Gifted Quotations

Even a lot of kids who are gifted can be kids who feel like wimps or nerds.

These people being of a sharp and acute intellect, and gifted with a rich and powerful understanding, excel in whatever studies they pursue, and are more quick and cunning than the other inhabitants of a western clime.

You can always tell gifted and highly intelligent people as they always turn to the past. Any young person who knows anything that happened before 1980, or 1990, or 2000 for that matter, is immediately someone who is intelligent, probably creative, maybe a writer. Nobody who is drawn to the past and learning about the past is not gifted.

We don't need mandatory, non-sectarian prayers read over the loudspeaker to 'put God back in schools.' God never left the schools. God is still at work through the hundreds of thousands of gifted teachers and administrators, committed parents, and passionate volunteers who seek to help give our children 'a future with hope.'

Gifted women musicians and composers rarely received their due.

I've always known I was gifted, which is not the easiest thing in the world for a person to know, because you're not responsible for your gift, only for what you do with it.

Martin Sheen was extraordinary. He's a very gifted man.

Seeing the intensity and power she brings to the game, it's hard to imagine her being anything but single-minded in pursuing tennis. But Serena Williams has other passions, too. In fact, there doesn't seem to be enough time in the day, week or month for one of the world's most gifted athletes to chase her many interests.

I would kill to do more work with Orla Brady, I think she's that gifted.

I was gifted with a life that was full of adventure. I've always believed, if you're gifted, that it's incumbent not to think about giving something back.

I've come to learn that the determined and gifted and genuine sociopath has far more power to deceive than we realize.

I was introduced to theater by a teacher that found me when I was in elementary school. She tested me for the Gifted and Talented program, started taking me to see the 'Nutcracker Ballet.' I got involved.

Kids are naturally gifted at art from a very young age. The problem is when they get older and become self-conscious. The process should always be fun, though.

David Cromer, from Chicago, I think is the most gifted young director in America.

As women, we are constantly criticising and judging ourselves in terms of our body, how we dress, what profession we take up, how we fare in that. Indian women are gifted with certain body types and features, which is healthy, and we should accept that.

In the bubble decade, making money as an end in itself boomed as a calling among students at elite universities like Harvard, siphoning off gifted undergraduates who might otherwise have been scientists, teachers, doctors, entrepreneurs, artists or inventors.

Acting changed my life. I say God and then acting. Because becoming an actor, I've gained a new respect for humanity. And I believe that it's also helped me to grow as a person. It's been one of the biggest blessings and expressions that I could have ever been gifted with.

I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.

Santa Cruz is blessed not only with natural wonders, but also with gifted souls who can fashion nature's bounty into man-made treasures.

I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.

George Carlin was great right up to the end of his life. But Richard Pryor was probably the best, most gifted stand-up comedian who will ever live.

It's all because of my parents that I am gifted with such good looks and people get attracted to me. I have built an image in the industry, and because of that, I have so many female fans. I want to build my male fan following, too.

From a pretty early age, my mother realized that I was a little bit more gifted and talented than my own age group. So, she moved me over to play with the boys' travel soccer team when I was about 11 years old.

President Obama is a gifted politician. He is gifted with rhetoric virtuosity. He is gifted with the ability to lie directly to camera without blinking. And he is gifted with some of the most incompetent conservative opposition in the history of the country.

When you're learning, especially to write, unless you're some incredibly gifted writer, a young Malcom Gladwell, say, you need to be imitating people. You need to be imitating how they make their work, how they structure it, how they design the pieces. It gives you chops; it gives you moves.

My daughter is exceptionally chatty. I'm not a braggy mother but she is gifted - with the personality of a Russian gymnastics coach.

My family supported me. I wasn't hot-housed at all as a young child; I didn't go to any kind of gifted school. They didn't exist in the very poor parts of England when I grew up in the 1980s. I had a great time to learn, had access to libraries and teachers who were patient and enthusiastic when I showed ability in some subjects.

My father, Kaneki, was a gifted research director of a chemical company, and his profession strongly influenced the path of my life.

Now people are starting to realize, yeah, some people are gifted and can play at that age.

I don't know what went wrong. They were very opportunistic in the first period. Good scoring chances. A few nice plays from gifted players.

We're gifted with the privilege of being so deep, and we knew that would help us through state with everybody who can come off the bench and make key shots.

Since Matt's been at Yale, I've become a Bulldogs fan, ... Matt may not have been the most gifted athlete, but he was one of the hardest-working guys. That rubbed off on me. Also, he's a real big competitor. Even if we're just playing a video game, he refuses to lose. That kind of rubbed off, too.

She jumped right in, she stepped up and learned things very quickly. Not only is she physically gifted but she's a student of the game.

She is probably the most athletically gifted female diver I have ever had here at ASU. She is not just a springboard diver or a platform diver. She is good on all of them.

She's a gifted player, and she attacks the basket so that's how she gets to the line. Her team knows how to look for her, too, so that makes it even tougher on us.

She's a gifted player. She's fast and strong and covers a lot of ground, but she's still rusty.

