Quotes about Overnight

Overnight I became a cottage industry. Votes: 3

Overnight success stories take a long time. Votes: 3

Change Won't Happen Immediately, as Nigeria's Problems Didn't Start Overnight Votes: 3

Overnight Success Happens Only in Fairy Tales, Trashy Novels, and Bad Movies. Votes: 3

Overnight stardom can be harmful to your mental health. Yeah. It has ruined a lot of people. Votes: 3

Overnight, I went from being a completely private figure to a publicly humiliated one. I was Patient Zero. Votes: 3

Overnight success just doesn't happen. You've got to put your time in. You're up and down - all of a sudden, it just clicks Votes: 3

Clinton's pet Labrador, Buddy, is getting neutered. The dog will never have sex again. Overnight, they've turned Buddy from a Democrat into a Republican. Votes: 3

The days of languorous shore leave are long gone. Overnight stays are unheard of and sailor towns a distant memory. In better ports, seafarers head for a seamen's mission. Votes: 3

I had my 15 minutes of being the new boy of pop, like lots of people before and after me. Overnight, everyone starts treating you differently, and perceives you differently. Votes: 3

Overnight business could go down enough to hurt; yet as a rule it slowly recovered-sometimes it seemed to take forever-went up, not high enough to be really up, only not down. Votes: 3

Overnight business could go down enough to hurt; yet as a rule it slowly recovered--sometimes it seemed to take forever--went up, not high enough to be really up, only not down. Votes: 3

He smiled at her. And it hit her like a mallet to the temple, the realization that she was in love with him. Stupidly, dreadfully in love with him.Overnight, she'd become a fool. Votes: 3

I remember the day I discovered James Dean and Marilyn Monroe. I don't know why it affected me so strongly, but I walked down to the corner store and bought every poster of them, and I did my whole room up. Overnight. Votes: 3

Overnight the digital age had changed the course of history for our company. Everything that we thought was in our control no longer was. But within a year we had invested in social media and digital experts. Now Starbucks is the number one brand on Facebook. Votes: 3

It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by a great deal of preparation. Ask any successful person how they came to this point in their lives, and they will have a story to tell. Votes: 3

It takes 20 years to make an overnight success. Votes: 1

Actually, I'm an overnight success, but it took twenty years. Votes: 1

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight. Votes: 1

It takes time to be who you really want to be. It doesn't happen overnight. Votes: 1

In the digital age of 'overnight' success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked. Votes: 1

One press account said I was an overnight success. I thought that was the longest night I've ever spent. Votes: 1

You could be worth $2 billion today and a half a billion tomorrow. It doesn't take much for this to disappear overnight. Votes: 1

My dad told me, 'It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success', and it took me seventeen and a half years. Votes: 1

Anyone who wants to sell you overnight success or wealth is not interested in your success; they are interested in your money. Votes: 1

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day. Votes: 1

No one becomes an expert in a new career overnight, even if you are coming from another career where you were established and experienced. Votes: 1

I can't change overnight into a serious literary author. You can't compare apples to oranges. William Faulkner was a great literary genius. I am not. Votes: 1

People are impatient. They want things to happen overnight, and have no idea of the circumstances and situations that can surround an individual at times. Votes: 1

I became a millionaire overnight by signing a piece of paper. I made more money in that one second than my entire family did in their lifetime. Votes: 1

Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind. Votes: 1

The shift to a cleaner energy economy wont happen overnight, and it will require tough choices along the way. But the debate is settled. Climate change is a fact. Votes: 1

After all those years as a woman hearing 'not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not that enough,' almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, 'I'm enough.' Votes: 1

Transforming a brand into a socially responsible leader doesn't happen overnight by simply writing new marketing and advertising strategies. It takes effort to identify a vision that your customers will find credible and aligned with their values. Votes: 1

I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process. It's not something that happens overnight. It's an evolution of the heart. Votes: 1

A mission statement is not something you write overnight... But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life. Votes: 1

