Famous quotes containing the words talent, contest and/or high:
“Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“Nor aught availed him now
To have built in heav’n high tow’rs; nor did he scape
By all his engines, but was headlong sent
With his industrious crew to build in hell.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)