Famous Quotes & Sayings

I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.

You begin by always expecting good things to happen.

Words can be like baseball bats when used maliciously.

If you want to be truly successful invest in yourself to get the knowledge you need to find your unique factor. When you find it and focus on it and persevere your success will blossom.

Poor is the man who does not know his own intrinsic worth and tends to measure everything by relative value. A man of financial wealth who values himself by his financial net worth is poorer than a poor man who values himself by his intrinsic self worth.

The world will change for the better when people decide they are sick and tired of being sick and tired of the way the world is, and decide to change themselves.

Ted Turner

Life is like a B-movie. You don't want to leave in the middle of it but you don't want to see it again.

Wilson Greatbatch

I have long felt that an investment by the Department of Energy of a million dollars a year for the next 30 years would pay a higher return than any other investment this country could ever make.

Wilson Greatbatch

We have never succeeded in slowing down our nuclear fusion reactors.

We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.

John Sculley

The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.

Norton Simon

All right, I will read what's in my pocket.

Norton Simon

To me, such functions are like supermarket openings.

Norton Simon

Well, darling, you can have your tearoom now.

Nat Friedman

We plan to support Exchange 2003 as soon as it is released. We already have the prerelease versions from MSDN.

Nat Friedman

There are a lot of people who've been able to ditch their Windows machines and switch over to Linux because they can now use their Exchange server for calendaring and collaboration from their Linux desktop.

Nat Friedman

Red Carpet has a nice package abstraction layer that allows us to support RPMs and DEBs transparently.

The culmination of all of that was the decision to start a company, which became Lotus, to do a product, which became 1-2-3. By the time I reached that point it had been four years, and it felt like a lifetime, but really it was kind of evolutionary.

Leo Burnett

I have learned that any fool can write a bad ad, but that it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one.

Luis Guzman

I think part of the problem is the education system doesn't work - it's not accountable.

There are some who start their retirement long before they stop working.

No one can be right all of the time, but it helps to be right most of the time.

The search for someone to blame is always successful.

Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.

People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.

Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.

When your future arrives, will you blame your past?

Time spent on hiring is time well spent.

Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers.

It's easy to make good decisions when there are no bad options.

Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.

David Rockefeller

Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S.