Talented People Quotes

#1. I think some of our most talented people are not going to pick the arts as a way that they're going to spend their lives.

Anna Deavere Smith

#2. Alan Bennett and Judi Dench are amazingly talented people who don't let you down when you meet them.

Alan Titchmarsh

#3. I think that talented people really do have insecurities, and that is one of the things that kind of motivates them, because that's one thing they know they're good at. And when they're up on that stage, you can do no wrong. The audience is yours; they're there to see you.

Natalie Cole

#4. Because anybody can find their fan base through the Internet, it opens opportunities up for talented people along with people like Rebecca Black. It makes you more choosy and also more receptive to absorb anything for 15 seconds - let alone 15 minutes - to decide what you think about it.

Alan Palomo

#5. The timeless challenge in the real world is to help less-talented people transcend their limitations.

D. Michael Abrashoff

#6. I'm inspired by artists and musicians. There are so many wonderful and talented people in the world. I love discovering new music, new writers, or new art.

Alicia Keys

#7. I never had worked in high fashion before, had never experienced it when I was a model before. I appreciate it, being able to work with such talented people; it feels like a gift now. I think for everyone everything happens at the right time, and this is my time.

Saskia De Brauw

#8. I believe India has multi-talented people, so I have also embarked on my journey as an actor. I don't need to be a celebrity, since tennis has already given fame to me.

Leander Paes

#9. I would love to work with my dad! We've never done anything live together. I'm always open to working with talented people, and I think my dad certainly qualifies.

Jennifer Grey

#10. Sometimes, to ensure that a talented individual will work for you, or will stay working with you, you need to be flexible. Money is not always the great motivator here. Talented people want a good salary, of course, but surprisingly often they are more attracted to new opportunities and challenges.

Felix Dennis

#11. I've always loved it in Las Vegas, and it is the only city in the world that brings so many different talented people from so many places.

Daniel Boulud

#12. I've always surrounded myself with talented people, both in film and in business.

Ronald Meyer

#13. I don't think what I do is influenced by suffering. I come from a talented people who are prolific in music and dance.

Hugh Masekela

#14. My co-star would be ... One of my actual best friends. I am blessed to have so many beautiful talented people around me, I would like them all in my film please!!!

E.J. Bonilla

#15. I'm aware of the fact that a lot of talented people out there will never get this chance.

Brad Paisley

#16. Self-managing is Job One. Have a vision and a mission. Surround yourself with talented people. Rely on effective coaching, not managing of employees.

Tom Gegax

#17. It's surreal working with people you admire. I don't think it ever goes away, no matter how human people are; there's always that moment of 'Oh wow, that's still George Clooney!' But I find that the most talented people tend to be the nicest.

Max Minghella

#18. So I won't say I'm lucky. I'm fortunate enough to find or attract very talented people. For some reason I found them, and they found me.

Peter Dinklage

#19. At Marvel, I was lucky enough to work with really talented people, but I always had this nagging thought: 'One day I'll write my own stories.'

David Mazzucchelli

#20. A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited they are about creating. I do want to recognize a ton of super-talented people. I just happen to be the face of the companies.

Elon Musk

#21. When our son's autism was diagnosed at the age of 2, there was no clear prognosis. We didn't even know if he'd ever learn to talk. But we found talented people to work with him and he improved, slowly at first and then more rapidly.

Claire Scovell LaZebnik

#22. I can't really speak to the other parts of the economy, but what I think is very true of the tech world is that it's easy for talented people - whatever their gender, age, or race - to rise up and succeed.

Joy Covey

#23. If you ask what's been my secret of success, most might say it's my God-given athletic ability to throw a football. While talent is important, it's not necessarily the most important thing. Thousands of talented people fail every day. My strength has been my will to win-that competitive fire inside.

John Elway

#24. You don't try any less hard on the ones that don't. I've gotten lucky to work with some amazingly talented people that have helped the ones that have worked work. I think you just have to keep doing the stories you love and the characters that you love and are drawn to.

Channing Tatum

#25. On a more practical level, anyone out there who wants to be a writer should clearly recognize that this is a brutal business, where even incredibly talented people sometimes never make a living. If you want to chase such a dream, please have a Plan B in place.

R.A. Salvatore

#26. Why does it have to be politics? Is there a dynamism to that world and a theoretical capacity to do things that draws many talented people? Absolutely. Are there other ways to be involved and lead an interesting life? Of course.

Eliot Spitzer

#27. Throughout the course of my life, I've been blessed to work with extremely talented people.

George Dzundza

#28. Talented people are written off once they hit their 50s and 60s, and the saddest thing is, we just get better as we get older.

Kim Cattrall

#29. China is a great country with a great culture, populated by fascinating, industrious and talented people.

Vladimir Putin

#30. It's rare in Hollywood to get the chance to work on something that you actually care about. The tragedy of the place is all these talented people trying to get excited about stuff they themselves would only view at gunpoint.

Stephen Gaghan

#31. I stand to learn more working as an actor with really talented people than I do by directing a feature.

