“What I've learned over the years is it's so much better to surround yourself with real talent and hire real chefs. I learned more from the chefs I have working for me than you could ever imagine. There's nothing wrong with being able to create opportunities for people, and you don't have to do everything, take credit for everything, and have all the weight be on your shoulders.” PeopleYearsRealAbleOpportunityImagineTalentWeightCreditShouldersI've LearnedSurroundChefSurround YourselfReal Talent Author:Michael Mina
“Satirical writers and speakers are not half so clever as they think themselves, nor as they are thought to be. They do winnow the corn, it is true, but it is to feed upon the chaff. I am sorry to add that they who are always speaking ill of others are also very apt to be doing ill to them. It requires some talent and some generosity to find out talent and generosity in others, though nothing but self-conceit and malice are needed to discover or to imagine faults. It is much easier for an ill-natured man than for a good-natured man to be smart and witty.” ThinkingMenSelfHalfImagineTalentNeededEasierSmartAddFaultsSorryIllWittyCleverGenerositySatireSpeakersCornMaliceConceitBeing SmartSatiricalI Am SorryAm Sorry Author:James Sharp
“It's a funny thing that people are always ready to admit it if they've no talent for drawing or music, whereas everyone imagines that they themselves are capable of true love, which is a talent like any other, only far more rare.” PeopleIfsImagineTalentReadyCapableDrawingImagine ThatFunny Things Author:Nancy Mitford
“You think you have some stable talent which will show no matter what you're writing, and if it doesn't seem to be getting across to the audience once, you can't imagine that moment when it suddenly will.” IfsThinkingWritingMatterMomentsShowsSeemsAudienceImagineTalentNo Matter WhatThat MomentStableImagine That Author:Joan Didion
“Eating takes a special talent. Some people are much better at it than others. In that way, it is like sex, and as with sex, it's more fun with someone who really likes it. I can't imagine having a lasting friendship with anyone who is not interested in food.” PeopleWayI CanFunSexImagineSpecialTalentFoodEatingCookingLikesCulinaryLastingNot InterestedLasting FriendshipSpecial Talents Author:Alan King
“Elvis Presley - his music, his movies, his photos. I come across a new image of him every day and try to imagine what he was thinking, what inspired him. His talent and beauty were just incredible, and his passion for life, family, and friends inspires me.” ThinkingTryingPassionImagineTalentInspireInspiredIncrediblesFamily And FriendsFamily LifePassion For Life Author:Kristen Taekman
“I find social media as fun and engaging as the next person, but imagine if all the creative talent that was pouring into finding increasingly clever ways for us to broadcast daily banality (and then serve ads based on what is learned) instead focused on some of the UN Millennium goals? The world would be a better place.” IfsWorldWayPersonsWould BeNextFunSocialGoalCreativeImagineTalentMediaFindingsSocial MediaFocusedCleverAdsEngagingBetter PlacePouringMillenniumBanality Author:Scott D. Anthony