Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Quotes

Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.

I'm very proud of 'Valhalla Rising.'

I've got my Grammys on top of my piano and I look at them when I play.

Khloe is amazing! I'm so proud of that kid.

I think when we build something we love and that others love, then we have done our job.

I'm really proud of 'Kissing Strangers.'

Do something great that you really believe is great.

Nothing in the world can be more exciting than to create something and see it work.

The very fact that I've had those established me to continue on to do new music and new projects.

Business gives you a massive high. Doing a great deal, coming up with an inspirational solution... It's very addictive. But it doesn't last long. In isolation, it's a bit sterile. It doesn't reward the soul.

There are no great people. There are only great topics.

I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing else than to increase the talent.

I keep three framed photographs on my desk: the latest school picture of my daughter; a photo of my wife getting her diploma from the University of Chicago; and Lytton Strachey, looking serenely self-possessed.

After all those days in the cotton fields, the dreams came true on a gold record on a piece of wood. It's in my den where I can look at it every day. I wear it out lookin' at it.

I think I'm the first man to sit on top of the world.

I've done a lot of things with theater that I'm very, very proud of.

In my proudest moments, I think I had a real hand in the creative force of making 'Star Trek.' But most of the time, I don't think about it.

I feel very, very proud that so many people have copied me.

I'm just really proud of 'Dead Head Fred.'

If I'm nervous, it means I had to work hard to get there, whether it's playing in a tournament or speaking at an event. So I try to stop and be proud of getting to live in that moment.

So it's a source of fun and a source of pride to have been a part of this little movie that could.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.