Ahmed Zewail
Ahmed Zewail

I think I succeeded in getting the Egyptian people excited about the importance of science, and this is the only way Egypt can get out of this dark ages.

Ajith Kumar
Ajith Kumar

'Villain' succeeded because we were genuinely working towards a good film. We worked hard and with a lot of conviction.

Alain Robert
Alain Robert

If you've climbed the first 140 meters it doesn't mean that you've succeeded; you are going to succeed by climbing the last 10 meters.

Alan Greenspan
Alan Greenspan

The true measure of a career is to be able to be content, even proud, that you succeeded through your own endeavors without leaving a trail of casualties in your wake.

Alex Smith
Alex Smith

At the combine and at my workouts, I tried to be the perfect player. I tried to promote my strengths and conceal my weaknesses, and on paper, I kind of succeeded: I was the first pick in the draft. And with that, I inherited this big shiny trophy that I carried around, and it had one word engraved on it - anxiety.

Alex Tabarrok
Alex Tabarrok

Capitalists work hard to produce what consumers want. Artists who work too hard to produce what consumers want are often accused of selling out. Thus, even the languages of capitalism and art conflict: a firm that has 'sold out' has succeeded, but an artist that has 'sold out' has failed.

Ana Ivanovic
Ana Ivanovic

When someone recognises you or wants an interview, you think, 'You know, maybe I've done something good. Maybe I have a good result.' So if you see it in that way, it becomes a lot easier, and you realise that, actually, you're there and you've succeeded because of the media, because if it wasn't for them, no one in the world would know us.

Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

Andrew Ng
Andrew Ng

Our education system has succeeded so far in teaching generations to do different routine tasks. So when tractors displaced farming labor, we taught the next generation to work in factories. But what we've never really been good at is teaching a huge number of people to do non-routine creative work.

Andriy Shevchenko
Andriy Shevchenko

I feel less adrenaline in my body now, but more in my head. I tried to be at my best, and I succeeded.