Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jill Scott

I would say for every successful black woman in America or in the world, really, it's difficult to be the head of the household, financially. It is for the man in your life. It can be very hard for them. And there's a delicate balance. I'm not quite sure I know what that balance is just yet.

Jessica Livingston

The media often glamorizes successful founders and makes their paths seem easier than they actually were.

Jessica Lange

Successful model? That's a myth. The year I modeled was the most painful year of my life. Editors would always talk to you in the third person as though you were merely a piece of merchandise.

Estelle Getty

People assume that I'm wiser than I am because I'm somewhat successful. Age does not bring you wisdom, age brings you wrinkles. If you're dumb when you're young, you're going to be dumb when you're old.

Erno Rubik

I do not truly consider myself an icon, but the Cube has been quite successful.

Ezra Koenig

Tom Cruise is one of the most successful actors of all time.

Erwin Schrodinger

The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all atomic phenomena.

Ernest Holmes

It is right that we should be successful, for otherwise Spirit is not expressed.

Caterina Fake

No successful company has had ever been the product of just one person.

Cat Stevens

I did not come into contact with any Muslim before I embraced Islam. I read the Qur'an first and realized no person is perfect, Islam is perfect, and if we imitate the conduct of the Holy Prophet... we will be successful.

George Eliot

It is never too late to be who you want to be.

Gore Vidal

For true happiness, it is not enough to be successful oneself . . . one's friends must fail.

Giancarlo Esposito

I first felt successful when I was 13 and in a show called Seesaw. I came offstage and heard the applause of the theater audience and felt a sense of accomplishment. Around that time my role model for success was Burt Lancaster. He was one of the first ac.

James D'arcy

I'm more interested in enjoying my life and looking after my family than being hugely successful.

Jakob Nielsen

Even the best designers produce successful products only if their designs solve the right problems. A wonderful interface to the wrong features will fail.

Jamaica Kincaid

I didn't know it was possible to be successful as a writer, so I wasn't afraid to fail.

Jaime Pressly

It's very difficult to have a successful series that can continue to capture and captivate an audience and keep people interested. Because the story, you've got to be able to continue to tell this story.

Jack White

It's funny because when you do become successful, you're forced to look backwards and try to crawl back into the womb where you first started to create.

Isaac Asimov

The great secret of the successful fool is that he's no fool at all

Elton John

I cannot bear successful people who are miserable.

Elton John

And there's no guarantee that if you get HIV and you take these triple therapies, or whatever comes along next, that they're going to be successful for you.

Elton John

Because, I figured that, because I was a successful man, I was wealthy, I was, you know, seemingly intelligent - even that I am not intelligent enough to ask for help.

Ellen Barkin

A successful marriage isn't necessarily one that lasts until you're dead.

Ellen DeGeneres

The only thing I really recommend, if you're starting out in stand-up is to not try to copy anybody else. You can be influenced by people. I was influenced by Steve Martin and Bob Newhart and Woody Allen, but I never tried to be someone else. I always tried to be myself. And the reason people are successful is they're unique.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

It is impossible to pursue a successful literary career and follow the advice of all one's 'best friends'.I feel compelled to follow the light which my own intellect & judgement cast upon my way, rather than any one of the many conflicting rays which other minds would lend me.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

In order to succeed in the world people do their upmost to appear successful.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

To establish ourselves in the world, we have to do all we can to appear established. To succeed in the world, we do everything we can to appear successful.

Jeremy Irons

Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more of the same.

Jeff Cooper

Regardless of what we think we know and should happen the reality is that a lot of stock action is random. Therefore, money management is crucial if you want to be successful as a trader. To me, it`s the cornerstone of both making a living at trading and building wealth.

Jeff Bezos

There are multiple ways to be externally focused that are very successful. You can be customer-focused or competitor-focused. Some people are internally focused, and if they reach critical mass, they can tip the whole company.

Jeff Bridges

Sometimes you feel you're making something really special and when it comes out you might still feel that way but for some reason it doesn't get the audience. So many things have to come together to get a creatively successful and financially successful film.

George S. Patton

All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.

George S. Patton

Successful generals make plans to fit circumstances, but do not try to create circumstances to fit plans.