Ellen Terry Quotes

A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to pay for it.

Puma was all about function and not at all about design. The founder of the company always believed functionality and performance were the only ingredients that could make Puma successful and design never mattered.

I like people who are working on practical things and who are working in teams. It's not so important to get the glory. It's much more important to get something that works. It's a better way to live.

The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.

The fact that I even get in Broadway shows is, to me, still amazing, but then to win a Tony was just incredible.

Success doesn't matter to me. I believe in performance.

In the future, I see myself at the highest level. That's what I dream about.

There's no problem with trying to be successful, but it's all about just doing good work. It's not about fame.

What matters is what you do. And this runs counter to what a lot of the culture teaches people about putting feelings first. By contrast, resilient people focus not on what they intend, but on what they achieve.

Our business isn't to be famous: that's not what we do; that's not what we strive for.

Reason is a bee, and exists only on what it makes; his usefulness takes the place of beauty.

When we dropped 'Toot It And Boot It,' Mustard didn't even do beats, and now he's killin' it. So it's just cool to see all of my bros taking over.

I dominated the underground and then I dominated the overground, and I did that on my own.

If you're really good at doing what you do, good things will come.

Whenever anything is being accomplished, it is being done, I have learned, by a monomaniac with a mission.

A farmer's horse is never lame, never unfit to go. Never throws out curbs, never breaks down before or behind. Like his master he is never showy. He does not paw and prance, and arch his neck, and bid the world admire his beauties...and when he is wanted, he can always do his work.

Belts are only good for holding up your pants

Only ambition is fired by the coincidences of success and easy accomplishment.

Usefulness depends on tractability.

The greatest achievement was, at first, and for a time, but a dream.

Concentration is the magic key that opens the door to accomplishment.

C'est véritablement utile puisque c'est joli. It is truly useful since it is beautiful.

I've always had- how shall I say it? -the prize at the end. My whole life shows that.

Greatness is the dream of youth realized in old age.