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Talent Quotes - Page 12

There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.

W. Somerset Maugham (2016). “Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics)”, p.539, Diversion Books

I had little talent for happiness.

Samuel Beckett (2007). “I Can't Go On, I'll Go On: A Samuel Beckett Reader”, p.21, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Talent deserves to be honored. Hands deserve to be slapped if you do something stupid as well, but don't take it too far.

"Patrick Swayze Joins Other Celebrities in Defending Mel Gibson", www.foxnews.com. August 7, 2006.

Come, and the only limits to what you'll be able to achieve will be your own courage and your own talent.

"Renewing the French-American Alliance". www.realclearpolitics.com. November 07, 2007.

We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.

Mark Twain (2012). “Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume 1, Reader’s Edition”, p.251, Univ of California Press

A big talent steals, a small talent borrows.

Anthony Quinn, Daniel Paisner (1995). “One Man Tango”, Harpercollins

All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.

Anne Bronte (2016). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Diversion Illustrated Classics)”, p.232, Diversion Books

Having only wisdom and talent is the lowest tier of usefulness.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2015). “Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai”, p.4, Xist Publishing

I'm just like this. I have no talent for choosing my battles. Life seems, strangely, like a battle to me. The whole thing.

Louise Penny (2008). “Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel”, p.50, Macmillan

Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.

Lord Acton (2016). “Lectures on Modern History: Great Event”, p.22, VM eBooks