#talent

Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried to watch one? ↗

— John Cleese

#considerable #decided #dreadfully #ever #give

You see Boris Becker, Mats Wilander, Nadal, Pete Sampras - they were all great when they were young. As a coach, you can see that type of talent at an early age. ↗

— Brad Gilbert

#coach #early #early age #great #mats

I can never do better than Fawlty Towers whatever I do. Now I very much want to teach young talent some rules of the game. ↗

— John Cleese

#game #i #i can #i do #much

Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#reservoir #talent #untapped #women #women are

With the hugely talented women I've worked with or observed, it's not a question about temperament or ego; it's a question about getting it right. If they've got a reputation for being difficult it's usually because they just don't suffer fools. ↗

— Glenn Close

#because #being #difficult #ego #fools

Then there was Clark Ashton Smith, who wrote for Weird Tales and who had a wild imagination. He wasn't a very talented writer, but his imagination was wonderful. ↗

— Jack Vance

#had #his #imagination #smith #talented

Reviewers are usually people who would have been, poets, historians, biographer, if they could. They have tried their talents at one thing or another and have failed; therefore they turn critic. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#been #biographer #could #critic #failed

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

For the amount of talent I had - and I couldn't dance, act, or tell a joke - I enjoyed a tremendous career. ↗

— Perry Como

#amount #career #dance #enjoyed #had

A best-seller is the golden touch of mediocre talent. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#golden #mediocre #talent #touch