Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Hamming

One of the characteristics of successful scientists is having courage.

Richard Allen

Whereas our ancestors (not of choice) were the first successful cultivators of the wilds of America, we their descendants feel ourselves entitled to participate in the blessings of her luxuriant soil.

John Cale

Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure.

John Calipari

A successful person never loses...they either win or learn!

John B. Larson

We're looking to have the ability to come in and be able to capitalize on the marketing in order to grow the top-line. We basically leverage what has worked with our other successful acquisitions - investment in marketing, retention and student services.

Joey Skaggs

If I'm successful in fooling a wire service, I don't really have to do anything else to promote the story.

Joel Klein

In America, what makes us so successful is the innovation, the competition, the focus on merit.

Frankie Valli

Becoming successful is a relentless pursuit. Its good that its that way: When it does come, you learn to know how to appreciate it, and know how lucky you are to be doing something that you love so much.

Frank Frazetta

I hope my work has inspired young artists. I have always tried to maintain my freedom as an artist and I feel it is one of the main reasons I have been successful.

Heidi Julavits

It's fascinating to imagine two successful writers in one house. But when you think about it, it isn't very unusual. In fact, so many writers have writer spouses.

Hesiod

The artist envies what the arties gains, The bard the rival bard's successful strains.

Herodotus

Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.

Henry Ford

An imitation may be quite successful in its own way, but imitation can never be Success. Success is a first-hand creation.

Henry Ford

One needs to be successful in the conventional way to learn just how far away from success it may be.

Helen Reddy

I was very strongly influenced by women's magazines and I really believed tha a woman could not be married and raise a family and have a successful career all at the same time.

Helen Mirren

I think a lot of my work has been a weird attempt to liberate myself, but it's not altogether successful.

Helen Mirren

There's a scary moment when you realise you're no longer the youngest person in the room. Especially if you've been a successful young person. That's followed, of course, by the realisation that you're actually the oldest person in the room.

Henry Kravis

And make sure that capital structure we have in place is the right capital structure. I think that's the reason that we've been successful.

Henry Cloud

Successful people stick to what they are good at and find ways to make that larger.

Steven Rattner

Increased revenues, meaning higher taxes, will be a central element of any successful long-term budget plan, and President Obama is right to insist that the wealthy - the slice of America that has come through the recession in by far the best financial health - should provide those funds.

Steven Spielberg

I turned down 'Harry Potter' and 'Spider-Man,' two movies that I knew would be phenomenally successful, because I had already made movies like that before and they offered no challenge to me. I don't need my ego to be reminded.

Tom Selleck

I think television has always been one to replicate when something's successful.

Tom Shadyac

Our own economy tells us to take as much as we can get, right? Our own economy says, you're going to be the most successful graduate if you go into the business world and take as much you can get. That's not how nature works. Nature has a much simpler economy. Everything in nature takes what it needs. That's it. You don't see an oak tree gathering up all the resources. An oak tree takes what it needs to be the authentic oak tree it is.

Todd Bridges

No matter how well you do, no matter how successful you are, they're always going to criticize you.

Toby Young

The moment I'm perceived to be even a tiny bit successful, my career will go down the pan.

Todd Barry

I loved Australia. I was very successful there

Katherine Dunham

I always believed that if you set out to be successful, then you already were.

Joyce Meyer

God will help you be all you can be, but he will never let you be successful at becoming someone else.

Katharine Hepburn

When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.

Marianne Williamson

The key to a successful career is realizing that it's not separate from the rest of your life, but is rather an extension of your most basic self. And your most basic self is love.

Mark Martin

I'm not always successful. But I try to treat the people the way I want to be treated. I really try to keep that in mind, but it doesn't always work.

Mario Cuomo

There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.

Mario Lemieux

Play without fear, and you will be successful,