#talent

In order for me to get through all the red tape and just allow people to just get at my talent, I've got to set the record straight. And you can't set half the record straight; when you tell it, you've got to tell it all. ↗

— Corey Clark

#get #got #half #i #just

I've known Shawn for several years. And he's just an amazing talent. He's a great writer, a marvelous, marvelous guitar player, and plays really good fiddle. ↗

— Guy Clark

#fiddle #good #great #great writer #guitar

If I have a talent for making some fourth-grader who hates school and reading to hate it a little less, then I have to do the most with what I've been issued. ↗

— Brian P. Cleary

#hate #hates #i #issued #less

The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder. ↗

— Frederick William Faber

#founder #lives #most #rock #strike

If I have any talent at all it's from God, and my mom, who was on Capitol Records also. ↗

— Garth Brooks

#any #capitol #god #i #mom

Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#being #characters #every #give #him

Talent does what it can; genius does what it must. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#genius #must #talent

You need a particular talent only to want to please. I don't have this talent. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#need #only #particular #please #talent

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

— Andrew Carnegie

#how #impressive #matter #mediocrity #motivate

I used to believe, like many people who come from poor backgrounds, that it gave me an edge, but I think that's just something we have to tell ourselves to get by sometimes. I don't believe that anymore. Children of privilege can be just as talented and clever as anybody else. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#anymore #backgrounds #believe #children #clever