People who are successful should never forget that it's 90 per cent luck. You've got to be an eejit to be an egomaniac. I had my glory years - 'Blankety Blank,' the talk show, when I was winning every award going.
Terry WoganRead
I've always had an unsentimental view. I don't think the BBC is my auntie. I worked there for years, and you learn that they don't love you for yourself. They'll use you as long as you're popular. You shouldn't wait until it starts to wane. It can sometimes end badly.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes a pragmatic perspective on relationships with organizations, suggesting they are not inherently affectionate.
Terry Wogan's quote expresses a candid viewpoint on one's relationship with institutions like the BBC. He reflects on the transient nature of popularity and the often utilitarian basis on which such organizations operate. Wogan advises individuals not to naively assume they are valued for their identity or contributions; rather, they should recognize that their worth is often linked to their utility or success. This perception encourages a more realistic understanding of professional relationships, urging one to prepare for inevitable changes in status.
Themes
ProfessionalismRelationshipsPopularityRealismUtilitarian
In practice
Example use cases
In a talk about career longevity, one might quote Wogan to illustrate the importance of understanding how companies operate.
More from Terry Wogan
All quotes βA couple of years before he died, I kissed my father goodbye. He said, 'Son, you haven't kissed me since you were a little boy.' It went straight to my heart, and I kissed him whenever I saw him after that, and my sons and I always kiss whenever we meet.
Terry WoganRead
I get a lot of letters from people saying, 'How do I get into radio, how do I get into telly?' and I wish there was an answer, because there's no ladder. There are no parameters. You've just got to go in wherever you can, make the tea, and slowly make your way up the ladder.
Terry WoganRead
I say to my children, the reason that marriage - and having children - is so important is that it stops you thinking about yourself. The way to happiness is to give yourself to others and to think of others before you think of yourself.
Terry WoganRead
Similar quotes
I know only one method of operation: to be as honest with others as I am with myself.
Dwight D. EisenhowerRead
Whose work is it but your own to open your eyes? But indeed the business of the universe is to make such a fool out of you that you will know yourself for one, and begin to be wise.
George MacdonaldRead
Beginners focus on analysis, but professionals operate in a three dimensional space. They are aware of trading psychology their own feelings and the mass psychology of the markets.
Alexander ElderRead
During the Arab Spring, I learned all sorts of things from Twitter. I wouldn't necessarily trust that information, but it gave me ideas about questions to ask. You can really learn things from the wisdom of crowds.
Nicholas KristofRead
People with intelligence must use their intelligence, people with eyes must use their eyes, people with the capacity to love have the impulse to love and the need to love in order to feel healthy. Capacities clamor to be used, and cease their clamor only when they are used sufficiently. That is to say, capacities are needs, and therefore are intrinsic values as well.
Abraham MaslowRead
'Always speak the truth - think before you speak - and write it down afterwards.'_x000D_ _x000D_ 'I'm sure I didn't mean - ' Alice was beginning, but the Red Queen interrupted her impatiently._x000D_ _x000D_ 'That's just what I complain of! You should have meant! What do you suppose is the use of child without any meaning? Even a joke should have some meaning - and a child's more important than a joke, I hope.
Lewis CarrollRead