Talent isn't
genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be
great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't
intend to try any more.
-- Louisa May Alcott
1832-1888,
American Author
I believe that
every person is born with talent.
-- Maya Angelou
1928-,
African-American poet, Writer, Performer
It takes little
talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of
it to know in which direction to point that organ.
-- W. H. Auden
1907-1973,
Anglo-American Poet
There are two
kinds of talent, 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 Bailey
1918-1990,
American Vocalist, Movie and Stage Actress
Talent is only
the starting point.
-- Irving Berlin
1888-1989,
Russian Composer
A man gift will
make a way for him.
-- Bible
Sacred
Scriptures of Christians and Judaism
When I stand
before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not
have a single bit of talent left and could say, ''I used
everything you gave me.''.
-- Erma Bombeck
1927-, American
Author, Humorist
Middle age snuffs
out more talent than even wars or sudden death does.
-- Gerald Brenan
1894-1987,
Maltan Travel Writer, Novelist
