"All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure."
(Mark Twain)

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other."
(Abraham Lincoln, 1809-65)

"First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people."
(Leo Rosten)

"History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose."
(John Le Carré, aka. David John Moore Cornwell)

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."
(Bill Cosby)

"I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense ... I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash."
(Sir Anthony Hopkins)

"I owe it all to little chocolate donuts."
(John Belushi)

"I really resent being liked openly. I don't find any challenge in being liked."
(John Cassavetes, American actor and filmmaker)

"If at first you don't succeed, assassinate everyone who knows you failed."
(Anonymous)

"If the dogs are barking at your heels, you know you're leading the pack."
(Anonymous)

"If this whole acting thing doesn't work out, I'll just get a talk show."
(Rachael Leigh Cook)

"In life there are no winners, only assholes with Swiss Bank Accounts."
(Matthew Lotti)

"It is not enough for me to win. My enemies must lose."
(David Merrick)