Successful Quotes

I think it's dangerous to think that you're successful, because then you become complacent.

The trap for an actor is that you become too successful at what you're trying to do, and you can find yourself stuck there.

But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds.

The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.

It's a journey, it's a fight everyday. There was a real effort to stay in the program... So far this has been a very successful rehab.

In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it.

I think to be a successful comic, you have to be exceptionally smart and exceptionally perceptive.

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.

I don't know if there is any one secret to successful writing, but one important step is to move beyond imitation and discover what you can write that no one else can - that is, find out who you are and write that in an appropriate narrative and style.

If you're an actor, even a successful one, you're still waiting for the phone to ring.

I am not successful, in terms of Hollywood.

The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.

I've been curious about certain things, but didn't let them get in the way of my life. I don't know how people becoem successful with some kind of habit.

The bold enterprises are the successful ones. Take counsel of hopes rather than of fears to win in this business.

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

I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.

As soon as I got successful, the Scottish press started picking on me. It's something they reserve just for me.

Since it was too difficult to get into the Screen Actor's Guild in New York, I moved to Miami in 1982 and started a successful career as a television commercial actress, obtaining my SAG card there.

If all you're trying to do is essentially the same thing as your rivals, then it's unlikely that you'll be very successful.

I like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Linux a successful product.

I was very successful from a very early age, and I want to keep it.

I've made 30 movies and for the most part my movies work. In a business where success is an exception and not the rule, I've mostly been successful.

If Bret went in there and stunk the place out, then they probably wouldn't have brought the little brother in. So just by being successful himself, it opened the door for me.

The ability to be successful should be a good thing.

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

New gene pools are generated in every generation, and evolution takes place because the successful individuals produced by these gene pools give rise to the next generation.

I don't believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the best schools, or made the most money.

Celebrity culture, it's everywhere, isn't it? It's reality TV, Big Brother. I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day?

I had earlier concluded that a war with Iraq would be a distraction from the successful and expeditious completion of our aims in Afghanistan. Now I had come to question whether the White House was telling the truth.

When you end a successful sitcom, the most sensible thing to do is go back to the theater.