I believe there should be no arbitrary date set for withdrawal and yet no permanent, unending deployment. No cut and run, yet measured progress in helping a people who want to be free without an illusion of overnight success. Votes: 1

Right now I am trying to be in a place of calm, a place where I can chill out and then handle the chaos of life better. You don't just get it overnight; you have to work at it. It's a daily struggle. Votes: 1

I'm not a prophet, but I always thought it was natural for dictatorships to fall. I remember in 1989, two months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, had you said it was going to happen no one would have believed you. The system seemed powerful and unbreakable. Suddenly overnight it blew away like dust. Votes: 1

Some say I'm an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted about 10 years. But while I do, of course, now feel the pressure having had books that have been very successful, I just know I have to concentrate on writing for myself. I can't worry about genres or markets or what might be commercial or not. That never works. Votes: 1

I wake up at 4:15 A.M., get some coffee, turn on the news, see what's happening, go clickety-clack on the web to see what I missed overnight. Then I go to the gym, around 5:15, and I do what appears to be a very light workout, but who cares. I'm socializing with other nice people at the gym. Then I go into work, and I'm really awake. Votes: 1

Chinese people age overnight. Votes: 0

Better Counsel comes overnight. Votes: 0

I was an overnight sensation. Votes: 0

Our "overnight" success took 1,000 days. Votes: 0

Anger should never be an overnight guest. Votes: 0

Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight. Votes: 0

I grew up overnight on that day, Dec. 27, 2007. Votes: 0

I'm not telling people to go vegan overnight. Votes: 0

It takes years to make an overnight success. Votes: 0

An overnight success is ten years in the making. Votes: 0

I'm what is known as a 40-year overnight success. Votes: 0

It takes twenty years to become an overnight success. Votes: 0

Man cannot be transformed from bad to good overnight. Votes: 0

Nobody becomes Tom Wolfe overnight, not even Tom Wolfe. Votes: 0

Everything valuable takes time, there are no overnight successes. Votes: 0

George, it's impossible to correct a defective reality-orientation overnight. Votes: 0

Nobody learns a German aria overnight, except Jared Harris. Votes: 0

We're all going overnight express delivery straight to Hell. Votes: 0

It's impossible to redefine yourself and your life overnight. Votes: 0

Acheron. When it absolutely, positively must be destroyed overnight. Votes: 0

There are few overnight successes and many up-all-night successes. Votes: 0

The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight. Votes: 0

It generally takes about 10 years to become an overnight sensation. Votes: 0

The only thing that happens overnight is recognition. Not talent. Votes: 0

Things that look like an 'overnight success' typically are not. Votes: 0

Judgment is a delicate thing and does not come overnight. Votes: 0

Strength is not gained overnight; it is cultivated over time. Votes: 0

In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight. Votes: 0

...so remember: great achievements take time, there is no overnight success. Votes: 0

As a rule, bond funds will not double your money overnight. Votes: 0

... Change doesn't happen overnight-it's molded by people who don't give up Votes: 0

While success has hardly come overnight for me, it always comes. Votes: 0

It takes three years to be an overnight success, sometimes more. Votes: 0

Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known. Votes: 0

If we [humans] disappeared overnight, the world would probably be better off. Votes: 0

I always describe my career as something where nothing ever popped overnight. Votes: 0

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight; build it anyway. Votes: 0

I was famous overnight. I went from nowhere to being really big. Votes: 0

Democracy or breakdown in Syria would change the whole Middle East overnight. Votes: 0

Sometimes it takes years for a person to become an overnight success. Votes: 0

I thought I'd write one book and the world would change overnight Votes: 0

The days of waking up and reading the overnight ratings are over. Votes: 0

Hollywood has a way of making everything seem like an overnight success. Votes: 0

You'll become that devil overnight, if you want to become that celebrity overnight. Votes: 0

Eventually, after a couple of years, Stripe strated to become an overnight success. Votes: 0

Ketchup left overnight on dinner plates has a longer half-life than radioactive waste. Votes: 0

