"I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going."
George Bernard Shaw
70 Top-Notch Quotes about Talent
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious."
Albert Einstein
(14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a theoretical physicist, philosopher and author who is widely regarded as one of the most influential and best known scientists and intellectuals of all time. A German-Swiss Nobel laureate, he is often regarded as the father of modern physics. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".
"Talent is a dull knife that will cut nothing unless it is wielded with great force."
Stephen Edwin King
(born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books.
"Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won't carry a quitter."
Stephen Edwin King
(born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books.
"Many people who are "talented" run into trouble when they reach the outer limits of natural ability. Having been praised for their innate abilities and gone through life believing their success came naturally, these people hit the wall of hard work and don't know what to do. They may question their "naturally gifted" status, and begin to feel inferior. It can be a difficult lesson to learn, that talent has a limit and often ends where tenacious practice and effort begins."
Amol Sarva
(-) is an American entrepreneur who founded Knotel, Halo Neuroscience, Knote, Peek, and Virgin Mobile USA.
"Men of genius are the worst possible models for men of talent."
Murry D. Edwards
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"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."
Stevie Wonder born Stevland Hardaway Morris
(born May 13, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer.
"Talent is that which is in a man’s power; genius is that in whose power a man is."
James Russell Lowell
(February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat.
"Hide not your talents, they for use were made, What's a sundial in the shade?"
Benjamin Franklin
(January 17, 1706 [January 6, 1705 – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist,
politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and
diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity.
"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
Dave Weinbaum
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"There are two kinds of talents, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while."
Pearl Mae Bailey
(March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American actress and singer.
