I learned how important timing is; having a really good idea five years ahead of its time is practically worthless.
In order to succeed it is not necessary to be much cleverer than other people. All you have to do is be one day ahead of them.
The advantage of time and place in all practical actions is half a victory; which being lost is irrecoverable
It was a great time to be born, because I got to have my own publishing company right from the beginning, so I made more money than somebody would have doing what I did ten or fifteen years before.
There's little windows that open up during the fight, to finish your opponent. Whenever those windows open, I'm jumping right through them without hesitation.
The pitcher has the ball, and nothing happens until he lets go of it. So as the batter, I felt I had to fight for any bit of control I could get. I expected the umpire, the catcher, and the pitcher to wait on me. I wanted to get ready on my time.
Our timing is right... The election results are still fresh in the minds of my Republican colleagues and they don't want to go through this again.
You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.
If 'Black Balloon' had come out before 'The Mummy,' casting agents wouldn't have been able to see me for the first time in 'The Mummy.' But now that 'The Mummy' has come out before 'The Black Balloon,' that's a very good combination.
I'm four minutes older. Of all the competitions in our life, I won the first one. Though Drew is a quarter inch taller.