Everyone's like, 'overnight sensation.' It's not overnight. It's years of hard work. Votes: 0

We live in a society where children are expected to become adults overnight. Votes: 0

One is that the perfect garden can be created overnight, which it can't. Votes: 0

It took me a while to get established - success didn't happen overnight. Votes: 0

I kind of grew breasts overnight and then the world got really loud. Votes: 0

If you destroy a firm, you can't pull it out of bankruptcy overnight. Votes: 0

Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning. Votes: 0

Conscience unlike a beard does not grow overnight. You have it or you don't. Votes: 0

I think it's dangerous to be optimistic. Things could go terribly wrong virtually overnight Votes: 0

Cigarette sales would drop to zero overnight if the warning said "CIGARETTES CONTAIN FAT. Votes: 0

I think it's dangerous to be optimistic. Things could go terribly wrong virtually overnight. Votes: 0

Houses turn to corpses overnight when we cease to live and love in them. Votes: 0

Success doesn't happen overnight. Keep your eye on the prize and don't look back. Votes: 0

Poetry is not a waiting room where one stays overnight...every word is war. Votes: 0

I was an overnight success all right, but 30 years is a long, long night. Votes: 0

Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success. Votes: 0

Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before. Votes: 0

However vexed you may be overnight, things will often look very different in the morning. Votes: 0

There are no quick wins in business - it takes years to become an overnight success. Votes: 0

Our childhood had passed over into history overnight. The transition was unnoticed by anyone but ourselves. Votes: 0

None of us suddenly becomes something overnight. The preparations have been in the making for lifetime. Votes: 0

There's no such thing as an overnight success. It took me a long to get there. Votes: 0

Today the outlandish becomes routine overnight. The humorist is trying to say that it's still outlandish. Votes: 0

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success. Votes: 0

I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years. Votes: 0

Change doesn't happen overnight. It starts with the desire, then one small step in the right direction. Votes: 0

Everyone needs time to develop their dreams. An egg in the nest doesn't become a bird overnight. Votes: 0

Some say I'm an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted about 10 years. Votes: 0

No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight. Votes: 0

I slather Egyptian Magic cream all over my face on overnight flights to keep my skin hydrated. Votes: 0

I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise. Votes: 0

People say we were an overnight success. It took us a year to be an overnight success. Votes: 0

We didn't really want to be an overnight success as that brings with it its own problems. Votes: 0

You don't build a new power plant in the United States overnight. It takes years to build. Votes: 0

If it all just happened overnight, you would never learn to believe in what you cannot see... Votes: 0

If something good has lost its way into you, it will make its escape overnight. I know you. Votes: 0

A curve ball is not something you can pick up overnight. It took me years to perfect mine. Votes: 0

Nobody is an overnight success. Most overnight successes you see have been working at it for ten years. Votes: 0

I'm not an overnight success. I've been doing it for 12 years. It's been lovely and varied so far. Votes: 0

I worked 18 years to become an overnight success. Now MagicPlace.com will short circuit that process for people. Votes: 0

An individual poor person is an isolated island by himself and herself. IT can end that isolation overnight. Votes: 0

There is no substitute for hard work. There is no such thing as overnight success or easy money. Votes: 0

I wanted fame, but I thought it would be incremental, and I became afraid of the overnight-sensation thing. Votes: 0

Don't try to become a teacher overnight with psychological bookkeeping in your heart and educational theory in your head. Votes: 0

I am someone who puts their takeout or leftovers into the Tupperware and stores it in the refrigerator overnight. Votes: 0

No one becomes pure and selfless overnight; it involves time and concentrated effort, coupled with tremendous patience and love. Votes: 0

Writing cant change the world overnight, but writing may have an enormous effect over time, over the long haul. Votes: 0

Whatever enjoyment I might have had at the time would disappear overnight like snow melting on a warm roof. Votes: 0

Writing can't change the world overnight, but writing may have an enormous effect over time, over the long haul. Votes: 0

