Famous quotes containing the words talent and/or contest:
“Having a talent is not enough: one must also have your permission to have it—right, my friends?”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Theologians should not be ashamed to admit that they cannot enter a contest with such antagonists [the sceptics], and that they do not want to expose the Gospel truths to such an attack. The ship of Jesus Christ is not made for sailing on this stormy sea, but for taking shelter from this tempest in the haven of faith.”
—Pierre Bayle (1647–1706)