Subject: Success (Page 9)

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

(1914 – ) historian
Money Success

I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible… and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.

(1909 – 2000) Danish-born comedian & pianist
Children Family Parents Success

If an experiment works, something has gone wrong.

Murphy’s Laws Success

If at first you don’t succeed, you may be at your level of incompetence already.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer
Success

There are five stages in the life of an actor: Who’s Mary Astor? … Get me Mary Astor… Get me a Mary Astor type… Get me a young Mary Astor… Who’s Mary Astor?

(1906 – 1987) American actress
Acting Age Entertainment Success

Fame means absolutely nothing except a good table at a restaurant.

(1934 – ) English actress & occasional screenwriter
Success

The search for someone to blame is always successful.

businessman
Characteristics Relationships 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

The only thing that keeps this organization from being recognized as one of the finest in baseball is wins and losses at the major league level.

professional baseball player & executive
Misspokements Sports Success

All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Intelligence Success

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist
Life Success

You can always tell luck from ability by its duration.

Success

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

Success

The road to success is always under construction.

(1929 – 2016) American golfer
Problems Success

Hemingway hated me; I sold 200 million books, and he didn't… of course most of mine sold for 25 cents.

(1918 – 2006) American writer
Books Communication Success

You climb the ladder of success easier when you lay it flat.

Murphy’s Laws Success

Success means only doing what you do well, letting someone else do the rest.

Murphy’s Laws Success Work

The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job… my wife told me.

(1920 – 1991) American poet
Marriage Success Wives

L.A. is so celebrity-conscious, there's a restaurant that only serves Jack Nicholson – and when he shows up, they tell him there'll be a ten-minute wait.

(1956 – ) comedian, television host, social critic & political commentator
Places Success

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

(1946 – 1989) comedian & actress
Success

At all those banquets, stars get up and give credit to their coaches and parents; I give credit to no one; I made myself what I am today.

(1935 – ) American baseball player, sportscaster, comedian & actor
Baseball Self Sports Success