Gary David Goldberg Quotes

Some great people are leaders and others are more lucky, in the right place at the right time. I'd put myself in the latter category. But I'd never call myself a normal designer of anything.

I want to do it for myself. It's my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and go out there and do the best I can, be as ready as I can.

I just like to stay a little quiet and just do my own thing. If I win a little more, I think I'll get a little bit more attention.

People think I'm smart because Flickr was successful. I'm lucky. Maybe I'm smart, too. But, I'm lucky.

I'd rather stay out of the limelight until I've done something I feel proud of.

I want to do the best I can and let everyone else worry about legacies.

Pretty much any time I got a chance to do something cool, I tried to grab for it, and that's where my solace comes from.

The aristocracy in the future is not one of wealth or university education, but the aristocracy of the men who have done something for themselves and their fellow men.

There is no number or level of success that would make me think, 'Wow, I didn't think that was possible.'

I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

I am just a regular dude who happened to make it. That's all I am, man. Maybe I was preparing myself in some lifetime to become this person, but I never thought I'd have every rocket shooting off at one time.

I'd been lucky to do radio drama and RTE things. Having the opportunity to work with Netflix was wild to me but I'm still just a wee girl from Donegal.

I can only do my thing and do the best that I can.

I am not very ambitious by nature, and movies happened to me by chance.

Being self-made means putting yourself in position to help others put themselves in position to be successful.

I am incredibly lucky. I worked hard for my luck as well. I have made choices to do things because I wanted them to do them, not because they were the right thing to do.

I let my life, and success, speak for itself.

The self-made man is often proud of a poor job.

I never really thought I'd be successful. I never though I'd get books published, but this was something completely beyond me. The fact that it happened is wonderful, but it is not something that I was aiming for.

If you want the best things in life you have to earn them for yourself.

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.

I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'

I love acting and making your own luck. You have to recreate yourself, I guess. Although, I don't know how.

Every child, and every person, deserves a chance to make something of themselves.

I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity.