“There's not much difference between a fantasist and a visionary. We all have dreams and without dreams in business, I don't believe you can be successful. The trick is to turn them into reality.” BelieveDreamRealityTurnsDifferencesSuccessfulDon't BelieveTricksBeing SuccessfulVisionariesBelieve You CanI Don't Believe You Author:Theo Paphitis
“Hollywood's old trick: repeat a successful formula until it dies.” DiesSuccessfulHollywoodTricksRepeatsMovieFormulas Author:Gloria Swanson
“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
“When I abandoned the smoking habit of more than three decades I was given a supposedly helpful pill called Wellbutrin. But as soon as I discovered that this was the brand name for an antidepressant, I tossed the bottle away. There may be successful methods for overcoming the blues but for me they cannot include a capsule that says: 'Fool yourself into happiness, while pretending not to do so.' I should actually want my mind to be strong enough to circumvent such a trick.” WantShouldMindMayEnoughThreeNamesStrongGivenSuccessfulFoolHabitOvercomingMethodDecadesTricksBrandsSmokingBeing SuccessfulHelpfulBottlesPretendingAbandonedPillsStrong EnoughAntidepressantsBrand Names Book:Hitch 22: A Memoir Source: Hitch 22: A Memoir
“The Roman Catholic Church is an institution for whose gains the phrase "ill-gotten" might have been specially invented. And of all its money-making rip-offs, the selling of indulgences must surely rank among the greatest con tricks in history, the medieval equivalent of the Nigerian Internet scam but far more successful.” Has BeensMightChurchSuccessfulInternetGainsCatholicInstitutionsIllTricksSellingMaking MoneyPhrasesMight Have BeenRipIndulgenceMedievalCatholic ChurchScamsRoman CatholicRoman Catholic Church Author:Richard Dawkins