#sf

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution. ↗

— Hank Aaron

#execution #going #guessing #hitter #just

I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#agent #been #brand #collection #editors

I hope to be involved in a successful movie script. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#i #involved #movie #script #successful

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand. ↗

— Bruce Barton

#distinction #hand #having #men #most

Life is so fresh, life is every day so new if we are fighting, only for the best. Sometimes I think the only real satisfaction in life is failure, failure in your endeavor to do your best. ↗

— Maude Adams

#day #do your best #endeavor #every #every day

Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive. ↗

— Scott Adams

#because #becoming #cartoonist #executive #failed

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting. ↗

— Aeschylus

#blow #blurred #comes #fair #glitter

For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune. ↗

— Aeschylus

#gods #man #mark #misfortune #rail

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others. ↗

— Aesop

#derive #misfortunes #others #unhappy

The most successful people I've worked with, like the Rolling Stones - people of a different, kind of legendary caliber - have such great, warm energy. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#different #energy #great #i #kind