Famous quotes containing the words talent and/or contest:
“I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“By his mere quiet power, on the minds of the now contestants, He could have either saved or destroyed the Union without a human contest. Yet the contest began. And having begun He could give the final victory to either side any day. Yet the contest proceeds.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)