Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors.
Ben Stiller

I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for the life of a small Bach, living in anonymity and composing regularly for an established service and for God.
Igor Stravinsky

After Proust, there are certain things that simply cannot be done again. He marks off for you the boundaries of your talent.
Francoise Sagan

Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.
Marlon Brando

Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is.
George Lucas

Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.
Albrecht Durer

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.
Brian Eno

More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent.
Billy Sunday

No one can arrive from being talented alone, work transforms talent into genius.
Anna Pavlova

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.
Anna Pavlova

Talent is a gift that can be given, and it can be taken away. We have to appreciate that.
Sidney Sheldon

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.
Alan Rickman

I started Michael years ago. I saw him in Gary, Indiana, and we'd have him on the talent shows. He kind of emulated me, and did the best he could.
James Brown

The talent that I was blessed with was really for the theater.
David Hasselhoff

Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica Lange had to make herself look really bad to prove that she had amazing talent.
Kevyn Aucoin

Aside from a few master teachers that we have had over the years, this has been a completely local talent development. But people have started to come now from Chicago, we have a number of students from Chicago and different places of the country and even in the world.
Katherine Dunham

I really think that aside from admiring my talent you really admire me as a person and as a woman.
Katherine Dunham

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
Arthur Conan Doyle

J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he's been a wonderful manager to me.
LaToya Jackson

Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.
Alexander Solzehnitsyn