The United States has made a massive effort since the end of the Second World War to secure the dominance of its films in foreign markets - an achievement generally pushed home politically, by writing clauses into various treaties and aid packages.

— Fredric Jameson

The United States is a giant island of freedom, achievement, wealth and prosperity in a world hostile to our values.

— Phyllis Schlafly

The whole process of being one of the 10 finalists for the 'Vogue' Fashion Fund award has to be my biggest achievement to date. Meeting Anna Wintour, Diane von Württemberg, etc., has been an amazing experience that even now gives me goose bumps when I think about it.

— Simon Spurr

Think of success as a game of chance in which you have control over the odds. As you begin to master concepts in personal achievement, you are increasing your odds of achieving success.

— Bo Bennett

Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement.

— Claude M. Bristol

Ultimately, my greatest achievement is maintaining my career while sustaining a happy marriage and kids.

— Melina Kanakaredes

We are working essentially to build a leadership force of folks who will, during their first two years of teaching, actually put their kids on a different trajectory - not just survive as a new teacher, but actually help close the achievement gap for their kids.

— Wendy Kopp

We have a chance to wind down and expedite the removal of 96 percent of the world's nuclear weapons. What an achievement it would be, if at the end of the next administration, we could say that the nuclear arsenals of both Russia and the United States had been reduced to the barest minimums.

— Dianne Feinstein

When I opened the world's largest Internet café, certified by the 'Guinness Book of Records,' in Times Square in New York, I was live on 'Good Morning America,' and for me, that was an achievement.

— Stelios Haji-Ioannou

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

— Benjamin Franklin