The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton’s gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever. – Imre Lakatos
I wouldn’t mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don’t play the guitar. – Ian Mcewan
I just feel like, with rappers, there’s so much complacency. It’s like, ‘Oh, I’m a rapper. I’m successful. I make money. That’s all that matters.’ But there’s a lot of stuff going on in the world. Whether or not you’re aware of it, it’s happening. – J. Cole
Betting all your funds on the belief that you know what consumers want and are willing to pay for is like jumping into a river to test its depth – you’ll need a lot of luck to stay afloat. To have a truly successful product launch, the conversations with your customers must start long before you write your first line of code. – Jay Samit
I think ‘All Out of Love’ is my favorite song because it’s been the most successful. It’s been in about 30 movies, it’s been a number one record, and it keeps getting played on the radio, it’s always somewhere. – Graham Russell
I’ve found that most successful people do things because they get personal satisfaction from the work that they do. – John Rampton
As much as I’d love to be a successful actor, the thought of being recognised in the street is petrifying. – Holliday Grainger
Half the stuff I have done which has been successful would never have been made if it had been shown to focus groups. – John Hurt
Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who’ve never done anything because if you haven’t been successful, then you don’t know how it feels to lose it all. – Jay-Z
Occupy Wall Street was a disorganized movement without a clear focus and power base – essential in any successful revolution – but the message was clear: the divisions between those who are fortunate enough to enjoy city living as opposed to those who find it unbearable are too wide. – Janine di Giovanni
Every dad who loves his daughter is not going to want her to go with the penniless slacker loser poet bum, when she could go out with someone who’s successful. – John Leguizamo
Coaches who have been players in the league, they get so attuned to playing how they were successful and who their coaches were. – Jerry West
It’s sobering to think of the seventeen chief justices; certainly a solid majority of them have to be characterized as failures. The successful ones are hard to number. – John Roberts
I’ve always had ambition, and the acting was successful and put my name on the map, but it was never the plan to stop there. – Idris Elba
If you’re an attractive guy, everyone thinks you’re successful just because of the way you look. I hate that. – James Marsden
If people have to tell you how successful they are, they really aren’t that successful. – Jon Bon Jovi
This year I’ve just been aggressive. I still have that mindset of passing the ball, and being aggressive and attacking to the basket is going to draw more attention, and that way I can find my teammates. Being in attack mode is something I try to bring into every single game, and that’s what’s making me be so successful. – James Harden
If nobody has really done a show about people in their twenties that has been successful, why? – Jason Katims
The Curbside founders are successful entrepreneurs, who each have sold their companies to Apple. – Jerry Yang
We’ve had three big ideas at Amazon that we’ve stuck with for 18 years, and they’re the reason we’re successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient. – Jeff Bezos
There was a time when I was offered two episodes of ‘Alias,’ that show with Jennifer Garner which J.J. Abrams did back before he became the mega producer and super successful director. I instead decided I wanted to play this family guy on a short-lived UPN ‘Second Time Around.’ It starred Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker. – Ian Anthony Dale