“A man possessed of splendid talents, which he often abused, and of a sound judgment, the admonitions of which he often neglected; a man who succeeded only in an inferior department of his art, but who in that department succeeded pre-eminently.” MenArtSoundTalentJudgmentAbuseDepartmentPossessedInferiorsSplendidNeglectedAdmonitionSound Judgment Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“All musical talent is absent in me, to the point of being unable to play board games that require you to hum a tune while others guess what it is, since all my humming sounds the same. Musical instruments have always seemed like alien artifacts to me, even as I really admire anyone who can play one.” PlayGamesSoundTalentInstrumentsMusicalAdmireAliensBoardsTunesAbsentArtifactsHummingMusical InstrumentsBoard GamesMusical Talent Author:Jeff VanderMeer
“It is important that Miers not be confirmed unless, in her 61st year, she suddenly and unexpectedly is found to have hitherto undisclosed interests and talents pertinent to the court's role. Otherwise the sound principle of substantial deference to a president's choice of judicial nominees will dissolve into a rationalization for senatorial abdication of the duty to hold presidents to some standards of seriousness that will prevent them from reducing the Supreme Court to a private plaything useful for fulfilling whims on behalf of friends.” YearsImportantChoicesFoundSoundPresidentInterestPrinciplesRolesTalentDutyStandardsCourtSupremeFulfillingSupreme CourtBehalfSeriousnessReducingJudicialWhimDeferencePertinentAbdication Author:George Will
“nerve, not talent, is the one necessary and sufficient trait for success. (Wouldn't it be ideal if it were talent? But talent with no nerve is like the sound of one hand clapping.” IfsHandsSoundCourageTalentIdealsSufficientNervesTraitsClapping Author:Lynda Obst
“People of talent resemble a musical instrument more closely than they do a musician. Without outside help, they produce not a single sound, but given even the slightest touch, and a magnificent tune emanates from them.” PeopleInspirationalHelpingGivenSoundMusicTalentProduceMusicianInstrumentsMusicalTunesMagnificentEmanateMusical Instruments Author:Franz Grillparzer
“They had all this talent, and they had no instruments. So they started rap music. They rhymed on their own. They made their own sounds and their own movements.” MadeSoundTalentMovementInstrumentsRapRap Music Author:Max Roach