guys #i #i think #ice