"Success listens only to applause. To all else it is deaf." ― Elias Canetti Topic(s): Success More From Elias Canetti "He who is obsessed by death is made guilty by it." "Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day’s insolence." "All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams." More In Success "Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own."― Michelle Obama "I’m astonished by my success."― Danielle Steel "It’s so interesting how success hits people and how they react to it."― John Mayer