Subject: Success

A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.

(1914 – ) historian
Money Success

If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
Success

The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.

(1880 – ?) American author
Success

Success can be insured only by devising a defense against failure of the contingency plan.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Success

A best seller was a book which somehow sold well simply because it was selling well.

(1914 – ) historian
Books Communication Reading/Writing Success

After a fellow gets famous it doesn’t take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Success

I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.

(1939 – ) comedian, actress, writer & producer
Success

The road to success is always under construction.

(1929 – 2016) American golfer
Problems Success

If at first you don’t succeed, blame your parents.

writer
Family Parents Success

The final test of fame is to have a crazy person imagine he is you.

(1926 – ) film director, screenwriter, composer, comedian, actor & producer
Success

Nobody loves a winner who wins all the time.

Success

These days a star is anyone who can hold a microphone; a super star is someone who has shaken hands with Lew Grade, and a super-super-star is someone who has refused to shake hands with Lew Grade.

(1921 – 2001) Welsh comedian & singer
Success

If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z; work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist
Life Success

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Failure Problems Success

Any idiot can get laid when they’re famous… that’s easy… it’s getting laid when you’re not famous that takes some talent.

(1958 – ) American film & theater actor
Sex Success

In this world there are winners and losers – and, of course, ‘the others’, who comprise the majority.

(1967 – ) English comedian
Failure People Success

No matter how rich you become, how famous or powerful, when you die the size of your funeral will still pretty much depend on the weather.

comedian, counselor & speaker
Death Science/Weather Success Wealth

The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.

(1879 – 1964) British politician
Situations Success

By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Success Time Work

Fame changes a lot of things, but it can’t change a light bulb.

(1946 – 1989) comedian & actress
Success

Today’s public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can’t read them either.

(1925 – 2012) author, playwright, essayist & screenwriter
Communication Reading/Writing Speech Success