She contributed to the American theater in a lot of other ways than being a gifted playwright.

Many times in life you take struggles and disappointments to realize the potential and gifted talents that they have.

So I am hoping there will be more roles for women that allow the actors to expand to be truly great - an all around talented, gifted woman.

She's just one of those gifted athletes. We have to get her the ball. When she's got it all together, you can't stop her. And everybody knows it, so we have to go to her a lot.

She was a marvelous playwright who wrote vital, important female characters and vital, important male characters. Like many writers, she drew on personal experiences. But she was also a gifted observer of the human condition.

I have an incredibly gifted staff, very caring -- it truly is a family. In a meeting to announce I was leaving, I had written up my remarks, practiced them, but when it came time to address everyone, it didn't matter...there were a lot (of tears) welling up.

Kinsey is a very gifted young man with great running and throwing potential, ... The offense employs size and the backfield has speed to overpower opponents. Defensively, the lions are a very aggressive group with multiple linebacker blitzes most of the time.

Kinsey is a very gifted young man with great running and throwing potential. The offense employs size and the backfield has speed to overpower opponents. Defensively, the lions are a very aggressive group with multiple linebacker blitzes most of the time.

(Hampton) isn't the most gifted athlete that we have, yet he takes so much pride in how he plays, he's on every special team and I just thought it would send a strong message to our special-team guys that we appreciate them and that's the type of effort and that's the type of play that we're looking for.

Keyed Entry is an exceptionally gifted horse. He's got loads of speed, he's very willing and he's obviously done everything we've asked him to do so far.

There are so few that are that gifted at a young age. These guys are burdened with the additional responsibility. Sure, the expectations are there. But the pressure helps a lot in the development.

He is one of the league's most gifted players and a proven winner who will bring tremendous experience, speed and playmaking abilities to our lineup (and) still has a tremendous skill level and is excited to play. He'll be a terrific addition.

He'll be a huge asset for USF. He has great size, is technically very gifted and brings a great work ethic to their program.

Frank did a great job with his team this year. He had a great mix of talented swimmers and divers. He was not gifted with a large team of people, but he took the people he had and really pushed them to make them great.

gifted national leader and a model public servant.

I am delighted to have Asa on board. He is an extremely technically gifted player in the middle of the park.

I got a chance to talk to the Shelton coach before the match and we knew it would be a good one. Fish is only a sophomore but he is a very gifted wrestler.

Forty-five is a pretty consistent number for me. It's neat to be on a stage like this and take advantage of the opportunity. Just going in there and showcasing myself to the scouts, I was kind of hyped up. I've always been gifted in weightlifting. I worked very well with our strength coaches at Ohio State.

If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted - there is practically nothing she can't do

Cassie is a very gifted athlete with very quick feet. Her one-on-one defending, ability to read the game, and solid possession will immediately impact our backline.

But from the perspective of a dad, I soul-searched and said to myself, here was someone who's very gifted and wants to try something.

He's a guy that can dominate a game. He just makes players around him that much better. He's a guy that can score, and he's a very gifted passer as well. The best thing to do is try to force an offensive player to try to play in his end as much as possible.

He's a gifted athlete, and just came out and played the game. Him coming in at running back shows what kind of talent he has. He's getting better with his receiving routes, and getting better running the ball.

He's a gifted athlete. But the intangible things come easy to him, like his poise and responding well to pressure situations.

He was not hip-hop's most gifted emcee. Still, Shakur may be the most influential and compelling rapper of them all, he was more than the sum of his artistic parts.

He was one of the most gifted athletes since I've been here.

He wasn't the most gifted player. But he had to be the most fundamental quarterback. Those are the type of players I think make the best coaches.

We may not have as much offensively gifted talent. But we have more depth up front. As the season progresses we can become an even better team than last year.

Hector is a super gifted person and an amazing organ player, ... It kind of blows your mind when you see him. He's very unique. He sits with his back to the audience, the organ facing backstage. You can see his feet, and he puts on quite a foot show. You're just amazed. There's not an age that doesn't appreciate him.

His unselfishness goes a long way on this team. For example, he'll throw the next pass and he'll knock down the open shot. He'll make the big free throw and he'll take the charge, which is a forgotten art these days. He has worked hard and I don't want to sell people that he's just gifted ... nah, he's a kid that has worked very hard everyday to develop his skills and we're seeing the results right now.

Golden Tree Academy is more traditional in nature, being a pre-college preparatory school and dedicated to serving the needs of bright to gifted students.

His skills are top shelf. He's a gifted player. He's got that God-given talent that you can't teach. This year, he took on more of a leadership role. He knew that was expected of him. Obviously, he had his ups and downs, but he's going to learn from what happened to him this year and be in a better position next year.

He's earned all the ice time he is getting. Guillaume has good size and skates well. He's also a gifted hockey player who brings a lot of intangibles to the game. If there is a fault, it's that he tries too hard. That's only because he wants to be the one who makes the difference every game.

He's definitely a guy I look up to. He leads by example. He's a gifted and talented hockey player.

He's a tremendously gifted player with a phenomenal understanding of the game.

