A Quote by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
American - Author
Born: 1940

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

She had never been a proficient flirt. Her spasms of kittenish behaviour were graceless and inept, like normal conversation on roller skates. but the combination of the retsina and sun made Emma feel sentimental and light-headed. She reached for her roller skates.

David Nicholls

Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.

Sydney J. Harris

Doing time is like climbing a mountain wearing roller skates.

John Dean

He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates.

Alan Ayckbourn

The Orioles' Dick Hall comes off the mound like a drunk kangaroo on roller skates.

Joe Garagiola

Hockey on roller skates is like MMA in a bounce house: the elements are there, but the medium makes the whole thing ridiculous.

David Walton

I do have the roller skates from 'Boogie Nights.'

Heather Graham

I started skating at age 2 on roller skates on the South Side of Chicago, where I grew up. By age 4, roller-skating was something I really enjoyed. Everyone around me wanted to do the 'roll bounce' thing, but I was pretty much only interested in going fast.

Shani Davis

Sometimes I pretend to be an octopus. But then people are like ‘Darren what’re you doing?’ And I just sit there and laugh because they’re not cool enough to be an octopus and I’m just like ‘Hah you’re just jealous because you’re not an octopus.’

Darren Criss

Talent is nothing without dedication and discipline, and dedication and discipline is a talent in itself.

Luke Campbell

It's better to be an octopus than a fish. If an octopus loses a tentacle to a predator, the octopus will survive with seven tentacles left for itself.

Gene Simmons

I believed that old people never laughed. I thought they sighed a lot and groaned. They walked with sticks, and they didn't like children on bicycles or roller skates... or with big dogs.

Maeve Binchy

I believed that old people never laughed. I thought they sighed a lot and groaned. They walked with sticks, and they didn't like children on bicycles or roller skates or with big dogs.

Maeve Binchy

They're a typical Hollywood audience. All the kids are on drugs and all the adults are on roller skates.