Success quotes

“Gentlemen, for centuries alchemists tried to make gold from base metals. Today, we make microchips from sillicon, which is common sand; but far better than gold. Now, for several years, we had a profitable partnership, you as manufacturers, while I acquired and passed on to you industrial information that made you competitive, successful. We are...” (continue)(continue reading)
Christopher Walken - Max Zorin

“I don't believe that old cliche that good things come to those who wait. I think good things come to those who want something so bad they can't sit still.”
Ashton Kutcher

“You guys. You know, people are always running down amazing things. This guy Hobbs, you ain't seen nothing yet. I got a feeling...”
James Mohr - Al

“Put me down for a lifetime of success. Give me credit, I'll find ways of paying.”
Madonna - Eva Perón

“In that moment, I knew success, not greatness, was the only god the world served.”
Orlando Bloom - Drew Baylor

“One day your're making fifty bucks, then five thousand, then five million.”

Tommy Lee Jones - Gene McClary

“Success is a menace. It fools smart people into thinking they can't lose.”
Anthony Michael Hall - Bill Gates

“Do you really think inside your mind that because you swing your ass around on stage and you hit a couple of high notes here and there, that you are some colossal success?”

Max Beesley - Julian Dice

“If you're good looking, you're gonna succeed through life. If you're ugly, you better pick up a book. Boy, you better pick up two books, and a computer while you're at it!”
Chris Rock - Lance Barton

“Why is it you work your butt off all your entire life just to get ahead, and it takes a couple of nitwits about ten minutes to screw the whole thing up?”
Rip Torn - Buford Pope

“People can be who they want to be, as long as they're willing to work.”
Kristin Minter - Kathy

“The city can be paradise for those who have the cash, the class, and the connections for what you need to make a splash. The likes of you get swept up in the morning with the trash. If you were rich or middle class...”

Jimmy Nail - Agustín Magaldi

“- Al Stump: I put up with your bullshit. I give words, I interpret, I give life to your bullshit. And you give me nothing. Nothing! But grief.
- Ty Cobb: You have never been this close to greatness in your short life son. And you love it.”

Robert Wuhl - Al Stump
Tommy Lee Jones - Ty Cobb

“If you ain't first, you're last.”
Will Ferrell - Ricky Bobby

“Be sexy in business. Be successful at night.”
Annie McEnroe - Kay Culver

“Success in business is fifty per cent hard work and fifty per cent the right cigar.”
Melvyn Douglas - Larry Baker

“Success, fame, and fortune, they're all illusions. All there is that is real is the friendship that two can share.”
Michael Jackson - Scarecrow

“I'm not a failure. I'm a success. You see, ambition is all right if it works.”

Harry Hayden - Mr. Waterbury

“How to get into show business: be nice to your professor. Be nice to your agent. Be nice to your audience, be nice. How to be a woman: want them when I want you. How to be free and equal: fuck women instead of men, and you'll discover a whole kingdom of freedom. Men won't step on you anymore, women will.”
Anne Carlisle - Margaret

“- Kit Latura: I hope you make it, Roy.
- Roy Nord: I always make it.”

Sylvester Stallone - Kit Latura
Viggo Mortensen - Roy Nord

“Sun don't shine on the same dog's ass everyday.”
Fern Persons - Opal Fleener

“- Annie Pope: I love you, baby.
- Arthur Pope: We all love you. Now, go out there and make a difference. Your mother and I tried. And don't let anyone tell you any different.”

Christine Lahti - Annie Pope
Judd Hirsch - Arthur Pope

“- Woody Blake: Okay, people let's look sharp now. We're gonna run this simulation one more time. If we overshoot, there's no coming back.
- Phil Ohlmyer: Yeah, and drifting through eternity will ruin your whole day.”
Tim Robbins - Woody Blake
Jerry O'Connell - Phil Ohlmyer

“To get ahead in this world, you need more than fair looks and a kind heart.”
Mark Rylance - Sir Thomas Boleyn

“- Guy: [a song finishes] Well, what do you think? Do you like it? It's just a demo, you know...
- Guy's Dad: It's fucking brilliant.
- Guy: Really?
- Guy's Dad: Fantastic stuff. That'll be a hit, no question.”
Glen Hansard - Guy
Bill Hodnett - Guy's Dad