Quotes

I was really surprised at the success of 'House of Sand and Fog,' because it is so awfully dark. Believe it or not, when writing it, I never had the word 'tragedy' in my head - I wasn't trying to write a dark book at all.

The key to success is to find things that you have a passion for and would enjoy doing, even if you weren't getting paid to do it.

You see a lot of finesse players in our league who have a lot of success.

I suppose the most daring thing I've ever done is try to water ski. And that was not successful.

Look at 'American Idol,' which I don't look at. Those winners haven't become household names except for Jennifer Hudson, and she was a reject. You can't aim to be a household name. You just have to be successful.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

I know that when I like music, when it touches my heart, that it will touch your heart, too. That, I think, is the secret to my success.

Critics or musicians who attack me are jealous of my success and the fact that I make people feel so happy.

I want success. I have expectations and want to look back on a career I can be proud of.

I spent seven years with Jose and we were part of a very good technical staff. We went to top class clubs at Porto, Chelsea and Inter Milan and worked with top players who gave us such a tremendous volume of success.

It is about the players that take us to success. When they feel your convictions you can sell them your ideas a bit better and take them to important results.

I am an individual who has that hunger for success and I want to keep it that way.

Only teams with style succeed. But, in the end, success is normally what matters in modern Europe.

I'm not going to throw chairs; I'm not going to cuss. I'm not going to do that kind of stuff, because you don't have to do that. You don't have to act like that, and you don't have to live like that in order to be successful.

Faith has a role to play in life. It is not related to success. It is the other way round. Success is related to faith. Faith comes first.

I always knew I would sing. I just didn't know if I would be successful or not. But I sang at school, I sang at parties, I sang at church. Everyone always asked me to sing. I'd be playing football with my friends, and my parents would ask me to sing for their guests. I was never very happy about that because I wanted to play football.

Success is related to faith. Faith comes first.

People don't understand the tyranny of media. The few women that the media will allow in have to think about male approval and their own success - and their writing reflects that.

I don't think the U.K. should leave the E.U. I think it would be a disaster for our economy, and it would lead to a decade of economic and political uncertainty at a time when the tectonic plates of global success are moving.

Economic success is the vital underpinning of every happy nation.

The wellbeing we all crave goes hand in hand with economic success.

My mom struggled for a long time growing up poor, and then we were on welfare when I was a kid. So to see her kids, not just me, be successful and making money and happy and healthy and in good relationships - it means so much to her after all that she's been through.

When you start to achieve success, you want to get more.

I want to be successful in playing the game. I'm going to do my best to help myself and my teammates play in the best possible way and reach successful results.