“So here's a question from one who believed, only a week ago, that Baghdad might just collapse and that we might wake up one morning to find the Baathist militia and the Iraqi army gone and the Americans walking down Saadun Street with their rifles over their shoulders. If the Iraqis can still hold out against such overwhelming force in Umm Qasr for four days, if they can keep fighting in Basra and Nasiriyah – the latter a city that briefly rose in revolt against Saddam's regime in 1991 – why should Saddam's forces not keep fighting in Baghdad?” IfsShouldStillsMightFightingForceCitiesMorningGoneSuccessfulFourWeekStreetsWalkingArmyWake UpRoseShouldersLatterOverwhelmingCollapseSaddamRevoltRiflesBaghdadMilitiaOverwhelming Force Author:Robert Fisk
“Your success is not dependent upon a board of advisers, it's not dependent upon motivational speakers who've gone before you,they're living their lives, they're taking care of their family, they're doing what they have to do to be successful, nobody owes you anything, that was the biggest lesson for me.” CareGoneSuccessfulLessonsBoardsBeing SuccessfulDependentSpeakersAdviserMotivational Speakers Author:Eric Thomas
“Heroes have gone out; quacks have come in; the reign of quacks has not ended with the nineteenth century. The sceptre is held with a firmer grasp; the empire has a wider boundary. We are all the slaves of quackery in one shape or another. Indeed, one portion of our being is always playing the successful quack to the other.” GoneSuccessfulCenturyHeroShapesSlaveBoundariesEmpiresPortionsReignNineteenth CenturyQuacksQuackery Author:Thomas Carlyle
“To be successful in the world of art you must, of course, have talent, although very small talents have gone very far in this age. Just as the microphone gave volume to voices that had none, so does the science of press-agentry magnify limited skills into highly saleable properties.” WorldDoeArtAgeArtistCoursesVoiceGoneSuccessfulTalentSkillsPressesPropertyBeing SuccessfulVolumeMicrophones Book:More in Anger Source: More in Anger
“When a highly successful leader retires after a long career, it is very unlikely that his successor will be of comparable caliber. Anyone of similar ability and drive would have gone somewhere else, instead of waiting in the wings for years for a chance to show his own leadership.” YearsLongShowsWaitingLeadershipChanceAbilityLeaderCareersGoneSuccessfulWingsRetiringUnlikelySomewhere ElseSuccessorsCaliberLong CareersSuccessful Leaders Author:Thomas Sowell
“I learned a lot about my parents, who were both teachers. I had known that my parents were very strongly in favor of education. I had known that they had an impact on a lot of people, but people came out of the woodwork who have said, "You know, without your father, I would never have gone to college," very successful people. And so I learned how widespread their educational evangelism really was.” PeopleKnowsSaidFatherParentKnownGoneSuccessfulTeacherCollegeImpactEducationalFavorsVery StrongSuccessful PeopleEvangelism Author:Condoleezza Rice
“I feel entirely grateful and appreciative of being able to make something up and do it, and I'm very grateful how well it's gone. I'm a guy from Toronto who just wanted to be an actor since he was eight so it's all kind-of crazy. Shrek has been wonderfully successful, it did really well in the States, and so it's magical to me, still. I'm still that kid from Toronto.” FeelsWellsKindHas BeensStillsStatesKidsAbleWantedGuyActorsGoneSuccessfulCrazyGratefulEightAll KindsTorontoAppreciative Author:Mike Myers
“I think that's an obligation you have, to give back no matter what happens. It actually ends up being easier when you're young than when you become successful. Suddenly you realize you've gone into a whole other realm of philanthropy, from just being a volunteer to being this person that dedicates buildings and saves lots of children in some faraway place.” ThinkingGivingChildrenPersonsEndsMatterWholeHappensYoungRealizingGoneSuccessfulBuildingEasierNo Matter WhatObligationRealmsJust BeingPhilanthropyVolunteerGiving BackBecoming SuccessfulFaraway Places Author:George Lucas
“I always feel that there's no violence in a movie - it's not real, it's a magic trick. Nobody is really dying. In fact, the people that die in my movies have gone on to become extremely successful!” PeopleFeelsRealFactsDiesGoneSuccessfulViolenceMagicDyingTricksMagic Tricks Author:Eli Roth
“And if I lost I would have gone back to 12 weeks of vacation, because I was successful enough that I was spending much more time on non-profit boards and traveling a lot.” IfsEnoughLostGoneSuccessfulWeekProfitSpendingBoardsMore TimeVacationNon Profit Author:John Hickenlooper