Pastoral Resources

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.

Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent.

I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.

At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the coming woman.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

I began as a boy with artistic talent... as a visual artist... I thought that was what I'd become and in my late teens drifted into reading serious literature.

In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.

I'll tell you one thing, in what I do for a living, there's no substitute for experience. I don't care how much natural talent you may have... In the type of show I do, you can depend on surprises.

The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.

Well, the sales of our products clearly demonstrate their value to businesses and to individuals.

Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales.

There should be a background check every time a firearm is transferred. You shouldn't be able to go to a gun show and buy guns without a background check. There are Internet gun sales, classified ads in the newspapers - and you can buy guns without background checks.

My lips are big, but my talent is bigger.

One lapse of judgment can cost and talent isn't everything. A huge slice of good fortune in needed to make it to the top, and without that element of luck, you've no chance.

People realize that Salieri is not the man we saw in the Amadeus movie. That man had no talent. It was a great movie, but the Salieri character was a big fiction.

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.

Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.

It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.

When I was a young actor... the more different you were from the part you played, the more talent it reflected.

I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent in many different areas. It confuses people.