Quotes

In Silicon Valley, I point out that many of the more successful entrepreneurs seem to be suffering from a mild form of Asperger's where it's like you're missing the imitation, socialization gene.

The best start-ups might be considered slightly less extreme kinds of cults. The biggest difference is that cults tend to be fanatically wrong about something important. People at a successful start-up are fanatically right about something those outside it have missed.

The most successful businesses have an idea for the future that's very different from the present - and that's not fully valued.

I don't think success is complicated; if you do something that works, then it's a success.

Winning is fun and great, but I would rather have a long, successful and healthy career than a short one with a few wins.

The goals are not about the sweet smell of success as much as it's about enjoying a damn day on the movie set... I live in a complete state of grace.

Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you're going to be a success, whether you're in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology.

One has to devote oneself to a particular pursuit. To be successful at anything, you have to make a total commitment to it.

Successive generations of middle-class parents used to foist their own favourite books on their children. But some time in the late Eighties it began to wane - not because children had lost interest in adorable animals but because most of it was available on useful, pacifying video.

In London - and forget those extra public pressures on politicians - the lovely old Sloane world of manor houses simply hasn't cut it since Big Bang in 1986, the point at which Mrs. Thatcher really started to achieve her ambition to make this country more like America - its ambition, economy, it's very tangible measures of success.

Men turn to formal wear when they want a new job or when they think their current one is in danger. They try to present themselves as powerful and successful.

Wenger and Mourinho are different, but there is one thing they have in common, and that is that they do not like defeats. And I think this is the driving force behind the success of both of them.

Success doesn't happen overnight.

Every human being is searching for a deep sense of meaning, and yet we're all chasing success. We've confused one for the other.

The most important thing is definitely success on the tennis court. I know that if I win matches, everything else will fall into place, and the money and sponsors will follow.

Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.

Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to 'carry it off.'

Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes.

The thing that has made YouTube so successful is that you can relate to the people you're watching to a much higher degree than to the people you see on TV.

When you walk around Cleveland, the fans are starving for a winner and a successful team, and you saw how upset they were when LeBron left. You just want to win it for them.

Jews, when they get successful, they will help their people.

I'm a simple man and success doesn't go to my head.

A business woman needs a successful mix of design and practicality.

Success tempts many to their ruin.

I understand that the rule of fashion is to change, even as a successful designer - you do not want to be stuck in the same rut.