The New York Times had not become The New York Times overnight. It had to earn its reputation day-by-day. Votes: 0

Let one state in the U.S. be free of government and overnight you would have an economic powerhouse. Votes: 0

The real rub is finding that authentic self and it's not something that's going to come to you overnight. Votes: 0

Success isn't overnight. It's when everyday you get a little better than the day before. It all adds up. Votes: 0

Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight. Votes: 0

You bet I arrived overnight. Over a few hundred nights in the Catskills, in vaudeville, in clubs and on Broadway. Votes: 0

...History it seemed could be something entirely different a splash of blood whose agony didn't fade overnight or over centuries. Votes: 0

We played every night. Sometimes we'd stay overnight after a game, but we'd usually drive on to our next destination. Votes: 0

I think the lottery changed everything for us. Once we got Sidney, it helped us turn this franchise around overnight. Votes: 0

There are days when you just don't feel all that evil." You don't become a world-class villain overnight." -Dr. Impossible Votes: 0

Like teenagers, we appear to have gone from knowing nothing about the world to knowing too much all but overnight. Votes: 0

When it comes to being badass nothing beats this It took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success. Votes: 0

On one occasion I shared a bed with about seven other people, but we were all having a party overnight Votes: 0

Canadians know that our difficulties will not be resolved overnight. They are tired of politicians who pretend they will be. Votes: 0

Just recognize that you are not going to become a comfortable public speaker overnight. It can take a long time. Votes: 0

If the envious, the defamers and the backbiters were taken out of the average church, there would be revival overnight. Votes: 0

On one occasion I shared a bed with about seven other people, but we were all having a party overnight. Votes: 0

I think people love to attach themselves to the idea of an overnight success. That may be true about me. Votes: 0

Everyone else trains just as hard as well and that there really is no such a thing as overnight success. Votes: 0

The people I know who have retired, so many of them lose interest and die; they just become nobodies overnight. Votes: 0

The idea that success can happen overnight is crippling the financial future of generations. You have to work for it. Votes: 0

What's great about bacteria is you have a surprise every day waiting for you because they're so fast, they grow overnight. Votes: 0

You cannot expect miracles to happen overnight, be patient, be loving and little by little the change you seek will come. Votes: 0

Dig into almost every overnight success story and you’ll find about a decade’s worth of hard work and perseverance. Votes: 0

It would be easier to pay off the national debt overnight than to neutralise the long-range effects of our national stupidity Votes: 0

Revolution like evolution does not come about overnight. Evolution delivers on its promises but revolution rarely delivers on what was promised. Votes: 0

As a boy, I used to marvel that the letters in a closed book did not get scrambled and lost overnight. Votes: 0

If the West believed in something, it would prevail overnight. The problem is you can't beat bad faith with no faith. Votes: 0

Almost overnight, Albert Pinkham had gone from being barely able to keep his head above water to walking on the stuff. Votes: 0

It's difficult to change overnight but if you are persistent and take one step at a time you will see results! Votes: 0

We don't become heroes overnight." - One step at a time, eventually discovering we have the strength to stare it down. Votes: 0

Healing is not an overnight process; it is a daily cleansing of pain, it is a daily healing of your life. Votes: 0

Given the nature of market, the chance of a crash is always greater than the chance of an overnight runaway euphoria. Votes: 0

Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it. Votes: 0

And, in nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I wasn't really going to be a star, and overnight I became a star. Votes: 0

Anyone who wants to sell you overnight success or wealth is not interested in your success; they are interested in your money. Votes: 0

I was 29 when I wrote my first novel. But I was 45 when I quit for good. I was a 16-year overnight success. Votes: 0

I don't like reading music. It's like learning a language. You can't read music proficiently overnight. It takes time, it's boring work. Votes: 0

Words had become overnight just little coins, insignificant and unfreighted, to be exchanged for ribbons, buttons, for an apple or an egg. Votes: 0

At 32, I kind of thought I was past the point where I was gonna get a break that really changed my life overnight. Votes: 0

