In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as in the business of delivering audiences to advertisers. People are the merchandise, not the shows. The shows are merely the bait. – Les Brown
You must think of failure and defeat as the springboards to new achievements or to the next level of accomplishment. – Les Brown
Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them. – Les Brown
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else. – Les Brown
I do not want to admit to the world that I can be a bad person. It is just that I dont want anyone to have false expectations. Moviemaking is a harsh, volatile business, and unless you can be ruthless, too, theres a good chance that you are going to disappear off the scene pretty quickly. – Tom Hanks