#talent

There are people who possess not so much genius as a certain talent for perceiving the desires of the century, or even of the decade, before it has done so itself. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#century #certain #decade #desires #done

Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#certain #circumstances #deeds #demand #even

The talent is always there and art is cyclical. I'm optimistic. ↗

— Hal David

#art #cyclical #i #optimistic #talent

All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#house #i #really #talent #welcome

Obviously, for me, story is first and foremost, even in the face of the attractive idea of having all the cast there, or having a great piece of talent come to it. ↗

— Vin Diesel

#cast #come #even #face #first

God gave me a talent to draw. I 'owed' it to him to develop the talent. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#draw #gave #god #him #i

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#higher #instantly #itself #knows #mediocrity

Genius is talent set on fire by courage. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#fire #genius #set #talent

I wrote the Brotherhood song for no money out of my deep feelings about humanity, and because I was flattered that whatever talents I had, had been recognized. ↗

— Tom Glazer

#because #been #brotherhood #deep #feelings

We have a training period; we have certain guidelines and structure. You can't hire talented people and stifle them. That's not the way it works anymore. ↗

— Todd English

#certain #guidelines #hire #people #period