I'm not an overnight sensation. I'm a Texan. And I'm a Texas success story. I am the epitome of hard work and optimism. Votes: 0

If you want success, you have to work hard at it and realize that it takes time; it doesn't come to you overnight. Votes: 0

Never give up; nothing is done overnight. Anyone who achieved anything in life always did it after many failures. Don't give up hope. Votes: 0

When you're used to being healthy and strong and vibrant and everything and then - bang - overnight you're desperately ill, it's frightening. Votes: 0

I knew it was unrealistic to think I could build an institution overnight. But if I took baby steps, eventually it would happen. Votes: 0

Timing is everything. It is not so much about who you know, especially now with the Internet, because anybody can become a superstar overnight. Votes: 0

All good qualities must be sown and cultivated. We can’t expect to change overnight from an ordinary person into one with high realizations. Votes: 0

PROMISING, VOWING...cannot earn us trust. Trust can't be generated overnight. No SHORT CUT! It takes DOING over a very long period of time. Votes: 0

Though your vulgarian does not readily admit that feelings can change overnight, certainly two lovers often part far more abruptly than they came together. Votes: 0

People, unless they are nilly-willy or very sick, cannot be taken into the hands and be changed overnight into somthing more worth-while and profitable. Votes: 0

Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedposts overnight. If your mother said don't chew it, do you swallow it in spite? Votes: 0

I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night. Votes: 0

The energy problems that we face today were built up over a long period of time and are not going to be solved overnight. Votes: 0

You know a guy a longtime, and I mean really know him, you don't get used to the idea that he's dead just overnight. Votes: 0

I felt that my views and philosophies had been changed overnight. The philosophies that i had gladly carved in stone, recited and danced upon. Votes: 0

Becoming a walking, dancing, fire-breathing lifestyle dragon is not something you can pursue overnight! It takes years of studying, living, and understanding the modern culture! Votes: 0

If all women on earth woke up tomorrow feeling truly positive and powerful in their own bodies, the economies of the globe would collapse overnight. Votes: 0

The Rough Riders brought honor to San Antonio by winning battles in Cuba throughout the summer of 1898, and Roosevelt became a Texas folk hero overnight. Votes: 0

The successful always has a number of projects planned, to which he looks forward. Anyone of them could change the course of his life overnight. Votes: 0

My overnight success was really 15 years in the making. I'd been writing songs since I was 6 and playing in bands and performing since I was 14. Votes: 0

I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight. Votes: 0

Getting our military back on stable footing won't happen overnight. We must start this process now, since future engagements are likely and allies are scarce. Votes: 0

It's always a good idea to chill your crab cake mixture for a few hours, or even overnight, before frying because they'll hold together better. Votes: 0

Pixar is seen by a lot of folks as an overnight success, but if you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time. Votes: 0

A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that. Votes: 0

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine. Ain't nowhere else in the world where you can go from driving a truck to cadillac overnight Votes: 0

I am fine with the fact that some of my hair is gray. If it was all gray overnight, that would be a scary thing. Votes: 0

Olympic Gold changed me and my life dramatically. I became a celebrity overnight and people see me as a famous skater, not a real person. Votes: 0

Im not someone whos ever said anything definitive about his work. In my life also I have very little fixed form. I can change overnight. Votes: 0

I know that big, important things don't just come together overnight, but I've been me for a long time now and it's still not working. Votes: 0

The man who wishes to bend me with his tale of woe must shed true tears - not tears that have been got ready overnight. Votes: 0

If you want to steal, steal a little in a nice way. But if you steal too much to become rich overnight, you'll be caught. Votes: 0

The Friday before winter break, my mom packed me an overnight bag and a few deadly weapons and took me to a new boarding school. Votes: 0

I'm not an overnight success. My early publishing history, through my first five books, was unfortunate in many respects, typified by a couple of short anecdotes. Votes: 0

Success doesn't happen overnight. It's the small successes achieved day by day that build a company. So, don't be impatient or focused on immediate financial rewards. Votes: 0

