Conditional Success Quotes

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

Success sometimes may be defined as a disaster put on hold. Qualified. Has to be.

I always feel like I wasn't the best trainer, because I'm really good at teaching people stuff, but I'm not good if people aren't super psyched - if they're not like me.

[He] was at his best only when the going was good.

I think if we did 'Stargate' right, the fans would like it, and we could do something really good. But if we screw it up, they'll reject it. As they should.

If success is really dependent on someone liking you or not liking you, and you have to teeter on that kind of tightrope of how you're supposed to act and how you're supposed to look and who you are, it's just not a healthy way to live.

If too many things have to happen in order to bring about the situation you want, then back out of it and try again later.

I can not wish you success in your effort to reject the treaty because while it may win the fight it may destroy our cause. My plan cannot fail if the people are with us and we ought not to succeed unless we do have the people with us.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But there is always a time and a place for the subsets within genres.