“Well, I see myself in the same business but a lot more successful and doing more movies maybe behind the camera. I plan to do some growing in this industry and take it as far as I can.” WellsI CanBehindsSuccessfulGrowingPlansIndustryCameras Author:Matthew McGrory
“I always say this to people: 'If Shaq can be in the NBA for 19 years and dominate for 19 years using his body, why can't I be in the music industry for 50 years using my brain when my brain is way stronger than anyone's body?' I have to have a successful record company, more hit records. I want to dominate the game.” PeopleIfsWayWantYearsBodyGamesBrainCompanySuccessfulRecordsIndustryStrongerNbaMusic IndustryRecord CompaniesShaq Author:Rico Love
“The really successful work in England tends to be working-class writers telling working-class stories. The film industry has been slow to wake up to that, for a variety of reasons. It still shocks me how few films are written or made in England about working-class life, given that those are the people who go to movies.” PeopleHas BeensMadeStillsReasonStoriesFilmGivenClassSuccessfulWrittenIndustryEnglandWake UpVarietyShockWorking ClassFilm IndustrySuccessful Work Author:Stephen Daldry
“If Macintosh hadn't been successful, then I should have just thrown in the towel, because my vision of the whole industry would have been totally wrong.” IfsShouldHas BeensWholeVisionSuccessfulIndustryShould HaveThrownTowelsMacintosh Author:Steve Jobs
“To me, I would much rather be part of a healthy industry than being the only player in a dead industry. There are so many great artists out there. And the goal is to make great movies, you know? So to be successful, quality is the best business plan as I always say.” KnowsArtistGoalQualitySuccessfulPlayerPlansIndustryHealthyBeing SuccessfulGreat ArtGreat ArtistBusiness PlanBest Business Author:John Lasseter
“Women, you have all this power, I'm telling you. In business, you have something called an inferred fiduciary duty to yourself. Look at the other hugely successful women in industry, commerce, science and everywhere else and you'll see women who are feminine, beautiful but also do not rely on men for their self-empowerment.” MenLooksSelfBeautifulSuccessfulDutyIndustryEmpowermentRelyFeminineCommerceSelf EmpowermentSuccessful WomenFiduciary Author:Gene Simmons
“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
“The paramount problem... is how to make this new form of property ownership a workable agent toward repeopleizing the proprietorship of the country's industries. Open to the wage-earner of the country the road to proprietorship... not as a gratuity, but as their proper allotment out of the combined forces that have made the enterprise successful.” MadeCountryProblemFormPoliticsForceEconomySuccessfulIndustryPropertyAgentsLiberalismEnterpriseOwnershipParamountAllotmentsProperty OwnershipGratuity Author:Peter S. Grosscup
“The most powerful recent innovation in government is when states aggressively use community colleges for retraining. In Michigan, where large numbers of workers were displaced from the manufacturing industry, we created a wildly successful program: No Worker Left Behind.” StatesUseGovernmentLeftCommunityPowerfulNumbersBehindsSuccessfulCollegeIndustryProgramInnovationWorkersMost PowerfulLeft BehindManufacturingLarge NumbersMichiganCommunity College Author:Jennifer Granholm
“The compulsion to do the opposite of what you are told does not lend itself to many occupations outside the entertainment industry. Within the industry, it is unlikely that you will be very successful without it.” DoeSuccessfulIndustryOppositesEntertainmentOccupationUnlikelyCompulsionEntertainment Industry Author:Greg Fitzsimmons
“I agree when others say I am underrated as an actor... When you give super-hit films then only you are considered as a good actor. At least that is how it is there in our industry. I think you need to be successful to be appreciated.” ThinkingNeedsGivingFilmActorsSuccessfulIndustryAgreeBeing SuccessfulAppreciatedGood ActorsUnderrated Author:Shahid Kapoor
“It is true you can be successful without [college], but this is a hard world, a real world, and you want every advantage you can have. I would suggest to people to do all that you can. When I dropped out of school, I had worked in the music industry and had checks cut in my name from record labels and had a record deal on the table, and when I wasn’t successful and Columbia said, ’We’ll call you,’ I had to go back and work a telemarketing job, go back to the real world, and that’s how life is. Life is hard. Take advantage of your opportunities.” PeopleWorldWantSaidRealHardSchoolJobsLife IsOpportunityNamesDealsSuccessfulRecordsCuttingCollegeIndustryAdvantageTablesChecksLabelsBeing SuccessfulReal WorldMusic IndustryLife Is HardColumbiaTrue YouRecord Labels Author:Kanye West
“Microsoft has had many, many successful products. I'm committed to one company. This is the industry I've decided to work in.” CompanySuccessfulProductsIndustryDecidedCommittedMicrosoft Author:Bill Gates
“A successful solution to the client's design needs requires a collaboration of my skills, talents and knowledge with the client's information base, history in their industry and personality.” NeedsSuccessfulTalentInformationDesignPersonalityIndustrySkillsSolutionsCollaborationClients Author:Jeff Fisher
“Ambivalence reaches the level of schizophrenia in our treatment of violence among the young. Parents do not encourage violence, but neither do they take up arms against the industries which encourage it. Parents hide their eyes from the books and comics, slasher films, videos and lyrics which form the texture of an adolescent culture. While all successful societies have inhibited instinct, ours encourages it. Or at least we profess ourselves powerless to interfere with it.” BookEyeFilmFormYoungCultureParentLevelsSuccessfulViolenceArmsIndustryInstinctVideoTreatmentInterfereAdolescencePowerlessTextureSchizophreniaAmbivalenceYoung Parents Author:C. Sommerville
“In an industry that has the capacity underutilization that we have, why wouldn't we? It's just common sense. Apparently they're successful (in Canada). Our standard approach is not to cookie cut things. Every market is different, every theater is different. The devil's in the details.” DifferentCommonSuccessfulCuttingIndustryApproachStandardsDevilCapacityTheaterDetailsCommon SenseCanadaCookies Author:Gerry Lopez
“If somebody in your industry is more successful than you, it's because he works harder than you.” IfsSuccessfulHard WorkIndustryHarderWork Harder Author:Hugh Jackman
“Learn as much as you can about your proposed business. Ask questions. Join industry associations. Study successful competitors carefully.” AsksStudySuccessfulIndustryAssociationCompetitors Author:Paul Clitheroe
“I think a critical part of being successful in our industry is having a beginner's mind” ThinkingMindSuccessfulIndustryCriticalBeing SuccessfulBeginners Author:Marc Benioff
“In economic terms, health care is a highly successful industry - profitable, growing, and virtually recession-proof - but it's a massive burden on the rest of the economy.” CareTermEconomySuccessfulGrowingEconomicIndustryBurdenProofHealth CareMassiveProfitableRecessions Author:Marcia Angell
“I would say that everyone that you see who is successful in the mainstream, at the top of Billboard, who has a Top 40 hit... at some point, unless they're a complete fabrication of the industry with no identity of their own and a carbon copy clone of someone else, they in themselves started out being underground.” SuccessfulIdentityIndustryCopiesMainstreamCarbonBillboardsFabrication Author:Immortal Technique