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Quotes About Success

But I remember we sold nearly 18,000 records in one day.
~ Neil Innes
All In' is not my baby, it's my brother or my cousin. We sold out a 10,000 seat arena in less than 30 minutes, and that, to me, says a lot about the health of wrestling outside of the machine.
~ Adam Page
I'd sold the book first. Actually to a paperback publisher. I had nothing. I just had the idea.
~ William Peter Blatty
I never sold out. I never made an album to buy a house.
~ Tricky
I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one of them and it was sold.
~ John Dyer
When I first heard Ray Charles, he was a flop artist on a small label in California. He hadn't sold any records. And I bought his contract for $2,500.
~ Ahmet Ertegun
I never made lots of money at it, but I sold enough.
~ Jack Vance
When we first opened in 2007 no one really knew about macarons. We sold maybe 50 to 100 a day.
~ Adriano Zumbo
I created 'Dinner: Impossible' with a guy named Bryan O'Reilly and I shot the pilot as a 30 minute show and we sold it.
~ Robert Irvine
You know, I've sold a lot of bad movies in my time.
~ Dan Aykroyd
I remember, after the Pamela Anderson roast, being told, 'You're sold out - you can add two more shows.'
~ Lisa Lampanelli
I have a fan base. I've sold a million albums in country music. I've got fans out there who love my music and would like to hear more.
~ Lari White
Shows have been sold out. It's overwhelming, you know. I had no idea what to expect with this new sound and everything and just to see so many people just come out and embrace it, it's overwhelming.
~ Vanilla Ice
We've sold over 100,000 records so far, and we're an independent label.
~ Isaac Hanson
Oh, Michael Jackson is Michael Jackson. And no matter if he sold 40 million records off of one record and sold 15 off his last or whatever the counts may be, Michael Jackson will be Michael Jackson.
~ Tito Jackson
Avril Lavigne sold a massive amount of albums and she has to top that with her next release. We have four great albums behind us, and it's not going to be as hard to live up to that.
~ Kelly Jones
I've been there and done all that, sold millions of records, and that doesn't bring you peace.
~ Michael W. Smith
I had a writing professor at Brandeis who told me I'd never make it - and when I sold my first novel a few years later, I sent him a copy!
~ Caroline Leavitt
I've established myself as a proper artist. And it's ridiculous when anyone questions my credibility - I've had four number one singles and I've also sold over two and a half million albums. I shouldn't have to convince people that I'm credible, but I'm glad people are now taking me more seriously.
~ Olly Murs
I sold my very first novel when I was 24 or 25 years old.
~ Kevin J. Anderson
We still have a very good core following, and the shows have been almost one hundred percent sold out.
~ Josh Silver
I wanted to get my recording and become a musician again, work; with other people, do that kind of thing because I kind of got away from that for a while once we started happening, you know, selling records, sold out concerts.
~ Bootsy Collins
I had immediate success in the sense that I sold something right off the bat. I thought it was going to be a piece of cake and it really wasn't. I have drawers full of - or I did have - drawers full of rejection slips.
~ Fred Saberhagen
I've written about 15 screenplays and they all sold - they were all sold on pitches.
~ Bruce Vilanch