“Basic research is not the same as development. A crash programme for the latter may be successful; but for the former it is like trying to make nine women pregnant at once in the hope of getting a baby in a month's time.” TryingMaySuccessfulBabyMonthsDevelopmentResearchNineFormerBeing SuccessfulLatterStatisticsPregnantCrashProgrammesBasic Research Author:Richard Doll
“Have you ever had a big idea or dream - something you wanted so bad ... but you were too scared to make it happen, or maybe you didn't really believe it could? Think of how often you've had someone you looked up to or viewed as successful - shoot one of your suggestions full of holes. Ideas and babies have a lot in common - they require a lot of nourishment to survive. A new idea, regardless of its size, may not be able to withstand a beating when you first give it birth.” ThinkingGivingFirstsBelieveMayIdeasDreamBigsHappensAbleWantedCommonSuccessfulBabyBirthSizeScaredHolesNew IdeasSuggestionsNourishmentMake It HappenBig Ideas Author:Bob Proctor
“Twenty-eight years ago, I created my first game on an Apple II in my bedroom closet at a time when the interactive entertainment industry was taking its first baby steps. Today the games business has grown to a multi-billion dollar industry and we are just at the tip of the iceberg. I'm thrilled to have been a part of this successful journey and I'm extremely honored by the Academy's Hall of Fame induction.” YearsFirstsHas BeensTodayGamesStepsSuccessfulJourneyBabyIndustryFameYears AgoTwentiesDollarsEntertainmentEightBillionsApplesHallsBedroomClosetsHonoredAcademyEntertainment IndustryHall Of FameIcebergInteractiveBaby StepsTip Of The IcebergFirst Baby Author:Richard Garriott
“I don't consider success doing a show for 30 years; I'm sorry. To me, you're successful when you graduate from something. I did a series, I did a talk show, I did movies, I replaced Mickey Rooney [on Broadway] in "Sugar Babies." You understand?” YearsShowsSuccessSuccessfulBabySeriesSorrySugarGraduatesReplacedI'm SorryBroadwayTalk ShowsMickeyRooney Author:Joey Bishop
“And I was very successful at baby photography... Strange isn't it? Because some of my portraits of babies were - I used dramatic lighting, shadow lighting, and I didn't use flash. We didn't have flash in those days, we just had floodlights, and I was photographing babies as I would an object - an inanimate object, for that matter.” MatterUseUsedSuccessfulObjectsStrangeBabyPhotographyShadowDramaticFlashPortraitsLightingInanimate Objects Author:Julius Shulman
“We have been so successful in the past century at the art of living longer and staying alive that we have forgotten how to die. Too often we learn the hard way. As soon as the baby boomers pass pensionable age, their lesson will be harsher still.” WayHas BeensArtStillsHardAgePastDiesSuccessfulAliveCenturyBabyLessonsForgottenStayingStaying AliveArt Of LivingHard WayBoomersBaby BoomerLearning The Hard Way Author:Terry Pratchett
“Did you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.” HellSuccessfulBaby Author:Quincy Jones
“Q, you're going to go to Duke. You're going to be a very successful lawyer-or-something and get married and have babies and live your whole little life, and then you're going to die, and in the last moments, when you're chocking on your own bile in the nursing home, you'll say to yourself:'Well, I wasted my whole goddamned life, but at least I broke into SeaWorld with Margo Roth Spiegelman my senior year of high school. At least I carpe'd that one diem.” YearsWellsLittlesWholeMomentsHomeSchoolLastsDiesSuccessfulBabyMarriedHigh SchoolLawyerBrokeSeniorNursingDukesCarpeSenior YearNursing HomeMargo Roth Spiegelman Author:John Green