David Geffen

Are you threatening me? If you so much as touch me I’ll have you arrested!

Some people have a greater ability to imagine than others.

No one’s asked me. If somebody felt there was a job I could actually do I would consider it — not out of any ambition to be in Washington, but I do want to rise to the occasion of serving there if warranted.

Do any of us really have a clue? We don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow. Or what word will come up in a conversation that will change our lives. You can be in the shower and scrubbing under your arm and find a lump that wasn’t there yesterday. I’m doing things here and now. Life is evolving. Every day life evolves.

The opportunity for an entrepreneur to start a company from scratch today is abysmal.

It’s very easy for me to thank everyone for the incredible contribution they’ve made to my life.

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.

If you want to double your success rate, you need to double your failure rate.

It’s next to impossible to build a successful business without relationships.

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.

Success comes from failure, not from memorizing the right answers.

We learned about gratitude and humility – that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean… and we were taught to value everyone’s contribution and treat everyone with respect.

Success covers a multitude of blunders.

Success is not all about money. It’s about having the resources and the ability to live the life that you have personally dreamed of.

Success isn’t about how much money you make. It’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.

Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It’s something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.

You’ve achieved success in your field when you don’t know whether what you’re doing is work or play.

There’s always something about your success that displeases even your best friends.

I thought I’d be a success even back in the mailroom at William Morris. It was just inconceivable to me I couldn’t win it all.

Action is the foundational key to all success.