Success Quotes

The story of Willie Stark fascinated me because it was tackling the story of a man who outwardly has all the success one could possibly want and who is destroyed by his personal demons.

If I'd just been interested in record sales, I would have taken one of the deals I was offered after 'Soapstar Superstar,' made a quick covers album and probably had some success for five minutes. I decided that wasn't for me.

Whenever I hear, 'It can't be done,' I know I'm close to success.

We owe our success to them, and also to the fact that, as the saying goes, two 'Eds' are better than one.

Success is the sum of details.

Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.

I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.

The secret of the Internet's success has been its openness to new services.

Also, it's risky to try to duplicate earlier success. Magician had a certain charm to it, mostly due to my choice of lead characters, that I would be hard put to duplicate.

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

I guess in the independent market, I'd be getting offers, but in terms of big studio films, I still have to audition. I don't think my name is that well-known, I don't have much of a following to guarantee box office success yet.

For example, the equivalent of a woman being treated as a sex object is a man being treated as a success object.

The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success are concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation and communication.

No real-world human being brings to the U.S. presidency the range of attributes necessary for full success in the job.

You can take Elvis. You can take Marilyn Monroe. Success and fame will not be the answer if something inside of you is bothering you, if things in your mind aren't going right.

I attribute my success to my mental approach to the game. I have always been a serious student of umpiring. I enjoy studying rules, situations, and positioning.

I struggled to learn basic skills, get a grip on markets, find my own unique voice, create story lines and come up to speed with the industry. I struggled for ten years before having any success.

Fact is we went on to do other things. But we still wanted to do our success like rock'n'roll stars.

Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.

I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?

Fame and success are very different things.

It doesn't really matter if this movie's a success or not, because it's already out there.

One thing that success has taught me is censorship.

I have had all of the disadvantages required for success.

It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success.

Fourth Law of Thermodynamics: If the probability of success is not almost one, then it is damn near zero.

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.

I find that, once you get into a position where you can afford a pair of shoes and a decent level of living, success in itself is empty.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.