#talent

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#invention #judgment #talent #youth

When I came to the CIA in the mid-'90s, our graduating class of case officers was unbelievably low. Now, after years of rebuilding, our training programs and putting our best efforts to recruit the most talented men and women, we are graduating more clandestine officers than at any time in the history of the Central Intelligence Agency. ↗

— George Tenet

#agency #any #best #came #case

It's talent. Either you got it or you ain't. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#got #talent #you

Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt. ↗

— Shirley Chisholm

#just #just because #lost #our #skirt

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#been #collection #dined #ever #exception

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#believe #invent #machines #men #new

We believe in some basic human principles - everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets. ↗

— Patrick J. Kennedy

#believe #budgets #everyone #excel #god-given

Some people have such a talent for making the best of a bad situation that they go around creating bad situations so they can make the best of them. ↗

— Jean Kerr

#bad #bad situation #best #creating #go

Hard work does pay, and you just have to continue to work, and you got two guys, when you're talking about Gary and myself, we have a God-given talent, but we worked at it and we're happy to be where we are today. ↗

— Jason Kidd

#continue #does #gary #god-given #god-given talent

We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least the basic elements of it. You can't change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed. ↗

— Stephen King

#any #basic #basic elements #change #choose