Pearl Bailey Quotes

There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while.

Pearl Bailey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 29, 1918 - August 17, 1990

Topics

WorkTalentYouTouchHardUp

Writing the first draft is like hitting the beach on D Day. You don't stop to mourn the dead or comfort the wounded. You get off the beach because, if you don't, you'll die there.

Matt Hughes

BeachDayWritingDieYouComfort

I think, for a long time, I didn't have people who understood where I was coming from. They were giving me advice on what would be good for them.

Amanda Seales

GoodTimePeopleMeThinkAdvice

Would I like kids? If I knew I could be - and how could I put this delicately - faithful, then yes. I do like kids.

Simon Cowell

FaithfulYesWouldLikeKidsKnew

I've seen sharks in the ocean, it hasn't made me get out of the ocean; that's for sure.

Luke Hemsworth

OceanMeSharksOutSeenSure

If I could be in any band, I think it would have to be The Beatles. That would have been a lot of fun.

Jason Behr

FunThinkBandIf I CouldBeatles

Theater gives me that outlet of being a part of the process from beginning to end, while film is a little more compartmentalized and is more impulse-driven.

Jason Ralph

BeginningMeProcessEndMoreFilm

As society has shifted from an agrarian to an urban structure, the joy and necessity of diligent, hard work have been neglected.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

WorkHard WorkJoySocietyHard

I meditate. I breathe out what I can't control and focus on the positives.

Deepika Padukone

FocusControlBreatheOutMeditate

I care about being formally physically attractive in my life, and I think that I am quite vain about my performance. I'm just not vain about how I look while I give the performance.

Claire Danes

LifeI AmPerformanceThinkCare

The day that changed my life was 3 July 1986, when I went to see American actress and singer Barbara Cook at London's Donmar Warehouse.

Anne Reid

LifeDayAmericanMy LifeLondon

We care a lot more about not having the disease than treating it.

Anne Wojcicki

CareMoreDiseaseThanAboutHaving

Now that we've discovered how to actually develop policies and projects holistically, if we can get the barriers out of the way and release the creativity that's in our universities, our farming organizations, amongst our farmers and land managers, we'll be astounded. As I'd like to express it, the human spirit will fly.

Allan Savory

CreativityFlyNowFarmingWayLand

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Pearl Bailey