Bob Proctor Quotes

Science and psychology have isolated the one prime cause for success or failure in life. It is the hidden self-image you have of yourself.

Bob Proctor

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• Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.

  

  Ulrich Beck
  • Business
  • Power
  • Science

• I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.

  

  Zachary Quinto
  • Important
  • Actor
  • Communication

• It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.

  

  Eddie Cantor
  • Success
  • Years
  • Overnight

• I read whenever possible, and I buy books all the time, sometimes online, but mostly from bookshops. I love literature. If you want to understand art, it's important to understand what is also happening in literature, in music, in science, in architecture.

  

  Hans-Ulrich Obrist
  • Time
  • Music
  • Science

• I fantasise about what the future could be in terms of aesthetic and psychology. It's the most difficult thing to do because you have to start from the past - your favourite architect, your favourite song - you take it all with you.

  

  Raf Simons
  • Future
  • Song
  • Past

• My childhood and adolescence were filled with visiting scientists from both India and abroad, many of whom would stay with us. A life of science struck me as being both interesting and particularly international in its character.

  

  Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
  • Life
  • Character
  • Science

• A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

  

  B. F. Skinner
  • Real
  • Trying
  • May

• The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Success
  • Failure
  • Capitalism

• I don't want to be involved with an actor because I know how they are. I've had problems in the past being with guys who haven't had any success or haven't made as much money, and it's very uncomfortable.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • Money
  • Success
  • Past

• I was very clear that I wanted to keep 'Thor' out of the rest of the Marvel universe for no less than the first six issues. And the success of the book, I think, speaks well to that decision.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Book
  • Success
  • Universe

• Success is a high, but the way up is hard, and you have to give your all.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • Up
  • High
  • Success

• My views as an individual ought not to be confused with my views as a scientist - the minute you try to mingle God and science, you get into trouble. Metaphysics has its place, and science has its place; don't mix the two.

  

  Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
  • God
  • Science
  • Confused

• My friend was on dialysis for six years before he got a new kidney. I was on dialysis for eight months. I'm almost not even the typical person who has kidney failure.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Friend
  • Failure
  • Years

• Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Success
  • Dangerous
  • Copy

• Especially on 'Taken,' 'Taken' was not a big success the day of its release. It was released in France first, and it didn't do bad, but not as good as it did in the U.S.

  

  Olivier Megaton
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Success

• I worked with fantastic actors, fantastic directors. People I would never otherwise have met. Was I limited? Yes. Did I use it as I could have? No. But I was always ambivalent about Hollywood and what I wanted. And ambivalence in our business is no good for success.

  

  Valeria Golino
  • People
  • Good
  • Business

• If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • World
  • Success
  • Wish

• I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success.

  

  Natasha Lyonne
  • Success
  • Feel
  • Theory

• The entrepreneurial life is one of challenge, work, dedication, perseverance, exhilaration, agony, accomplishment, failure, sacrifice, control, powerlessness... but ultimately, extraordinary satisfaction.

  

  David S. Rose
  • Life
  • Work
  • Control

• Volcanic action is essentially paroxysmal; yet Mr. Lyell will admit no greater paroxysms than we ourselves have witnessed-no periods of feverish spasmodic energy, during which the very framework of nature has been convulsed and torn asunder. The utmost movements that he allows are a slight quivering of her muscular integuments.

  

  Adam Sedgwick
  • Nature
  • Science
  • Energy

• I don't know Eddie that well, but he has a great work ethic and that's why he's been in the game as long as he has.

  

  Pat Quinn
  • Work
  • Great
  • Long

• Don’t call us people with disabilities… we have DIFFabilities!

  

  Edward Barbanell
  • Disabilities

• The universe is completely balanced and in perfect order. You will always be compensated for everything that you do.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Perfect
  • Universe
  • Order

• Science and psychology have isolated the one prime cause for success or failure in life. It is the hidden self-image you have of yourself.

  

  Bob Proctor
  • Success
  • Science
  • Failure