"I’d rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate." ― George Burns Topic(s): Success Tags: failure, rather More From George Burns "Nice to be here? At my age it’s nice to be anywhere." "Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that’s down can come up." "Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle." More In Success "Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in."― Bill Bradley "It would be a joy for me if someone who was working with me became a big success."― Shigeru Miyamoto "I have the most profound respect for the Department of Justice and the FTC. We in Europe are a younger and I would say junior institution to the historical antitrust experience of the US."― Mario Monti