“I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”
“A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that. ”
“I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.”
“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.”
“The formula for success is Cosmic Ordering, the formula for failure is worry.”
“The common belief that everyone can do anything if they just try hard enough is a formula for inefficiency at best and for complete failure at worst.”