If there was any one achievement, it would be that we've have done it on our own terms.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.
The only achievement I am really proud of is the friends I have made in this community.
All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of crosswords that I didn't finish and maybe some old bicycle that I found lying around on set.
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping.
Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81.
It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.
Without failure there is no achievement.
My real achievement is my daughter and my three beautiful grandchildren.
The idea of accumulating ambitions or achievements didn't get much further than wanting to do the next exciting thing. I really haven't set out with any list of achievements.
No single achievement in science is possible without the painstaking work of the many hundreds who have built the foundation on which all new work is based.