“I like taking a path into new country, and I always take the darker path. Not because it's dark, but because there's a secret there that you can share when you get out. That's what I liked as a kid. That's how I approach my work. With a face like mine, it's lucky I have a heart that likes that.” HeartCountryKidsFacesDarkSecretPathShareMinesLuckyApproachLikes Author:Amanda Plummer
“The difference between the best worker on computer hardware and the average may be 2 to 1, if you're lucky. With automobiles, maybe 2 to 1. But in software, it's at least 25 to 1. The difference between the average programmer and a great one is at least that. The secret of my success is that we have gone to exceptional lengths to hire the best people in the world. And when you're in a field where the dynamic range is 25 to 1, boy, does it pay off.” PeopleIfsWorldMayDoeDifferencesPaySecretBoysGoneFieldsLuckyComputerWorkersAverageRangeLengthSoftwareExceptionalAutomobileProgrammersGreat OnesHardwareSecret Of My Success Author:Steve Jobs
“I love the people because I believe in God. For, if I did not believe in God, what would the people be to me? I should enjoy at ease that lucky throw of the dice, which chance had turned up for me, the day of my birth; and, with a secret, savage joy, I should say, "So much the worse for the losers!--the world is a lottery. Woe to the conquered!” PeopleIfsWorldShouldBelieveJoyI BelieveEnjoyChanceSecretBirthLuckyI Believe InEaseBelieve In GodLoserSavagesWoeLotteryDiceI Believe In God Book:Lamartine on Atheism: Atheism Among the People Source: Lamartine on Atheism: Atheism Among the People
“A guy said to me, 'You're so lucky. You have people like Ray Charles, Barbra Streisand and The Beatles doing your songs.' I figured out, though, the harder I work the luckier I get. The secret of anything is to surround yourself with good people if you want a good product.” PeopleIfsWantSaidGuySongSecretProductsLuckyHarderSurroundRaysGood PeopleSurround YourselfSo LuckyLucky YouStreisandSurround Yourself With Good People Author:Buck Owens
“I collect old first and second World War artifacts and things. I'm a little secret history nerd. I've been lucky enough to do quite a few war movies too so I've taken little things off each film.” WorldFirstsLittlesWarEnoughFilmSecretTakenLuckyWar Of The WorldsLittle ThingsNerdSecond World WarArtifactsWar Movie Author:Jeremy Irvine
“There are Russian spies here now. And if we're lucky, they'll steal some of our secrets and they'll be two years behind.” IfsYearsTwoSecretBehindsLuckyStealingTwo YearsSpy Author:Mort Sahl
“The secret is to find what you love to do.I mean, I tell the students look for the job that you would take if you didn't need a job. I mean, it's that simple. And I was lucky enough to find it very early in life. And then the second thing is to have people around you that make feel good every day, and make you a better person than you otherwise would be.” PeopleMeanEnoughSimpleSecretStudentsLuckyFeel GoodBetter Person Author:Warren Buffett
“I feel like I've been lucky that I've never been put in a situation where I had to keep a serious secret. But what is true of me - and has to be true of everyone who's ever been in a family - is that our idealization of reality when we're children always has to fall apart. It's the narratives we didn't know about that pop up and redraw reality. You have to be able to integrate secrets into who you are. My family does not look now like it does when I was a kid. There was divorce. There were family secrets. There was definitely a difference between what I thought was true and what was true.” ChildrenRealityKidsFallSecretSituationSeriousLuckyMy FamilyWho You AreDivorceBeing TrueFalling ApartIntegrating Author:Patrick Somerville
“If you're lucky enough to have a pretty girl love you and share herself and sleep with you, make that your secret. The best way to spoil love is by talking to too many people about it.” PeopleIfsWayLoveEnoughGirlSleepLove IsSecretTalkingShareLove YouLuckyBest WaySpoilPretty GirlSecret LoveGirl Love Author:Rip Torn