A Quote by Jessica Savitch

I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.

Jessica Savitch

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Jessica Savitch
American - Journalist
February 1, 1947 - October 23, 1983

My dad told me, 'It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success', and it took me seventeen and a half years.

Adrien Brody

People say we were an overnight success. It took us a year to be an overnight success.

James Daly

Everybody wants the quick fix, but it doesn't happen overnight. You have to be willing to put it out there. I call it 'the secret to being an overnight success,' which means there really isn't a such thing as an overnight success. ! The secret is you work really hard for 10 years, and then you become an overnight success.

Jon Gordon

Pixar is seen by a lot of folks as an overnight success, but if you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.

Steve Jobs

There's no such thing as an overnight success. It took me a long to get there.

Cindy Margolis

It took me a while to get established - success didn't happen overnight.

Neil Oliver

It took me 30 years for people to consider me an overnight success.

John Cooper Clarke

When it comes to being badass nothing beats this It took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success.

Lionel Messi

People think I'm an overnight success. No. It's just that you all found me overnight.

Leslie Jones

On second marriage: It took me by surprise, too, because overnight, we totally changed. I think one day we had just nothing in common. And it's scary but I think it can happen when you get involved and you don't know yourself yet.

Angelina Jolie

Our "overnight" success took 1,000 days.

Brian Chesky

Actually, I'm an overnight success, but it took twenty years.

Monty Hall

I was really young when I signed with Spinnin' Records, and the huge success of 'Animals' hit me by surprise. I didn't expect my life to turn like that at all. But it was a very welcome surprise, to say the least!

Martin Garrix

It took about 10 years' time for Shopify to be an overnight success.

Tobias Lutke

I know it wasn't like a meteoric rise, it was not overnight success. Nobody watched my movie, fell in love and said 'I'm her biggest fan.' People took time to warm up to me.