Great success is built on failure, frustration, even catastrophe.

Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.

Murdoch paid too much for the Wall Street Journal even when he didn't have any competition.

Sometimes divorce is better than marriage

Opportunity does not knock. You have to find it

We all have to decide how we are going to fail, by not going far enough or by going too far.

I've always had that obsessive will to win and a commitment to excellence.

In order to succeed, you have to live dangerously.. as long as the danger is rationally accepted and as long as the rewards far outweigh the risk.

At the time we acquired Viacom, everyone said I had overpaid. But even at today's depressed prices, that investment is worth billions. Everyone was saying MTV was a fad. I knew better.

One doesn't accept bad challenges. Part of it is always the risk-taking without seeing that the risks are rational and the rewards are commensurate.. are more than commensurate.. with the risks.

I listen to my daughter. I listen to Paula, but I make the decisions. The decision to say goodbye to Cruise was mine.

You never walk alone. Even the devil is the lord of flies.

Motivation enhances human worth and potential.

Because trust earned by action is always better than words.

Edward smiled, I smiled, even Bernardo smiled. Olaf just looked sinister.

You can put lipstick and earrings on a hog and call it Monique, but it's still a pig.

The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.

To tell the people in the West not to use their cars means that these people may never see another soul for weeks and weeks nor have a way of getting a sick person to a doctor.

Standing upright is not a talent because a brainless wooden beam can stand upright too! The important thing is to be flexible!

I studied art just short of the level where you can earn a degree.

God shall be my hope, my stay, my guide and lantern to my feet.