Jamie Hyneman Quotes

I had no idea that it was gonna take off the way it did. I thought we made a good movie.

Applause waits on success.

I never failed at anything in fiction.

If you stick around long enough, people start referring to you as a survivor. Suddenly I found myself on the receiving end of several prestigious awards.

I don't like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death to me.

I'm always like, 'Well, let's not rest on a critical acclaim or on a incredible review or on a great reception.'

I guess, at the beginning of any project, I always have the same hope, which is that it's going to be wildly successful and critically acclaimed, and it'll be a major thing.

For people to keep saying, 'We want to see more of this guy, even though the shows have not always been out-of-the-box successes,' is a huge compliment to me.

There is no way I could have predicted the amazing reception and support that 'Quantico' has received this season or even the way that I have been welcomed into the fold here in America.

I really tried to take advantage of my 15 minutes of fame. And I've gotten lucky - those 15 minutes have become several years.

All I am looking for is a fine combination of critical and commercial acclaim. Whether conventional or unconventional - does not matter.

I think when 'Perfect Strangers' landed and was so well received, it was a magic moment.

Min be the travaille, and thin be the glorie.

Am I a star? That's a different thing. I mean no, I'm not in People magazine. But I must be doing something right, because I've done it for 50 years! And I like doing what I do.

Having to try and going through the trials and tribulations to actually overcome, to get there to win, to triumph, that's what makes life interesting

The courageous struggle for a noble cause should be considered success itself.

Hard work, honesty, if you keep at it, will get you almost anything.

I came to win, to conquer, to thrive

Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us; our hour of triumph is what brings the void. Not the Jews of the captivity, but those of the days of Solomon 's glory are those from whom the pessimistic utterances in our Bible come.

Success is the reward for toil.

I always say perseverance is nine-tenths of any art — not that it's much help to be nine-tenths an artist, of course.

Succeed! It has been done, and with a stupidity that can astound the most experienced.

I aint gotta get a plaque, I aint gotta get awards I just walk up out the door, all the girls will applaud

If you want to write, you write. Talent is simply not enough.

Success! to thee, as to a God, men bend the knee.