I wanted to highlight that whole dreadful process in book publishing that 'nothing succeeds like success.'
It's not enough that I should succeed - others should fail.
I don't think ethical people deal with intimidation as a method to achieve success. Undermining someone's self-esteem isn't a method to achieve success.
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.
There is no substitute for victory.
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.
Success sometimes can really bite you in the shorts.
With success came an ever-growing burden of responsibility. I lived with a near-constant low-level anxiety that I would make a mistake that would not only threaten my career, but also my brothers' - not to mention the livelihoods of many people who w...
People don't want to leave Facebook to play games - Zynga's phenomenal success is proof of that.
My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.
I'm very appreciative and humbled by the success of 'Prison Break.'
I've realised that if I aim for a successful record, I probably won't have any success. But if I keep making weird things, then hopefully the audiences will come to us.
When you are in a growth company, you have to really open people's eyes to the bigger possibilities so they think differently. Once they understand how to define success and what their role is in success, they make better decisions, and you can push ...
I'm a kid who grew up in an all African-American neighborhood and got into schools and aspired to just be me, and didn't worry about labels or anything. Just wanted to be a success at what I did.
One of the obvious things that went wrong with Multics as a commercial success was just that it was sort of over-engineered in a sense. There was just too much in it.
Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to 'carry it off.'
I don't measure my success anymore by the Grammys. I can't because I'll just end up crushed.
You achieve long-term success step by step. Try to achieve your goals one at a time, like you do target practice.
The success of a production depends on the attention paid to detail.
With the success of the last three or so years, when a lot of people start treating you differently, there's a danger that you may start to think of yourself differently. You rely on your friends to say, 'Hey, wake up!'
Success? You can't get a big head about it. When people stare at me, they could be whispering to their friend, 'That guy sucks! Have you seen him before? He's horrible.'
