Famous quotes containing the word talent:
“The talent of insinuation is more useful than that of persuasion, as everybody is open to insinuation, but scarce any to persuasion.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.”
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)
“Elvis transcends his talent to the point of dispensing with it altogether.”
—Greil Marcus (b. 1945)