Attila the Hun Quotes

It's not that I succeed, it's that everyone else has to fail, horribly, preferably in front of their parents.

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• I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.

  

  Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Pretty
  • Like
  • Idea

• However careful a tramp may be to avoid places where there is abundant work, he cannot always succeed.

  

  W. H. Davies
  • Work
  • May
  • Succeed

• I still get rejections - frequently - and my goal isn't to never fail, to never be turned down, but simply to succeed more often than I don't. And in order to do that, I have to constantly put myself out there, to judgment, critique, and rejection.

  

  V. E. Schwab
  • Myself
  • Goal
  • Succeed

• There are people out there who want me to fail, who want Jude to fail, who want our relationship to fail.

  

  Sadie Frost
  • People
  • Want
  • Relationship

• I've never seen hard work fail.

  

  Zach LaVine
  • Work
  • Hard Work
  • Fail

• The evolutionary theory of senescence can be stated as follows: while bodies are not designed to fail, neither are they designed for extended operation.

  

  S. Jay Olshansky
  • Theory
  • Fail
  • While

• On a film set, for me, there's so much more time to process what's going on than there is on a television set. There's more wiggle room to try things and fail and try again and get to the heart of what's going on in the scene, which is really fun for me. It's what I like to do.

  

  Taylor Schilling
  • Time
  • Heart
  • Fun

• I still have the desire to succeed, and I've always felt success is measured by what you've done in the win column, not top 10s.

  

  Hale Irwin
  • Done
  • Success
  • Desire

• Conspiracies do exist. Probably in this moment in New York there is an economic group making a conspiracy in order to buy three banks. But if they succeed, they are immediately discovered.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Moment
  • New York
  • Succeed

• Saint Ignatius was a convert and disciple of S. John the Evangelist. He was appointed by S. Peter to succeed Evodius in the see of Antioch, and he continued in his bishopric full forty years.

  

  Sabine Baring-Gould
  • Years
  • Succeed
  • Forty

• When you go independent, if you fail, you're totally responsible for it. If you succeed, you're totally responsible for it. You are responsibly for who you are... and what you do and what you make.

  

  Tablo
  • You
  • Independent
  • Succeed

• A while ago, I was starting to get bored with my routine, so I tried Spinning and fell in love with it instantly. I go to class three times a week, without fail. I always get there early so I can sit in the front of the studio, and I'm ready to go as soon as the instructor comes in.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • Fail
  • Starting
  • Routine

• Had I known that the Germans would not succeed in producing an atomic bomb, I would not have lifted a finger.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Succeed
  • Finger
  • Bomb

• Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.

  

  Maya Angelou
  • Success
  • Succeed
  • Get More

• You've got to make a decision: Are you going to go down with the situation, or are you going to focus and succeed? My dream...kept me going.

  

  Christina Aguilera
  • Dream
  • Focus
  • Decision

• I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did as I believe.

  

  Whitney Houston
  • Believe
  • Long
  • Shadow

• He stays in the game. He knows the scoreboard, the situation. He knows the game and he's energetic back there. He wants you to succeed, to do well out there.

  

  Joe Mays
  • Game
  • Succeed
  • Scoreboard

• Always present yourself as a woman who expects to succeed.

  

  Barbara Taylor Bradford
  • Present
  • Succeed

• Forgivness is letting go of the hope that the past can be changed.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Hope
  • Past
  • Changed

• So the only environment the artist needs is whatever peace, whatever solitude, and whatever pleasure he can get at not too high a cost. All the wrong environment will do is run his blood pressure up; he will spend more time being frustrated or outraged. My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey.

  

  William Faulkner
  • Experience
  • Environment
  • Artist

• The opportunity of a lifetime is to pick yourself. Quit waiting to get picked; quit waiting for someone to give you permission; quit waiting for someone to say you are officially qualified... and pick yourself.

  

  Seth Godin
  • Giving
  • Opportunity
  • Waiting

• The soul should concentrate itself by itself.

  

  Plato
  • Soul
  • Concentrate
  • Itself

• The stock market in Japan was half the world market and where has the Japan economy gone since the 1990s? Nowhere. They've been struggling for two decades in the aftermath of a massive bubble that's collapsed. They've tried to work their way out of it by printing even more money and it hasn't worked. Now, I'm saying this is what all the central banks are doing. There is no honest interest rate in the world today.

  

  David Stockman
  • World
  • Today
  • Struggle

• It's not that I succeed, it's that everyone else has to fail, horribly, preferably in front of their parents.

  

  Attila the Hun
  • Succeed
  • Fail