Quotes About Success

The only thing I'll say is when or whether Uber goes public, the most important thing is that the company continues to execute and execute at scale.

What changed after 'Scam' on a bigger level was the way the audience and the makers started looking at me as an actor.

'Scandal' is a huge hit. I'm happy for them, but it was never a really good fit for me.

Back when I first started with Scandal, I felt like I had to carry a lot of the weight because it was up to me to sell those songs.

You must have high ambitions and high ambitions scare small-minded people.

Every day I run scared. That's the only way I can stay ahead.

I feel equal parts lucky and scared anytime I get a job.

I think sometimes people are scared to change. Sometimes people are scared to do something different, especially if they've been successful at something.

Like every poor person, I used to dream about winning the lottery. I didn't just get money, though. I got fame. And I got fame before I got money, and it was scary.

Third books are a scary thing. They come with the weight of so much expectation, and I've been keenly aware of that.

I'm having a great career, though I think I'm not as good as your little scenario makes me out to be.

One day, after a big music meeting, my manager took me to Sephora and said I could get whatever I wanted, which is the dream scenario.

A lot of actors try to sabotage other actors, and that's sad because then you're never going to get that beautiful scene.

I was never going to be a scholar.

I had a full-ride football scholarship as a middle linebacker.

When I went to college, I got an engineering degree and a full scholarship.

When I was 24, I won a Rhodes Scholarship.

My parents didn't pay for college because we all got scholarships.

When I was in high school, I wasn't thinking about getting a scholarship. I was thinking about trying to go and dominate. Same thing in college. I just have to focus on playing the best football I can.

At seven years old, I won a scholarship to George Heriot's School, an independent school in Edinburgh, and I was there until I was 17.

I told myself I was going to get a scholarship so I could get a degree and take care of my family.

I went to NYU undergrad, then went to AFI for grad school.

The traditional route to success in science fiction is by making a name for yourself in short fiction, so people who read science fiction magazines will recognize your byline on a novel.

Well, of course I would choose to be the top scientist in my field.