George Carlin Quotes

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.

I've worked hard throughout my entire life, but I don't think all the hard work could have produced the same results without all the genetics I was given.

Heredity proposes and development disposes.

Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have.

I don't know if acting is genetic. Maybe it's environmental.

I like to teach. And when I spot talent without ambition, it makes me angry. I give students short shrift if they're not willing to do the work. Relying on talent is not enough.

To get to the top, you must put in a lot of hard work, but you also need to be blessed with talent.

I'm not somebody that's been a natural at anything.

There's an old chestnut that asks whether an entrepreneur is born or made and I think it's a combination of both. You need the talent; without the talent you can't do it.

A lot of people think that success is luck and being in the right place at the right time. But I think if you’re willing to work harder than anybody else, you can create an awful lot of your own luck.

Talented people without discipline don't go anywhere.

I want to encourage people to not think in terms of gifts, but think in terms of, wow. You work hard to succeed at that, because that's exactly what I do.

I believe in talent. I know you're not supposed to believe in that anymore because you're supposed to believe if you just work hard you can do anything. That's how you succeed, maybe. But talent is something you're born with. You cannot acquire it by working hard, and you cannot lose it by lying around either.

I have great appreciation for people who do anything well. I think that it's very difficult to do what you do well.

I think my older sister was probably more clever, but I worked very hard.

I am sure that few successful men are so-called 'natural geniuses.'

You don't get money unless you have a lot of talent, which I don't have, or you work hard, which is what I do. We don't have any golden touch here.

Effort without talent is a depressing situation... but talent without effort is a tragedy.

Your genetics load the gun. Your lifestyle pulls the trigger.

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.

If you've got talent, stick with it... because talent wins out, without a doubt.

In the end, the work shows if you're good.

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.