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No Talent Quotes

Graham Greene quote: "One has no talent. I have no talent. It's just a question of..."
One has no talent. I have no talent. It's just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time. Graham Greene
Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but of great talent; and men of no talent, but of one principle - that of obedience to their superiors. Wendell Phillips
Who has a right to tell me I have no gift, no talent, no passion ...' he murmured. 'Why do people say those things to you when youre young? Doesn't seem fair, does it?' 'No, darling, it's not fair,'she said. 'But the mystery is why you listen. Anne Rice
Never allow anyone to rain on your parade and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day. Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up in the fault-finding business. Nothing external can have any power over you unless you permit it. Your time is too precious to be sacrificed in wasted days combating the menial forces of hate, jealously, and envy. Guard your fragile life carefully. Only God can shape a flower, but any foolish child can... Og Mandino
There is, indeed, nothing more annoying than to be, for instance, wealthy, of good family, nice-looking, fairly intelligent, and even good-natured, and yet to have no talents, no special faculty, no peculiarity even, not one idea of one's own, to be precisely "like other people. Fyodor Dostoevsky
As I have said before, I had no illusions about my performing ability. But I did not know that my despair was brought about not because I had no talent but because I did not know how to develop it. Shinichi Suzuki
One of the great tragedies of life, it seems to me, is when a person classifies himself as someone who has no talents or gifts. When, in disgust or discouragement, we allow ourselves to reach depressive levels of despair because of our demeaning self-appraisal, it is a sad day for us and a sad day in the eyes of God. For us to conclude that we have no gifts when we judge ourselves by stature, intelligence, grade-point average, wealth, power, position, or external appearance is not only unfair... Marvin J. Ashton
Victor Garber quote: "I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it."
I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it. Victor Garber
It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous. Robert Benchley
We all have a vast number of areas in which we have no talent or skill and little chance of becoming even mediocre. In those areas a knowledge workers should not take on work, jobs and assignments. It takes far more energy to improve from incompetence to mediocrity than it takes to improve from first-rate performance to excellence. Peter Drucker
Edouard Manet quote: "He has no talent at all, that boy! You, who are his friend,..."
He has no talent at all, that boy! You, who are his friend, tell him, please, to give up painting. Edouard Manet
Any time some well-meaning person forces you to demonstrate you have no talent and rubs your nose in the fact you're a failure at the only dream you ever had, take another drink. Chuck Palahniuk
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those..."
There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent. W. Somerset Maugham
Jane Austen quote: "I have no talent for certainty."
I have no talent for certainty. Jane Austen
Daphne du Maurier quote: "I have no talent for making new friends, but oh such genius..."
I have no talent for making new friends, but oh such genius for fidelity to old ones. Daphne du Maurier

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