Tag: talent

Quote of the Day

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.

“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.” — Stephen Jay Gould, “Wide hats and narrow minds,” New Scientist (1979-03-08)

Quote of the Day

“Let it be your satisfaction, the highest a man can have in this world, that the talent entrusted to you did not lie useless, but was turned to account, and proved itself to be a talent.” — Thomas Carlyle

Let it be your satisfaction, the highest a man can have in this world, that the talent entrusted to you did not lie useless, but was turned to account, and proved itself to be a talent.

“Let it be your satisfaction, the highest a man can have in this world, that the talent entrusted to you did not lie useless, but was turned to account, and proved itself to be a talent.” — Thomas Carlyle, Letter to David Lester Richardson, December 19th, 1837

What Do You Do With Your Talent?

What Do You Do With Your TalentRotterdam. July. I’m leaving town and the window is open. I stop for the red light and look to the left.

I see a pillar. I think it was holding up a Metro station. I do remember the poster. An advertisement. Something to do with the Theatre. And a question.

“Wet doe jij met jouw talent?”