A lack of government oversight hasn't hindered the Internet. Quite the opposite. A hands-off approach is largely responsible for its fantastic growth and success.
The first book I did - the first successful book - was a kind of a travel book, and publishers in Britain encouraged me to do more.
I'm a painter, really. To be successful, you have to go to Hollywood, and I didn't like to travel.
I think that somebody with the resources and innovation and the idea is going to come out of nowhere and come up with a successful space travel program.
I'm very happy with the success of short films. In fact, for me, the short films make more money than the features.
One of the banes of successful innovation is that companies may be so committed to innovation that they will give the innovators a lot of money to spend.
I don't want to be married to someone who feels inferior to my success or because I make more money than he does.
You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.
What makes eBay successful - the real value and the real power at eBay - is the community. It's the buyers and sellers coming together and forming a marketplace.
I've never been very successful in a monogamous relationship, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can assume that responsibility.
The key to successful missionary work is a close relationship between the missionaries and the members. Creating an environment in working with members that will bring more into the Church.
Success turns a lot of people off. I have a pretty solid sense of joy and respect that irritates people, and can irritate me, too.
They're not willing to admit that I've also shed blood and tears and often paid dearly for my success. This makes me feel extremely sad.
The stock prices of networking equipment companies like Cisco Systems and Nortel Networks sometimes seem as if they are priced for perpetual success.
It has nothing to do with commercial success. You cannot calculate in your head how to put the mosaic together to make a commercial film: that's out of the question.
Fame and success and titles stay with you, but they wear out eventually. In the end, all that you are left with is your character.
I have had unsuccessful films, but I learned a lot from those films. I give my failures as much importance as my success.
Success gave me confidence as an artist. And now I'm able to do what I want without anybody thinking it's dumb.
One of the things I realized... is how few success stories there are in websites or products or businesses that exist primarily for an altruistic purpose.
Writers, as they gain success, feel like outsiders because writers don't come together in real groups.
No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.
