I have gotten disturbed at… some of the Democrats’ anti-business behavior, the sentiment, the attacks on work ethic and successful people. I think it’s very counter-productive. – Jamie Dimon
As lifelong fans of comic books, Dan Didio and myself, we definitely have our own takes on what make for successful comics and the kind of comics that we want to publish. – Jim Lee
By the time I was successful with covers of ‘Vogue’ and ‘Harper’s Bazaar’ and ‘Vanity Fair’ and the Lancome contract, someone asked how old I was. They almost fainted when I said 33. – Isabella Rossellini
My sister was an actress when I was a kid – she still is a successful stage actress in Sweden. – Joel Kinnaman
One of the ironies of being a professional writer is that, if you are even moderately successful, the very traits that let you succeed as a writer are not much help when the time comes to head out as ‘The Author.’ – Jane Lindskold
I have gained a lot of confidence in my process of making films. It does’t mean I’ll make a successful film or even a good film, but I know how to make my film. – Jeff Nichols
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. You don’t have that fear. So why do you think people get stuck in those boxes? It’s that fear of going back down. – Jay-Z
If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it – young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous – is changed by it. – John C. Maxwell
I want to be like Matt Damon and do a hugely successful thinking-man’s action franchise like ‘Bourne.’ – James McAvoy
People say, ‘Are you insane?’ But the most successful climbers are the most calculating, with the most refined sense of risk. They’re hyper-conscious of safety. They’re the least insane people I know. – Jimmy Chin
I don’t think that Slaughterhouse-Five was successful movie material. In fact, Vonnegut’s books mostly I don’t feel are movie material. – Jerry Garcia
One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid. – James D. Watson
I try to live with honor, even if it costs me millions of dollars and takes a long time. It’s very unusual in Hollywood. Few people are trustworthy – a handshake means nothing to them. They feel they’re required to keep an agreement with you only if you’re successful or they need you. – James Cameron
I’ve often said there’s no such thing as a track record in TV. I seen people who created things much more successful than mine treated like dirt. – Joss Whedon
It’s easy to point out the evil in other people, but that can be found in all of us. That selfishness, that is something we all have in us. Sometimes you are successful at dealing with it, and sometimes you are not. – Jeff Bridges
When I was offered ‘Hawkeye,’ it was very intimidating at first because that book is so loved and so successful, commercially and critically. The worst thing you could do is try to imitate what they did because, in the end, you’re just going to get a watered-down version of what they did. – Jeff Lemire
Marlene Dumas is one of the two or three most successful female artists alive, if you judge by prices. I’ve never reviewed her work, because I find nothing in it to get excited about no matter how hard I look. – Jerry Saltz
No, I’ve heard over the years that it’s nice for them to see somebody who’s like, you know, a well-known successful musician who’s Asian. I’ve heard it from a few musicians, too. – James Iha
The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block your visions of the future. – Joel A. Barker
The fascination to go into space has existed for hundreds of years. But as we do things and they’re successful, people get bored. – Jim Lovell
Squash has the credentials to become an olympic event and our goal is to see the sport in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. We are working towards this and will keep trying even if our bid is not successful. – Jahangir Khan
As a producer, the most important call you can get is on Saturday morning, when the Friday-night grosses come in. As a director, you want your film to be successful. But your outlook is a bit different. You become very conscious of the reviews. – Irwin Winkler
It is not the first duty of the novelist to provide blueprints for insurrection, or uplifting tales of successful resistance for the benefit of the opposition. The naming of what is there is what is important. – Ian Mcewan
