Successful fiction does not need to be validated by 'real life'; I cringe whenever a writer is asked how much of a… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
Not a single, substantial, commercially-successful product had come from an adequately-finded team. They'd always come from the scrounging, scrapping, underfunded teams. — Ken Olsen Copy Share Image
You know, it's not the people in Hollywood who go to see movies that will make a movie successful; it's the people… — Pia Zadora Copy Share Image
I knew I was going to be successful from day one. From day one. That's why it throws me whenever someone says… — Rosie Perez Copy Share Image
If a country can only be rich by running a successful race for low wages, I should be disposed to say at… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
Everybody I've ever worked with - 99.9 percent of the time, I've had a successful or very agreeable experience with. — Alec Baldwin Copy Share Image
“They call it "business" because it does not become successful by a person's "idleness". Go get busy if you want to do… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
But I find that for myself, without exception, the more I deal with the work as something that is my own, as… — Marian Bantjes Copy Share Image
Am I Machiavellian? I don't think I'm quite the mastermind people would have me be. Everything I do tends to be very… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
The efforts of the majority to destroy every trace of heretical 'blasphemy' proved so successful that, until the discoveries at Nag Hammadi,… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
Gifted students represent a vital resource that has unlimited potential. We need to make sure that these exceptional young people have the… — Chuck Grassley Copy Share Image
Where any work can be done conformably to the reason which is common to gods and men, there we have nothing to… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Had 'Bridesmaids' not ended up being so amazing and successful, we would never have been able to make 'Bachelorette.' So we are… — Lizzy Caplan Copy Share Image
The more successful I get, the more I am reminded that in the minds of a great many people I will never… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Creative people rarely need to be motivated-they have their own inner drive that refuses to be bored. They refuse to be complacent.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
'Christian Mingle' is about a young, modern, single woman. She's trying to achieve it all - a successful career, amazing friends, and… — Corbin Bernsen Copy Share Image
Make a decision to be successful right now. Most people never decide to be wealthy and that is why they retire poor. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Training is a part of being the best version of yourself and you need to be the best version of yourself to… — Bugzy Malone Copy Share Image
A charitable man is like an apple tree-he gives his fruit and is silent; the philanthropist is like the successful hen. — Austin O'Malley Copy Share Image
My dad was a mime and then he had his company and created plays for children and was very successful with it. — Marion Cotillard Copy Share Image
Now I no longer wish to be loved, beautiful, happy or successful. I want one thing and one thing only - to… — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image
People are grateful when you make a difference in their lives. That is the essence of any successful business — Stelios Haji-Ioannou Copy Share Image
I don't mean to sound immodest, but I never had any doubt that I'd be successful, nor any fear of success. I… — Irene Cara Copy Share Image
He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are… — Confucius Copy Share Image
There are a lot of male egos out there that cannot deal with highly successful women. And it's their problem. — Sheila Johnson Copy Share Image
If you are going to be successful, you need to give up the phrase, "I can't" & all of its cousins, such… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
It's weird - sort of not terribly wise - to take a book that was successful and then change its cover. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A fundamental understanding of the human psyche is the essential key to successful magic. — Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin Copy Share Image
We played a different style under Mark Sampson, and all credit to him, because we did really well. It worked for us;… — Toni Duggan Copy Share Image
You can be stubborn and successful or you can give it up a bit and change things around. For me it's important… — Roger Federer Copy Share Image
I had a TV show called 'The Apprentice' and it's one of the most successful reality shows in the history of television.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
It's kind of cool that we've quietly been selling a million albums. We knew the album wasn't going to debut at No.… — Jacoby Shaddix Copy Share Image
The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I know I had been successful in football. I had been successful in broadcasting. I didn't think that anything could touch me.… — Pat Summerall Copy Share Image
Traditional credentialing really doesn't have a lot of predictive value to if people will be successful. — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter how many times you have failed… What matters is the successful attempt. — Maxwell Maltz Copy Share Image
I think the Pistons have such a well rounded team, which is why they're so successful. All you have to do is… — Chuck Daly Copy Share Image
A safety net of small white lies can be the bedrock of a successful marriage. You wouldn't believe how cheaply I can… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
