It's far too much to say that effective hoping is the only - or even the biggest - part of what it takes to succeed. If 14% of business productivity can be attributed to hope that means 86% is dependent on raw talent fickle business cycles the quality of the product you're selling and often pure dumb luck.

Independent film is almost nonexistent right now because all the distributers that used to love to put out these little art films are all out of business right now because it costs so much to open a movie.

Profits in business always depend on the rate of interest: the higher the interest the higher the rate of profit required.

I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf I can.

The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.

A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent interpersonal relationships.

You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.

The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.

Your performance depends on your people. Select the best train them and back them. When errors occur give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.

The best security for civilization is the dwelling and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends more than anything else the improvement of mankind.

The size of your accomplishments the quality of your achievement will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself what sort of image you get of your possible self yourself at your best.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself and not upon other men has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation the man of manly character and of wisdom.

A small house must depend on its grouping with other houses for its beauty and for the preservation of light air and the maximum of surrounding open space.

We need a balanced long term energy policy to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and preserve the beauty of the land we love.

The real message of the Dance opens up the vistas of life to all who have the urge to express beauty with no other instrument than their own bodies with no apparatus and no dependence on anything other than space.

Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.

The beauty of independence departure actions that rely on themselves.

An attitude of philosophic doubt of suspended judgment is repugnant to the natural man. Belief is an independent joy to him.

You can have a laugh in Los Angeles or you can weep in Los Angeles depending on your attitude towards it.

The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant.

Nothing. We're all friends and friendly. So when the cameras go down depending on the mood or the nature of the material we're dealing with there's usually a kind of a prevailing light attitude that's floating around.

I have this theory that depending on your attitude your life doesn't have to become this ridiculous charade that it seems so many people end up living.

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act look feel successful conduct yourself accordingly and you will be amazed at the positive results.

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions it is governed by our mental attitude.