One of my greatest talents is recognizing talent in others and giving them the forum to shine.
There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not only are we losing the decades of talent as civil servants retire, we are not doing enough to develop and nurture the next generation of public servants.
I think if you're artistic in any way, you're probably born with it. I guess it's a talent that can be learned here and there, but I think the instinct to tell a story or to create something happens maybe in the womb.
I submitted videos and applications to talent agencies and TV shows; I drove to Vegas and visited agents. I was on 'America's Got Talent'; I played for free at venues in attempts to be 'found' and yet all the experts in the entertainment industry told me that what I did was not marketable and that I had to join a group or do more traditional music.
Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.
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.
People would read all kinds of reaction into it, but Tracy told me himself that half the time he was just standing very still, trying to look sober and composed. That takes nothing away from him. The fact he got away with it was a tribute to his talent.
I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
I love the beginnings of artists when all they've got is raw talent and nothing else.
But I think funny and talent will always win out; I mean, of course there are hurdles, but I think if you're funny you will get over all of that.
The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success.
From Japan to Thailand, I keep discovering amazing talent, cuisine and food markets.
The great thing is that young talent isn't tied to a how-to model for starting a line; we get to find new ways to go about doing things. And don't let people tell you you can't. Go find a way to show that you can.
He's got everything. He' not a great player yet because he hasn't won any major championships, but it's a matter of time. He's an outstanding talent. I didn't realize how tall he is.
I thought I had a talent for alienating people, but I have no idea what it is that doesn't go over.
I just want everybody to know my music and get to know my squad, Remy Boyz; just to show people New Jersey. New Jersey got talent, too. I mean, everybody sleeps on us, and they put us as the underdog.
My father taught me that the easiest thing to do was to quit. He'd say, 'It doesn't take any talent to do that.'
I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable.
There's a lot of talent in South Central L.A., in Compton and Long Beach and Watts, and the city north of Pico pretty much sits back and waits for that talent to emerge and then steps in.
Day after day, I spent long afternoons in the talent pool, being told how to walk, how to talk, how to sit.
Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.
I was very insecure at the beginning of my career. I didn't value my talent. I would have probably skipped signing up for movies that I didn't want to do if I had understood that I had been accepted and people liked my work.
What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent.
I would not be able to pen an academic and dry diatribe. I have too much talent for that.
With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
The truth of the matter is the real industry is in LA and the cream of the talent is there.
I have no musical talent at all. I was banned from music classes and told I would never be able to understand anything. I still don't think I can sing, but somehow I get away with it.
I could've played basketball, but my mind was on baseball. I didn't know what I was in for. In high school it was a matter of talent. No one told you what to do.
I am deeply honored by the opportunity to lead Intel. We have amazing assets, tremendous talent, and an unmatched legacy of innovation and execution. I look forward to working with our leadership team and employees worldwide to continue our proud legacy while moving even faster into ultra-mobility to lead Intel into the next era.
Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest in talent, in people.
If I had a talent, it was for looking askew at everything, possibly more than my contemporaries. But I had to really push myself to be a writer.
I believe, however, that such abnormal moments can be found in everyone, and it is all the more fortunate when they occur in individuals with creative talent or with clairvoyant powers.
You look like a talent scout for a cemetery.