He's a truly gifted athlete. It takes an awful lot of discipline (to play against Williams), but even discipline is not enough. You end up in one-on-one situations and some of the times our ones won't be as good as their ones. We have to do a good job of helping each other out.

He's a very gifted offensive player. He's definitely helping me score goals. He's going to be able to find me on the ice, and I'm going to find him.

He's a very gifted player, and he's really worked hard to develop his skills. In the short term, we couldn't have had the success we've had (this year without him). He has helped turn the program around this year.

He's just one of those guys (whom) you could tell early on was going to be something. Athletically, he was gifted from the start and you just had a feeling that once he got an understanding of the game at this level and the schemes that they were using that he would be a force to reckon with.

He's just put it all together. He's a fantastically talented, strong, gifted athlete. But with all those characteristics sometimes comes absent-mindedness and lack of attention to detail. Those are some of the things we can't have as shortstops. So that's what we worked on. Everything else has kind of blossomed.

He's a lunch-pail guy. He's not the gifted athlete some other kids are but he gets good position, uses his body well and he's just relentless.

He's gifted in so many areas. Once you get him in a field of competition, no matter what it is, he loves to compete and just loves to play. He plays with a passion no matter what he's doing.

He's gifted with a lot of hand-eye coordination and he has tremendous foot speed. Plus he's got a real desire to do well.

He's a talented player with an equally gifted savvy for the game. Add in his passion for the game and athletic genes, and he's a can't-miss kid.

We're pretty much similar. We're both strong guys. He's very gifted with the puck and can make the same play down low as myself.

Joe has tremendous upside and provides our franchise with a player whose talents are worthy of All-Star consideration, ... He has the versatility to play several positions for Coach (Mike) Woodson. Not only is Joe extremely gifted on the offensive end, his size on defense will give us a tremendous advantage against most teams. When you team him up with a combination of Josh Childress, Josh Smith, Al Harrington, Marvin Williams, Salim Stoudamire and Zaza Pachulia, we feel we have one of the best up-and-coming rosters in the league.

Jon is a gifted athlete who likes to take the big shots. He is popular among his teammates, has a sharp wit and a great sense of humor. His versatility is a great strength and causes match-up problems for other teams.

Some of these guys never cease to amaze me with how gifted they are and how strong they are. The shocking part was how much pain and injury he had. He's obviously a strong guy and a competitor. He wants to get back out there.

Start a program for gifted children, and every parent demands that his child be enrolled.

Pat Morita was a truly generous actor, a gifted comic, and an even greater friend, ... It was both my honor and privilege to have worked with him and create a bit of cinema magic together.

Jerry and I really made it a matter of prayer that he could be gifted to and inspired by the Holy Spirit to write what I call a believable conversion.

Naive or commercial or merely utilitarian photography is no different in kind from photography as practiced by the most gifted professionals,

I still think his pro career is in football. But he's one of those gifted athletes. Who knows what he can do?

I thought his comments were fine. At times Porto did outplay us, and we knew they would, but the thing is we rattled them. They had highly gifted players but we rattled them. I asked the players to let Porto know they had been in a game and they did that.

Lauren is a gifted and skillful soccer player with a remarkable defensive mentality. Her experience and versatility will enable her to play in our midfield or in the backline.

Last year, our ratings growth was led by the strength of our original programs. We plan to continue that momentum this year with original movies and events based on some of our biggest hits. With both Class of 3000, from one of the most gifted talents in the music industry, Andre Benjamin, and Squirrel Boy, we are looking forward to another exciting year.

I think they are a very gifted group. The one thing I have found with this group is the fact that it isn't about them. It is not an individual person's glory. Each of the kids knows how to be team players and they have shown us over the past couple weeks.

Robert adds another offensive dimension for us, ... I like our forwards a lot, but I would consider Robert - even though he's just 20 years ago and still developing - as gifted a playmaker as anyone on our team. He opened the eyes of a lot of people at the World Junior Championships. We have monitored his progress closely and feel Robert has the physical ability to make the jump right into the NHL.

Robert adds another offensive dimension for us. I like our forwards a lot, but I would consider Robert -- even though he's just 20 years ago and still developing -- as gifted a playmaker as anyone on our team. He opened the eyes of a lot of people at the World Junior Championships. We have monitored his progress closely and feel Robert has the physical ability to make the jump right into the NHL.

Our school system needs a fully funded gifted program.

I struggled to kick the habit - I would make a decision to give up smoking, but it was hard. I couldn't resist the urge to steal a smoke. It was at that time that I was gifted Allen Carr's book 'The Easy Way to Stop Smoking.' After I read that book, I didn't touch a fag again.

I think I'm gifted to do what I'm doing, that this is what I'm here for.

I think I'm gifted to do what I'm doing, that this is what I'm here for. I felt like a coach when I was a player. ... In a lot of ways, I know some things are still new to me. But in other ways, I just feel like I've been doing this a lot of time, and a lot of it just comes naturally.

I think she's absolutely amazing. I've seen a lot of basketball players, but I have not seen another player that is as physically gifted as that young lady. Ever.