With the last couple of Pantera records, we kept getting more and more narrow-minded because of Phil. He didn't want to experiment or take any chances, and it was like being in a tube that was getting to be so small you couldn't even breathe. Personally, I think the dude was afraid of success.
— Vinnie Paul
I stopped painting in 1990 at the peak of my success just to deny people my beautiful paintings, and I did it out of spite.
— Vincent Gallo
Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures.
— Vince Lombardi
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
It is not that I don't like contemporary country music because I do. I love it. I have recorded a lot and have had great success recording records that have not been very traditional country records.
— Vince Gill
I think that with Donald Trump, the United States will have a president who is not ideologically limited; that is, he is an open person, much more interested in success, efficiency, and results than political theories.
— Viktor Orban
Having created a business that is a success, when you are in a nepotistic situation, people who don't do anything themselves, well, it is easy for them to say it's never good enough.
— Vikram Chatwal
I never take credit for my movie's success. I am the face of the movie, but there are numerous unsung heroes behind the scene. From the director, cameraman and editor to the light boy, everyone knows how difficult it is to satisfy the audience.
— Vijay Sethupathi
I always believe that it is his hard work that pays for a film's success.
— Vijay Antony
Success doesn't mean that you are healthy, success doesn't mean that you're happy, success doesn't mean that you're rested. Success really doesn't mean that you look good, or feel good, or are good.
— Victoria Principal
My ambition is to contribute my quota to the overall success of the team.
— Victor Moses
An entrepreneur assumes the risk and is dedicated and committed to the success of whatever he or she undertakes.
— Victor Kiam
My dad battled various financial mishaps for years before achieving success as a stunt director, but my parents ensured that my brother and I knew all about the family's struggle. We knew from where each piece of furniture came from.
— Vicky Kaushal
Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.
— Vicki Baum
Visaaranai' reflects a stark reality from which you cannot shut yourself out: that is its success.
— Vetrimaaran
Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me, the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating.
— Vera Wang
My only success is that I am alive.
— Varun Grover
You don't have to make, you know, $3 Million dollars a movie, or $20 Million dollars a movie, but if you make a living doing what you love doing, then that's success to me.
— Ving Rhames
I'm excited about it, thrilled with the success thus far.
— Vince McMahon
Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.
It is our historical experience, that Hungary can only live in wealth and safety if Berlin, Moscow, and Ankara are on our side and also interested in our success - even if we do not always agree on certain questions.
I get invited to many more literary festivals than I used to because I'm associated with 'Slumdog Millionaire,' the brand. Many more doors have opened up for me as a result of the global success of the film, although I believe that I'm the same person that existed before it.
— Vikas Swarup
Success and failure are a part of filmmaking.
— Vijay Krishna Acharya
After the success of 'Bicchagadu,' I am more happy, energetic and confident.
My success has got so great, it's like I'm trapped, almost, within it.
— Victoria Pendleton
Shirley Jackson enjoyed notoriety and commercial success within her lifetime, and yet it still hardly seems like enough for a writer so singular. When I meet readers and other writers of my generation, I find that mentioning her is like uttering a holy name.
— Victor LaValle
I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
— Victor Cruz
A woman who is loved always has success.
The real end winner of NAFTA is going to be Mexico because we have the human capital. We have that resource that is vital to the success of the U.S. economy.
— Vicente Fox
If anything, I'm the most hesitant to bring on a label. That terrifies me. I think people believe major labels are linked to success. They're absolutely not that.
— Verite
Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating. But I carried that with me for the rest of my life.
I expect either total success or total failure. That's my lot in life.
— Varg Vikernes
You win the mental war when you have success. You lose it when you don't have success.
— Vincent Kompany
Success demands singleness of purpose.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
I think one of the reasons for the success of 'Breaking Bad,' and now for 'Better Call Saul,' is that we have been blessed by AMC and Sony with enough time to figure things out.
— Vince Gilligan
I think people are going to like my new shoes. I like them. I had a lot of success with the one last year, but this year's shoe is going to be a little different, but at the same time it's going to be a little spin-off on last year's shoe.
— Vince Carter
Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it.
— Viktor E. Frankl
When 'Pizza' released, I was a nobody. Initially, we managed to get only 100 screens. But, after its success, the producers of 'Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom' got 150 screens and also released the film in the U.S. Now, distributors are keen to invest in my films because they feel I have face value.
Box office success is pertinent but the story has to have a life beyond the two hours.
I've wanted recognition; I wanted success; I wanted appreciation; I love the perks of being in the movies. I love the fame that comes with it - but that's why I became an actor.
— Vidya Balan
And finally I begin to have such a success in my examinations that I found myself in a career you see.
— Victoria de los Angeles
Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.
The best thing is to enjoy the process that can lead you either to success or to failure.
Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.
I have decided to fight for my country, because we have build a success story in Guanajuato, with real results and more yet to come in the next two years.
Success isn't about the end result, it's about what you learn along the way.
The success in the determination of the high-resolution structures of ribosomal subunits and eventually the whole ribosome was the culmination of decades of effort.
— Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
