Dickie Greenleaf: Everybody should have one talent, what's yours? Tom Ripley: Forging signatures, telling lies... impersonating practically anybody. Dickie Greenleaf: That's three, nobody should have more than one talent.
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Quotes tagged ‘Talent’
I'm the most powerful talent agent in this city or galaxy. And you know why? Every time I walk into a room, I know exactly how I would kill each person I see.
— Mitchell Hurwitz, Pam Brady, Karen Grisham, Ana Gasteyer, imdb.com
Joey Zasa: I earned that territory with my talent. Commission gave it to me, and you approved. Michael Corleone: Yes. Vincent Mancini: Hey, Uncle Mike, I came here for the party. I'm not here to ask you for any kind of help. I could just kill this bastard. He's the one who needs the help. Michael Co…
— Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, Don Michael Corleone, Al Pacino, imdb.com
You got more talent in one lugnut than a lot of cars has got on their whole body.
Here I am with all this talent bottled up inside of me and you're always sitting on the cork.
You've got the brains and the talent to go as far as you want. And when you do, I'll be right there to borrow money.
You're the most talented person I know. Even more than that guy at the mall who can juggle chainsaws.
They say it takes more certainty than talent to be a star. Look at John Stamos.
Make use of every blessing; a blessing cannot be saved. There is no bank where we can deposit blessings received, to use them when we see fit. If you do not use them, they will be irretrievably lost.
Shawn: I'm Shawn Spenstar and this is my partner, Gus 'T.T' Showbiz. Gus: The extra T is for extra talent.
What I'm trying to say is, it must be tough on you not being able to read, but it's not the end of the world. You might not be able to read, but there are things only you can do. That's what you gotta focus on—your strengths.
The real world tea is that talent without working hard is nothing.
Nobody can predict where talent's headed. Sometimes it simply vanishes. Other times, it sinks down under the earth like an underground stream and flows off who knows where.
If talent's a kind of natural energy, doesn't it have to find an outlet?
...in the absence of will power, the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.
Reading is not an end in itself, but a means to an end. Its chief purpose is to help towards filling in the framework which is made up of the talents and capabilities that each individual possesses.
Music resembles poetry, in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master hand alone can reach.
To apply oneself to great inventions, starting from the smallest beginnings, is no task for ordinary minds; to divine that wonderful arts lie hid behind trivial and childish things is a conception for superhuman talents.
Lorimer had no pretence to musical talent; when asked, he confessed he could 'strum a little', and he hardly seemed to see the evident wonder and admiration he awakened in the minds of the many, to whom such 'strumming' as his was infinitely more delightful than more practised, finished playing.
He realized anger was also a source of power, which the artist ought to convert into creative energy.
— Ha Jin, amazon.com