Pastoral Resources

Jazz is not the kind of music you are going to learn to play in three or four years or that you can just get because you have some talent for music.

Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making.

To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity.

Culture, which makes talent shine, is not completely ours either, nor can we place it solely at our disposal. Rather, it belongs mainly to our country, which gave it to us, and to humanity, from which we receive it as a birthright.

I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.

If Roger stopped right now and never won another match, to me he'd already be one of the greatest players to ever play the game. To me, he's the greatest all around talent that I've ever seen.

The talent of a true writer and poet is in the ear.

You have to have talent. You have to get the audition and then you have to nail the audition.

Jackie had a keen eye for talent, and like an elephant never forgot. And, he was always right on the mark.

Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through.

Too much youth, hunger, mission, and talent.

It destroys the soul to hear that you're all hype, that you have no talent, and that your whole career has been contrived.

I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent.

Yes, look, social class is definitely an issue in Britain, it is definitely an issue and I think that most people across the country would sympathise with the idea that there are lots of people with talent and ability all across this country who want to make more of themselves and part of the responsibility of government is to make that happen.

It's one thing to have talent. It's another to figure out how to use it.

It was like an older but better version of Young Talent Time because we had more time to spend on it. There were three guys and three girls and we made thirteen episodes that were sold in the United States and Canada.

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork.

To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap.

I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.