Domhnall Gleeson

#32. I just want to work with talented people who are enjoyable to be with, and take big huge risks from high comedy to deep, dark, brooding drama, to thriller. I just want to go back and forth.

Frank Oz

#33. Having a title only doesn't make one a leader; talented people without a title don't follow blindly, they practice leadership via influence.

Pearl Zhu

#34. I think that New York is the city of all cities. There is so much diversity there. I also like that when I go there, I can catch a play or musical and see some of the most talented people practicing their craft.

Kevin Johnson

#35. There are far more talented people doing voice work than I.

Bryan Cranston

#36. Cartoon Hangover has given us another place we felt we could find the most talented people around the world and give them a chance to make the films they want to make and match it up with their audience.

Fred Seibert

#37. To me, there's so much talent in the world that's locked out for the wrong reasons, whether it's innovators at the highest end where we need to change the regulation systems, or whether it's the talented people who work here who the bureaucracy's holding back, or the amazing American people.

Megan Smith

#38. I have to say that as an actor, I really look for the role. I'm not really looking to see if it's for television or film, because there are highly talented people in both mediums.

Amy Smart

#39. ...talent is evenly distributed. You never know how many talented people are out there until you invite and inspire them to be creative.

John Wood

#40. I kind of disguise my limitations by hanging out with very talented people. The excitement of the collision between the microphone-twirling guy from 1966 to now is just a fantastic adventure. There aren't many of us left and I've managed to kind of cover my tracks pretty good.

Robert Plant

#41. I just want to be in good things that I want to see, and I want to work with talented people who are smarter than myself.

Adam Brody

#42. You can sometimes learn more working with less talented people, because you learn to survive.

Jacqueline Bisset

#43. If you surround yourself with talented people and you give them the freedom to achieve, then the work will never fail.

Rankin

#44. I learned that when you're lucky enough to be surrounded by such talented people that you really become more of an orchestrator of this talent - you're just trying to harmonise everyone's contributions.

Mark Romanek

#45. Black people are the most talented people in the world,

Jamie Foxx

#46. We have a training period; we have certain guidelines and structure. You can't hire talented people and stifle them. That's not the way it works anymore.

Todd English

#47. Talented people often don't need experience. They rely on ability and sound judgement to deliver results. The very definition of talent is the ability to do things that others can't do or to do things using fewer resources or less time than others might need to achieve the same result.

Mark James Walsh

#48. In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.

Tina Fey

#49. I think there's a million talented people out there, it's just a matter of luck a lot of the time.

Joan Cusack

#50. Hollywood's a big place, and they make all sorts of different movies. Some movies I'm attracted to; a lot of the movies I'm not. But there are some terrifically talented people over there that I'd love to work with.

David Wenham

#51. The most important thing a mayor does is hire talented people to run the city.

John Hickenlooper

#52. Finlay was the godfather of a problem that's rampant everywhere today. He called the people who made his work 'collaborators' ... nowadays it's 'fabricators' ... talented people who are grateful, desperate and thwarted. There's plenty of them.

Alexander Stoddart

#53. We have a lot of talented people in this Congress, and we can avoid a lot of unintended consequences if we just included them.

Dan Webster

#54. Whatever the marketplace, if talented people are given resources, they're going to keep driving us to having better, simpler, cheaper solutions to problems.

Dean Kamen

#55. In some ways, many of the skills you have as a producer on independent films also apply to making big tentpole films: You surround yourself with a brilliant director, great script and talented people in every department who are smarter than you.

David Heyman

#56. I would say music, film, and talented people inspire me.

Mpho Koaho

#57. I find my chances for success improve when I associate with a few talented people as opposed to a plethora of mediocre ones.

Jeffrey Fry

#58. So, if you're doing good longform with talented people than you can step out and you can be the president or a construction worker and people accept that. It's really the roles you give yourself.

Amy Poehler

#59. There are so many funny people and so many talented people, but the one thing nobody else has is my take on the world. So, when I'm developing my show, that's going to be the focus.

Ross Mathews

#60. Yeah, I've had the privilege to know a lot of really talented people.

Ashley Judd

#61. People with banking experience haven't all flocked to the biggest banks; community banks and regional banks, along with smaller trading houses and credit unions, have some very talented people.

Elizabeth Warren

#62. As television is learning some of the movies' great tricks, movies are taking what's good from TV. Maybe it will all become one big thing, with smart, talented people who love a thing, helping each other be better.

Akiva Goldsman

#63. We've got some talented people in my family in regards to football, and we do it the right way.

Clay Matthews III

#64. I think there are those individuals who are intimidated by really smart, talented people. But for me, surrounding yourself with great talent is the key to success.

Monika Chiang

#65. Youth must go ahead and prosper. These young painters are all very talented people, but they all paint frescoes.

Edvard Munch

#66. I like to work with talented people, I must say that. That's my weakness. I really like to work with good directors. That doesn't mean I don't like to work with starting up young directors, that's fun also.

