Quotes & Jokes about Success / page 3

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Even when people are rich and successful on TV shows, there's always some trouble - you have to poke holes in them, throw them out of a job, put a pie in the face.

When you’re learning, sometimes you make mistakes that help you be successful. It can be, realizing, “Oh, I did this wrong” or “I wasn’t affiliated with the right people.” Those things make you better.

Unfortunately, the show's success comes at the expense of its biggest asset -- the comedians themselves.

I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage.

Look, anybody can tell a joke, so a lot of a comedian’s success is about energy and engagement. A real comic sells himself first and his joke second. So how do you do that? Get your swagger. Know what you’re doing. Be prepared. Be fresh. Be “on.”

There are so few women in general who aren't completely threatened and confused by other women's success. It's very disappointing.

I'd like to expand the definition of the word 'success' to include 'failure' as the one seems inseparable from the other.

I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started.

I would imagine that most of the people who consider themselves successful aren't, at least in the ways that really matter-myself included.

Entrepreneurs with disabilities are overwhelmingly successful.

If you wish to achieve any success in this life, do your best to surround yourself with an orgy of good choices.

Success? You can't get a big head about it. When people stare at me, they could be whispering to their friend, 'That guy sucks! Have you seen him before? He's horrible.'

To be successful in life, there are many hurdles you have to get over. For me, the biggest hurdle to success has always been failure. But, growing up, my Dad was always positive... that I'd never amount to anything.

What I have in common with the character in "Truman" is this incredible need to please people. I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started.

As soon as I got successful, the Scottish press started picking on me. It's something they reserve just for me.