You know, you want everything you do, obviously, to be a success critically and commercially. But what you find out as you go along is that everything won't.
Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.
A lot of times, when a band finds success with a certain style or sound, they have a really hard time breaking away from that to grow as artists.
I had my success too soon. Three books published with Scribner's in New York before I was 30.
Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one's origins and one's final achievement.
Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.
The key to sitcom success is miserable people. If you see a happy couple, it's just gone, like when Sam and Diane got together on Cheers.
I stand ready to lead us down a different path where we're lifted up by our desire to succeed, not dragged down by a resentment of success.
The success of 'The Fighter' made it a lot easier to get 'Broken City' green-lit. And the buzz about 'The Fighter' also made it a lot easier to get 'Contraband' green-lit.
There is just a lot of creativity and theatricality in performers who happen to be gay. Maybe there's a success in numbers, so by the law of averages we are going to get these jobs.
Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.
Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all, so everyone can succeed.
If he had listened to some of his advisors and had tried to make the Marshall Plan a political dumping ground for unqualified politicians, it couldn't have been a success.
Success for me means being able to work. I don't look at so much at what I've done as much as I look to what I will do.
The reason we shot it was that the script was geared to Las Vegas and it was something commercial that we wanted to have in the can in case Butterfly was a success and we needed a follow-up.
Most people don't have so much talent that they can become a success all their own. We all need people to help us and lift us up.
You take all the things that frighten you, and when you can get them to work for you all of sudden people are calling you a success.
When a trait is universal, evolutionary biologists look for a genetic explanation and wonder how that gene or genes might enhance survival or reproductive success.
If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.
Part of my success with urban bachata is reinventing yourself as an artist and continuing to give people different kind of fusions, mixing up the elements and concepts without changing the beat.
If a film is not a success, then that's just the way things are. Nothing I can do can make a difference. I have stopped worrying about it.
