Famous quotes containing the words talent, contest and/or high:
“Children’s talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)
“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)
“‘twas by making sweetbreads do
I passed with such a high I.Q.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)