Innate Talent Quotes

#1. The closer psychologists look at the careers of the gifted, the smaller the role innate talent seems to play and the bigger the role preparation seems to play.

Malcolm Gladwell

#2. Meritocracy is our social ideal, particularly among good liberals. Equality of opportunity, but not of outcome. Not evaluating people by their [outside] features, but by their innate talent and drive.

Chris Hayes

#3. Diligence does not work if there is a lack of innate talent.

Irving Stone

#4. I feel like directing is an innate talent.

Jordana Brewster

#5. Men are reasoning rather than reasonable animals.

Alexander Hamilton

#6. I like the pressure of having to perform so people will come to me.

Carl Lewis

#7. I kept seeing turning points. First the uprising. Then the creation of the Free Syrian Army, the FSA. Now a big assassination bombing in the heart of Assad's government. But the turn never came. It just got worse and worse.

Richard Engel

#8. You stand for what is right, Lina, without the expectation of gratitude or reward.

Ruta Sepetys

#9. I tried the line out on some people on the street, like, "What do you think of this: 'the art of family life is to not take it personally'?" And they would laugh. But you know, everybody's got something going on in their families, and then once you have kids, that of course exponentially rises.

Mary Kay Zuravleff

#10. Talent is a process, not a thing. Failure is not proof of an innate limit but rather is an indication of a skill we haven't yet developed.

David Shenk

#11. Natural talent is a questionable phenomenon. Inclination perhaps, but innate ability is extremely rare.

Erin Morgenstern

#12. Frank Lampard has a vision for seeing things

Jamie Redknapp

#13. What I find interesting is working in a society with certain taboos and fashion photography is about that kind of society. To have taboos, then to get around them that is interesting.

Helmut Newton

#14. The main thing I say on war is that we need to obey the law and formally declare war.

Rand Paul

#15. For the most part, "naturals" are myths. People who are especially good at something may have some innate inclination, or some particular talent, but they have also spent about ten thousand hours practicing or doing that thing.

Meg Jay