Subject: Success (Page 7)

The more ridiculous a belief system, the higher the probability of its success.

Beliefs Murphy’s Laws 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

When you're hot, you're hot; when you're not, you're not.

(1933 – 1998) comedian & actor
Characteristics Success

Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter
Success

Getting worried there might not be enough talent in America to accommodate all these singing shows.

(1974 – ) American comedian
America Places Success

It's lonely at the top, but you eat better.

Food/Drink Money 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

It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.

(1892 – 1964) singer, dancer, comedian, actor & songwriter
Success Time

If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Success

There is no deodorant like success.

(1932 – 2011) British-American actress
Success

Dirty blonde … I made myself platinum, but I was born a dirty blonde.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol
Appearance Body Success

The higher the “higher-ups“ are who've come to see your demo, the lower your chances are of giving a successful one.

Murphy’s Laws People Success

Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Success

A success has many fathers, a failure is an orphan.

Success

Seven months ago I could give a single command and 541,000 people would immediately obey it; today I can’t get a plumber to come to my house.

(1934 – 2012) United States Army general
Occupations Success Work

An actor’s success has the life expectancy of a small boy about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian
Acting Entertainment Success

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

(1935 – ) screenwriter, author, director & producer
Success

If the probability of success is not almost one, then it is damn near zero.

Failure Murphy’s Laws 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

The best fame is a writer’s fame: it’s enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough that you get interrupted when you eat.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist
Success

A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.

(1902 – 1983) Australian novelist & short-story writer
Education Success