Young Talent

Famous quotes containing the words young and/or talent:

    ““How old is she, Billy boy, Billy boy?
    How old is she, charming Billy?”
    Past six, past seven,
    Past twenty and eleven,
    She’s a young thing, and cannot leave her mother.””
    —Unknown. Billy Boy (l. 21–25)

    “Lermontov died at age twenty-eight and wrote more than have you and I put together. Talent is recognizable not only by quality, but also by the quantity it yields.”
    —Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)