When you're a plebeian you want success, and when you're successful you want to be a plebeian again.
People have always thought that I wasn't ambitious. They judged by appearances and were fooled. I was competitive. I wanted success and was willing to work for it.
That was the most exciting period, I think: at first, when you get the success on that really large scale.
I knew people were independently publishing, and I buy books on Amazon. I began seriously considering it when Amanda Hocking was in the news about her self-publishing success.
Oprah is more than an institution. Oprah is a very special star in the firmament. I can't imagine a greater success than she's enjoyed.
Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment.
My unanticipated success as a sportscaster is a perfect example of the importance of saying yes to yourself, even when you are uncertain.
Personally, I always find it especially piquant when cultural conservatives, usually quick to profess their devotion to the Free Market, rail against the success in said market of some product of which they disapprove.
My one guiding rule for success in the film world would be, be careful of your friends.
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.
The secret to my success is that I bit off more than I could chew and chewed as fast as I could.
Success tempts many to their ruin.
Britain is one of the world's most open economies. More dependent on trade than any other major country. Our success depends on our competitiveness and our competitiveness depends on raising our productivity, as our competitors are raising theirs.
The United States is a concept that works very well, even in bad times. But that's no reason to think its structure can be superimposed with success on any other part of the world, particularly when times are terrible.
It wasn't success, because Teller and I, by the time Asparagus Valley got together - within a year, we had achieved all our goals. I mean, our goal was to earn our living doing exactly what we wanted. Which is many people's goal.
Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.
I was brought to Hollywood by Gene Roddenberry and Michael Eisner, chosen from 600 hopefuls to star in the original 'Star Trek' motion picture. The success of the film, coupled with the allure that I had shaved my head for the role, put a spotlight o...
Sadly, my father died before I graduated, so he didn't see any of the success at all.
One man cannot practice many arts with success.
I always tell friends you can't judge your success by someone else's. You can't be afraid to fail.
