Subject: Success (Page 5)

If the experiment works, you must be using the wrong equipment.

Murphy’s Laws Success

Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Success

The degree of failure is in direct proportion to the effort expended and to the need for success.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Success

I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist
Places Success Things

You can always tell luck from ability by its duration.

Success

It is common sense to take a method and try it… if it fails, admit it frankly and try another; but above all, try something.

(1882 – 1945) 32nd U.S. president
Beliefs Success

When you’re walking to the bank with that World Series check every November, you don’t want to leave. There were no Yankees saying, “play me or trade me.”

(1922 – 2007) American baseball player & manager
Baseball Sports Success

If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
Communication Failure Misspokements Speech Success

Some have greatness thrust upon them, but not lately.

(1902 – 1963) Danish actor
People Success Time

I have enemies I’ve never met – that’s fame.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress
Success

I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either.

(1894 – 1974) comedian, radio & television host
Health Success

A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian
People Success

You should always accept because of the pain it brings to your enemies.

(1898 – 1971) English classical scholar & academic
Success

In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Communication Language Speech Success

Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist
People Success

The two leading recipes for success are building a better mousetrap and finding a bigger loophole.


Success Things

Andy Warhol made fame more famous.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist
Success

All the rudiments of success in life can be found in ironing a pair of trousers.

British boxing champion
Activities Life Success

There are two types of actors: those who say they want to be famous and those who are liars.

(1958 – ) American film & theater actor
Characteristics Honesty Success

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people, they think it's their fault.

(1923 – ) German-born diplomat & scholar
Characteristics Success

If you want a track team to win the high jump you find one person who can jump seven feet, not seven people who can jump one foot.

Murphy’s Laws Sports Success