#inherited

Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or imagination, rarely or never. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#being #genius #imagination #inherited #lying

The people who run a university are far more qualified and intelligent in handling people than someone who inherited his money and used it to buy a pro team. ↗

— Hayden Fry

#far #handling #his #inherited #intelligent

I have inherited two of the most important brands in hip-hop, Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella. Reid and Universal Music Group have given me the opportunity to manage the companies I have contributed to my whole career. I feel this is a giant step for me and the entire artist community. ↗

— Jay-Z

#brands #career #community #companies #contributed

And you know what? At the end of the day, it gets down to Obama and Romney. And what it's going to get down to is this. Obama is going to say, 'I inherited a mess and I'm making it better.' And Romney is going to say, 'you haven't made it good enough. And I can do far better than you have done.' ↗

— John Kasich

#day #done #down #end #end of the day

I think we have very steady records of President Putin, who inherited the country with democratic values. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#democratic #i #i think #inherited #president

I inherited a sick economy and passed on a sound one. But one abiding regret for me is that, in between, I did not have the resources to put in place the educational and social changes about which I cared to much; I made only a beginning, and it was not enough. ↗

— John Major

#beginning #between #cared #changes #did

I was quite the spoiled brat. I have quite a temper, obviously inherited from my father, and I became very good at ordering everyone around. I was the princess; the staff were absolutely terrified of me. ↗

— Lisa Marie Presley

#around #became #brat #everyone #father

Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man. ↗

— Edward Steichen

#confusion #created #earth #explaining #face

All my children inherited perfect pitch. ↗

— Chevy Chase

#children #inherited #perfect #pitch

I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do. ↗

— Miguel Indurain

#always #bad #bad weather #calm #farmer