“I certainly don't think it's inevitable that we don't love children who don't carry our own DNA. If that were true we wouldn't have millions of successful adoptions to consider. I do think that it's harder to love a child when you come into that child's life after the unrequited passion of infancy and early childhood has passed.” IfsThinkingChildrenPassionMillionsSuccessfulChildhoodHarderInevitableAdoptionDnaInfancyUnrequitedChildren LoveEarly Childhood Author:Ayelet Waldman
“In business, you can have one massive success that earns $50 million overnight, and that's it. You're successful. End of story. But in the music business, you have to keep on doing it.” EndsStoriesMillionsSuccessfulMassiveMusic Business Author:Noel Gallagher
“If you hear a good idea, capture it; write it down. Don't trust your memory. Then on a cold wintry evening, go back through your journal, the ideas that changed your life, the ideas that saved your marriage, the ideas that bailed you out of bankruptcy, the ideas that helped you become successful, the ideas that made you millions. What a good review-going back over the collection of ideas that you gathered over the years. So be a collector of good ideas for your business, for your relationships, for your future.” IfsWritingYearsMadeIdeasMotivationalMemoriesMillionsSuccessfulChangedTrustColdGoodSavedEveningCollectionsReviewsCaptureOur FutureGood IdeasOur RelationshipJournalYour FutureOur MemoriesRecipe For SuccessCollectorsDon't TrustBankruptcyBecoming Successful Author:Jim Rohn
“The probability of ten consecutive heads is 0.1 percent; thus, when you have millions of coin tossers, or investors, in the end there will be thousands of very successful practitioners of coin tossing, or stock picking.” EndsMillionsSuccessfulTenPercentInvestorsProbabilityCoinsConsecutiveTossers Book:The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World Source: The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
“It's kind of cool that we've quietly been selling a million albums. We knew the album wasn't going to debut at No. 1. I'm stoked to see us being successful again.” KindMillionsSuccessfulQuietAlbumsSellingBeing SuccessfulDebut Author:Jacoby Shaddix
“As President, I was able to save with the stroke of the pen a hundred million acres of wilderness area in Alaska. This is the kind of thing that is is gratifying to a President, but to be on a solitary stream with good friends, with a fly rod in your hand, and to have a successfull or even an unsuccessful day-they're all successful-is an even greater delight.” KindHandsAblePresidentMillionsSuccessfulGreaterSeaHundredAreasRiversFishesDelightBoatStreamsLakesFishingWildernessPensSolitaryGood FriendStrokesAlaskaAcresUnsuccessful Author:Jimmy Carter
“I want to be successful. Not just money. Just making a successful record and a successful show... I could feel successful without selling a million records.” WantFeelsShowsMillionsSuccessfulRecordsSellingBeing Successful Author:Tom Petty
“I noticed that difference early on, like if you were successful in rock 'n' roll, that was a really bad thing, you almost had to hide it. You had these guys selling 200 million records with dirty T-shirts on. I was like, 'Come on, man. Come on. We know you're successful.' Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough, people are drawn to you.” PeopleIfsKnowsMenEnoughBigsGuyDifferencesWealthMillionsSuccessfulRecordsRocksLike YouHip HopSellingHipsDirtyShirtsHopsBad ThingsRock N RollT Shirt Author:Jay-Z
“So, the ant way of life is very ancient and very successful. As far as human beings are concerned, we've been around for only one million years--too soon be sure.” WayYearsHumansLife IsHuman BeingsMillionsSuccessfulConcernedAncientAnts Author:E. O. Wilson
“I don't think in terms of what's going to be successful. I have plenty of friends who make very small movies and friends who make giant, $150 million blockbusters, and the thing that I really admire is, the ones who do it well do it very sincerely.” ThinkingWellsTermMillionsSuccessfulAdmirePlentyGiantsBeing SuccessfulSincerelyBlockbuster Author:James Ponsoldt
“I'm just so happy and proud of everybody and what everybody's doing. From Curren$y doing decent numbers with the independent, digital release; from Asher selling 1.1 million-plus on iTunes with the single and almost at 200,000 [albums sold] now; Cudi got almost 4,000 BDS's a week; Mickey Factz doing the Rock The Bells tour; Blu signed a deal shortly after; Ace Hood had two very successful singles, another album getting ready to drop. Everybody's doing their thing, man.” MenTwoDealsNumbersMillionsSuccessfulWeekRocksReadyProudIndependentAlbumsSellingReleaseDecentDigitalPlusBellsHoodSinglesMickeyAcesItunes Author:Wale
“We call that the American dream, but in fact, it's a universal dream of a better life that people have all over the world. It is a reminder that every country in the world has rich people. What makes America special is that we have millions and millions of people that are not rich, that through hard work and perseverance are able to be successful.” PeopleWorldCountryHardFactsDreamAbleAmericaMillionsSuccessfulRichSpecialHard WorkUniversalPerseveranceBeing SuccessfulAmerican DreamBetter LifeRemindersRich People Author:Marco Rubio
“You aren't advertising to a standing army; you are advertising to a moving parade. Three million consumers get married every year. The advertisement which sold a refrigerator to those who got married last year will probably be just as successful with those who'll get married next year. An advertisement is just like a radar sweep, constantly hunting new prospects as they come into the market. Get a good radar and keep it sweeping.” YearsLastsMovingThreeNextMillionsSuccessfulMarriedStandingArmyAdvertisingConsumersHuntingLast YearNext YearParadesAdvertisementsSweepingProspectsRadarRefrigerators Author:David Ogilvy
“When we started OD2 in 1999, we were really expecting to work more with independents and so on because the major labels were spending millions on their own Pressplay and equivalents online, which haven't been very successful.” MillionsSuccessfulHavensMajorsSpendingLabelsOnlineExpecting Author:Peter Gabriel