I feel lucky because I was a nerd which I talk about in the book but I had academic success so through that because that's what my parents put a great deal of value on I had a great childhood because I sort of fulfilled the expectations of being good at school.

I've had great success being a total idiot.

I think the idea that you know who your inner self is on a daily basis because... you know. What's good for you 25 years ago may not be good for you now. So to keep in touch with that I think that's the first ingredient for success. Because if you're a successful human being everything else is gravy I think.

Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.

You really have to work hard and apply yourself and by applying yourself and working hard and being diligent you can achieve success.

Success is just being happy. And I try so many different things. I do a lot of different things. Because I think God has helped me to love myself. I know who God is and I love God.

Indeed I regard the enduring support which I have received over the years from all sections of the community in Ballymena as being more than sufficient recognition for any success which I may have achieved as an actor.

I'm an eternal realist and the success rate for being an actor is pretty low.

I define success as being comfortable with yourself and your life. And that is about as good as it gets really.

The two most important requirements for major success are: first being in the right place at the right time and second doing something about it.

I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.

How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?

If at first you don't succeed try try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.

Well you know I'm very supportive of what the Tea Party is trying to do. They're very concerned with spending the deficit the bailouts you know all of those kinds of things. But I really think that the strength of the Tea Party is being a grassroots movement.

The thing with me. I can't stick musicians. I've thought about this. I can't stand them and being stuck in a studio with them I think that's my strength I can hear what they can't.

Whatever I lack in size and strength and speed I kind of make up for in being grittier. When it comes to something like basketball I'm definitely not the best guy on the court but I love elbowing and pushing people out or boxing them out.

Now being a girl I was ashamed of my body and my lack of strength. So I tried to be a man. I shot rode jumped and took part in all the fights of the boys.

The first thing is that we're being attacked by both the Writers Guild and the Producers Guild. Both of these groups are trying to diminish the importance and strength of the director. They're trying to do it through both frontal and side attacks.

Military strength in reserve is better than military strength being reigned upon the other side including all of its innocent civilians.

It's really important to share the idea that being different might feel like a problem at the time but ultimately diversity is a strength.

What is being talked about now is the probability of the Sharon government launching an attack against Lebanon to eliminate the resistance of Hezbollah by using the American war against Iraq. But of course in this case we will certainly fight with all our strength.

They tell me that it will be hard to find a man strong enough to love my own strength and independence and not worry about being Mr. Diana Ross but I disagree. I know absolutely that that man is somewhere out there.