Unused Skills Quotes

I remember that, one day, I was visiting one training center in the 1990s that was teaching people how to fix Volkswagen engines from the 1960s, which were no longer sold. So you were training people on a skill that had zero value. The reason is that they hadn't received any new equipment in 20 years.

I almost get annoyed at the fact that I'm not going to use all that I got.

Idleness of the mind is much worse than that of the body: wit, without employment, is a disease - the rust of the soul, a plague, a hell itself.

Don't make a cemetery of your life by burying your talents.

We are like highly trained athletes, who never run a race.

An unused life is an early death.

I think everybody has talents that haven't been tapped into. They can go unnoticed your entire life.

Being a fringe player is not the role I want.

When I graduated, I promptly took a job in finance, making both my pre-med and poli-sci years essentially useless - or so I thought.

Well, I never really practiced because I never had the opportunity to practice.

I don't rise to the occasion when there's no occasion.

It is tough when you don't play for a while and a couple of games go by when, you've worked hard to be ready, but then aren't involved.

The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder.

There are so many young women who throw their talent away.

First, I was a glacial blonde doing music programmes. Then I was the film kind of sexy bird late at night. It was frustrating like I guess it's frustrating for everyone who is not fully employing their talents.