Evan Esar Quotes

There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.

Do the thing you're good at. Not many people are lucky enough to be so good at something.

A woman's gifts will make room for her.

If you don't have talent or preparation for whatever you want to do, you will not be successful in anything.

Scholarship except by accident is never the measure of a person's power.

We're playing at our level of ability.

I think it now comes down to whether you have the skills or not.

There are many talented people.

It's always cool to meet people who can do things that you have no capacity to do.

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

When you have to make a choice between capacity and capability, I would go with capability.

Age is never a factor if talent is there.

Ultimately, there is no definition for smartness. It's just the ability to do what you want to do really well.

If you are good enough, you should play.

A lot of people can score. What else can you do?

When you have the best player, you can do a lot of things. The best player can usually back it up, too.

Ultimately, it's your talent that counts.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do, well.

There may be talent without position, but there is no position without some kind of talent.

Ability is active power, or power to perform.

Genius is power, talent is applicability.

The future belongs to the competent. It belongs to those who are very, very good at what they do. It does not belong to the well meaning.

Having only wisdom and talent is the lowest tier of usefulness.

Opportunity shies away from need, but opportunity is attracted by talent and ability. What you don't want to happen is opportunity to turn cool on you. You don't want to offend opportunity. So the only thing you present to opportunity is ability, performance and skill. Don't present need to opportunity.

Look for competence not claims.