A Quote by Nate Silver

Success makes you less intimidated by things. — © Nate Silver
Success makes you less intimidated by things.
Perhaps the most fundamental value of a liberal education is that it makes life more interesting. It allows you to think things which do not occur to the less learned ... it makes it less likely that you will be bored with life.
Monetary success is not success. Career success is not success. Life, someone that loves you, giving to others, doing something that makes you feel complete and full. That is success. And it isn't dependent on anyone else.
I'm more afraid of success than failure. Success makes us so sure of ourselves that we do not analyze the factors that lead us to our success. Instead, in failure there's an error that lurks that makes us reflect and in that process there is learning and that makes us better
Maybe I was intimidated by my father's talent and success.
Anybody that's intimidated by my success probably isn't the right person for me.
Success isn't what makes you happy. It really isn't. Success is doing what makes you happy and doing good work and hopefully having a fruitful life. If I've felt like I've done good work, that makes me happy. The success part of it is all gravy.
It is success that colours all in life, Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
Most fans probably wouldn't understand that because they're not in bands, but when there's too many cooks in the kitchen it can really ruin things, it can destroy a band. So for me and Burt to approach it as just two guys it makes things a lot easier. This may sound selfish but it was less people we had to share our ideas with so there was less interference.
Curious learning not only makes unpleasant things less unpleasant but also makes pleasant things more pleasant.
I'm not intimidated by other actors at all - or directors. I don't care who they are. But I am intimidated by writers. I hold them in the highest esteem.
Your sadness is one of the things that makes you beautiful to me. Don't you see that? I understand it. It makes my own sadness less frightening." (Brigan)
If you have a ton of counterpoints, complex harmony, all these tricky things going on, it makes things less accessible to people.
People know who I am. I have less ability to be intimidated, in a sense, than others coming up.
Rather than enjoying my success I was stressing about it. Wanting it, but at the same time I couldn't handle the consequences. I was intimidated by people.
I guess when people feel intimidated or they see something having success they steal it. I don't judge 'em for it but I'm starting to notice that.
Don't be intimidated by power, wealth or station, character alone makes all the difference.
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