#sf

The success of the future does not lie solely on the safety of the past, but relies broadly on the security of the present. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#forget-the-past #future #future-dreams #future-goals #futurist

Now I'm writing about contemporary Los Angeles from memory. My process was to hang out, observe, research what I was writing about, and almost immediately go back to my office and write those sections. So it was a very close transfer between observation and writing. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#almost #angeles #back #between #close

As soon as I got successful, the Scottish press started picking on me. It's something they reserve just for me. ↗

— Billy Connolly

#i #just #me #picking #press

I live in New York and I'm in New York basically all the time. I spend a lot of my time in my restaurants, and I feel like that's why they're successful. ↗

— Bobby Flay

#feel #i #i feel #i feel like #like

Obviously, the easiest recipes are the most successful when it comes to the home cook, because they're not intimidated by them. If I'm doing 'Boy Meets Grill,' and I do something very simple like grilled hamburgers or steaks or chicken, those are the most sought-after recipes. ↗

— Bobby Flay

#boy #chicken #comes #cook #doing

I did not become successful in my work through embracing or engaging in celebrity culture. I never signed away my privacy in exchange for success. ↗

— Steve Coogan

#become #celebrity #celebrity culture #culture #did

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#alone #common #determination #educated #education

Every successful enterprise has a very clear strategic purpose. ↗

— Mitch Daniels

#enterprise #every #purpose #strategic #successful

I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction - pride in a job well done. ↗

— Anderson Cooper

#bitten #certain #done #enjoyable #explain

If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life at once disappear. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#asks #disappear #existence #give #higher