People can't see that if I had not been a poet, I could never have had such success as a traveler.
Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
I like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed. That's the only way I can express it.
After a lifetime of working, raising families, and contributing to the success of this nation in countless other ways, senior citizens deserve to retire with dignity.
I was very excited to meet Amanda Seyfried. She is one of the most humbling human beings you will ever meet. She deserves success.
I think all those people I did stories about measured their own success by the joy their work was giving them.
I think it's the fact that I do something different and that I actually have some success with it. That bothers a lot of people... especially comics.
A Grammy is really nice, but having lots of fans is really nice, too. I think just getting a record out is a success on its own.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
I think the changeup has become more popular recently by pitchers like Pedro Martinez and the success he had with it.
The success of the movie industry comes from the story. And the story comes from somebody putting something down on paper.
As far commercial success, I don't think that's a focus but it's not that we don't enjoy that. It's not something you can attempt and achieve.
I attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions.
Every human being is searching for a deep sense of meaning, and yet we're all chasing success. We've confused one for the other.
Sometimes people take it for granted that they had success, especially nowadays when you have instant stardom. A lot of people feel entitlement and nobody is entitled to anything.
Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success.
You cannot predict literary success; the only way you can possibly aim for it is to do your thing and do it well.
If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work.
I'm so sick of hearing that U.K. hip hop doesn't get credit and success when I'm working to get it - for me and for others, too.
My goal with every show we put on Geek & Sundry is to make it that big of a success, not just within the video but within fandom itself.
I always wrote about things that were important to me. I think our past success showed that it was also important for a lot of others.