#success

I think the success of a talk show depends on how true it is to the personality of the person hosting it. The shows I really admire, like 'Oprah' and 'Ellen,' are distinctively like their hosts, so I think my show will be successful only if we try to stay consistent to my own sense of myself. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#consistent #depends #distinctively #ellen #hosting

Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought. ↗

— Thucydides

#calm #desire #few #few things #forethought

Success cannot come from standstill men. Methods change and men must change with them. ↗

— James Cash Penney

#change #come #men #methods #must

The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success. ↗

— James Cash Penney

#clear #communication #effective #essential #listening

Success will always be measured by the extent to which we serve the buying public. ↗

— James Cash Penney

#buying #extent #measured #public #serve

The keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress. ↗

— James Cash Penney

#cooperation #friction #keystone #progress #retards

Basically, what Economic Hit Men are trained to do is to build up the American empire. To create situations where as many resources as possible flow into this country, to our corporations, and our government, and in fact we've been very successful. ↗

— John Perkins

#american empire #basically #been #build #corporations

And in Iraq we tried to implement the same policy that was so successful in Saudi Arabia, but Saddam Hussein didn't buy. When the economic hit men fail in this scenario, the next step is what we call the jackals. ↗

— John Perkins

#buy #call #economic #fail #hit

So we make this big loan, most of it comes back to the United States, the country is left with the debt plus lots of interest, and they basically become our servants, our slaves. It's an empire. There's no two ways about it. It's a huge empire. It's been extremely successful. ↗

— John Perkins

#back #basically #become #been #big

Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success. ↗

— Tom Petty

#concerned #far #hopefully #i #like