Pastoral Resources

Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Art depends on luck and talent.

I have seen that the American Dream is a reality - and I would love to feel the British Dream is also a reality. To enable that, we have to bring back some common sense and encourage family values, a proper sense of justice and make people believe they have a decent chance to build a business or career for themselves. I see this moment as a fantastic opportunity to restore this, because I believe Britain Has Talent.

Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.

I think the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser.

I think that the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser.

The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as 'Soho' poverty. It comes from having the airs and graces of a genius and no talent.

I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent.

I have tried to explore the little talent I have for writing.

There is no spray can called 'Instant Stardom,' only talent can keep you at the top.

In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.

I never starved. And you know, whatever talent I have, I've relied on that, versus image or star.

What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent.

All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House.

Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty.

Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can.

As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too.

Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.

Obviously, for me, story is first and foremost, even in the face of the attractive idea of having all the cast there, or having a great piece of talent come to it.