Vilmos Zsigmond

#67. It's given many great performers their start, but more importantly, it's killed thousands of barely talented people and it's put them to death, and they're now doing the jobs they're built for.

Bill Murray

#68. Some of the world's most talented people are introverts. Without them we wouldn't have the Apple computer, the theory of relativity or Van Gogh's sunflowers.

Susan Cain

#69. There's no reason anyone should ever feel lonely when there's love everywhere. There's no excuse for talented people to trudge through life. And if we weigh down our children, the very source that makes the stars blaze in the sky, then we may wake to realize we've lost something irretrievable.

Sarah Noffke

#70. Somebody's going to wake up and their job in life is going to be to make guitars. There are a lot of good, talented people.

Paul Reed Smith

#71. I have very talented people dress me and put my makeup on, stuff like that. But I do love that look, and I think it's maybe because I grew up on that old glamour.

Charlize Theron

#72. I've been really lucky that I've been exposed to a lot of lovely, talented people who are not jerks, and I would like to continue that streak.

Mackenzie Davis

#73. The church I lead could have the least gifted people, the least talented people, the fewest leaders, and the least money, and this church under the power of the Holy Spirit could still shake the nations for his glory.

David Platt

#74. Frankly, to be honest, I hadn't worked for two years before 'Murphy Brown.' It's a nice illusion now to think of all of us as terribly successful and talented people at the top of our profession, but that's hindsight. I had to pray for a job like this.

Charles Kimbrough

#75. I'm fortunate to know a lot of incredibly talented people, and they all want to be a penguin.

Bob Saget

#76. Too many talented people string and unstring their instruments without ever playing their music.

Ken Standley

#77. When you're writing, it's all up to you, and you don't have to make any compromises. And when you're directing, there's this intense pleasure you get from working with all these really talented people, and pooling the efforts towards a common goal. I like all the aspects of film-making.

Henry Selick

#78. I'm dealing with very, very talented people, smart people, good people. And I think they will be competing. We still have a competition. I had great victory yesterday. South Carolina was amazing. New Hampshire was amazing. The size of the victories, I think, were incredible.

Donald Trump

#79. Most geniuses are just talented people who get up really early in the morning.

Joel Achenbach

#80. I feel fortunate. I've really gotten to work with amazing talented people, and to learn from them, which is why I'm doing this. If I can work with the best director I'm going to do it.

Armie Hammer

#81. I'm not going to say that the other people I worked with weren't artist. They were all very great, very talented people, but I think Guillermo [del Toro] will go down in cinematic history as one of our more talented, visually brilliant directors.

Charlie Day

#82. Hysterically funny, amazingly talented people. That's what I think of when I think of Canada. That, and cold beer. And mountains.

Richard Patrick

#83. Talented people without discipline don't go anywhere.

Royce Gracie

#84. I've worked with some very good directors and some very bad ones. I learned a great deal from both. From the bad, untalented people, you learn what not to do. And when you work with very highly talented people, you want to emulate them.

Tommy Lee Jones

#85. As a country [USA], we can attract more talented people to teaching by raising awareness of educational inequity and getting the public to understand from individual classrooms, schools, and cities that this is an issue that can be solved.

Wendy Kopp

#86. That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well - and just have fun on stage.

Joan Armatrading

#87. Every organization has two choices. Choice one is to grow. Choice two is to die. If you decide not to grow, it's a clear-cut message to talented people that it's time to leave.

Kenneth C. Griffin

#88. Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.

Charles F. Stanley

#89. Reality TV finds talented people. There are no scripts. The editing is what it's all about. Great editing makes those shows.

Pete Waterman

#90. You never know why or when the next job is coming. I actually like that. It's kind of exciting. I don't punch in. I don't have a 9 to 5 job. When you do work you're lucky enough to go to interesting places and meet mostly interesting and talented people, so it's really a great job if you can work.

Michael Vartan

#91. You know, with talented people ...
They draw people to themselves, and without even trying to, they tear them to shreds.

Kamoshida Hajime

#92. Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

Warren Bennis

#93. The British theatre and establishment is so hard to penetrate, and there are so many talented people involved in it. So, to be counted among some of those actresses ... It doesn't get better than that.

Kelly Reilly

#94. The most talented people are always the nicest.

James Caan

#95. Alex [Da Kid] does have diversity, not just in what he produces, but what he hears. He has this knack for finding talented people.

Skylar Grey

#96. Unfortunately, many talented people in Hollywood find their values and politics do not reflect the content they create, and many movie themes are in direct contrast with over half of today's American families.

Allen Covert

#97. Ambition is important. Of course you can't get anywhere without talent, but there are a lot of talented people. To succeed, you have to be the most ambitious talented person.

Natalie Massenet

#98. There are many talented people who haven't fulfilled their dreams because they over thought it, or they were too cautious, and were unwilling to make the leap of faith.

James Cameron

#99. I won't mention names, but in my career, the most talented people invariably are the easiest and nicest to get along with.

James Caan

#100. I will say, the performers in the musical are some of the most super-talented people I've ever seen.

Tom Scharpling