England that little gray island in the clouds where governments don't fall overnight and children don't sell themselves in the street and my money is safe. Votes: 0

A war in the Taiwan Strait would destroy China's international relations overnight. It would destroy Chinese - Japanese relations, not to mention Chinese - American relations. Votes: 0

Create your own path. Cultivate it. It'll take time. It doesn't happen overnight. I was an actor for many years before I got behind the camera. Votes: 0

Travelling so much, sometimes my luggage goes astray. But I can get the right stuff sent to me overnight by a special shipper. No big deal. Votes: 0

Christians in this country have found themselves under selective assault. God has, almost overnight, been removed from the educational, legal, and political institutions of the country. Votes: 0

Its assimilation requires the reconstruction of prior theory and re-evaluation of prior fact, an intrinsically revolutionary process that is seldom completed a single man and never overnight Votes: 0

If you're in business it's both a promise and a warning. It says that sometimes little things can cause some little guy to have an overnight success. Votes: 0

To change criminal justice policy in any meaningful way means to propose changing a very longstanding system. It's not realistic to think you can do it overnight. Votes: 0

It doesn't matter how many times you fail. You only have to be right once and then everyone can tell you that you are an overnight success. Votes: 0

I don't think you can work on feelings in politics, apart from anything else, political change can come very unexpectedly, sometimes overnight when you least expect it. Votes: 0

Southerners have been known to stay over the Fourth and not get home before Thanksgiving. Some oldtimers take in overnight guests and keep them through three generations. Votes: 0

Democracy is not an incident that happens overnight, nor a gift that America can give to the world. It is a culture which needs peace to evolve. Votes: 0

Good things take time, as they should. We shouldn't expect good things to happen overnight. Actually, getting something too easily or too soon can cheapen the outcome. Votes: 0

I've never been somebody who blew up overnight, I've never been somebody who everyone talked about all at once, but I've had this really cool slow build. Votes: 0

When a business becomes successful seemingly overnight, no one knows about all the months and years you've invested, all the projects you've tried before that didn't work. Votes: 0

This is why I can't be with Levi. Because I'm the kind of girl who fantasizes about being trapped in a library overnight-and Levi can't even read. Votes: 0

Aside from a very select few, there are no overnight success stories. Most of the time that single step took a thousand miles to get to it. Votes: 0

Most people were startled to find out there were books that preceded Game Of Thrones. I'm a case of working forty years to be an overnight success. Votes: 0

Most people who become suddenly famous overnight will find that they lose practically eighty percent of their friends. Your old friends just can't stand it for some reason. Votes: 0

There's no set time or schedule for developing one's skills as a professional golfer, and it certainly doesn't come overnight. It's a muscle-memory exercise that comes over time. Votes: 0

What I'm talking about is the order of deportation, the sequence of deportation. It is almost impossible to move 11 million illegal immigrants overnight. You do it in steps. Votes: 0

A person's faith can collapse almost overnight if she failed over the years to listen patiently to her own doubts, which should only be discarded after long reflection. Votes: 0

I tell young people all the time because they think I'm an overnight success I've been doing this for over 20 years! And that means inspiring and motivating people. Votes: 0

There is a difference between feeding someone and eating dinner with them. If every Christian at home just made room for the stranger we would end homelessness overnight. Votes: 0

No one has really heard my side of the story, the adventure we had together, the transformation that I had going from a schoolgirl to a woman overnight. Votes: 0

When I masturbate I fantasize about having my own apartment. I used to think about Cindy Crawford now I think about leaving a dish in the sink overnight. Votes: 0

Dr. Howard Archie had just come up from a game of pool with the Jewish clothier and two traveling men who happened to be staying overnight in Moonstone. Votes: 0

Of course, there will be few people who are sympathetic but you don't become a great team overnight, no matter how much money you have at your disposal. Votes: 0

I used to think the years would go by in order, that you get older one year at a time. But it's not like that. It happens overnight. Votes: 0

[On social change:] What I say is that if one country is annexed by another, its nationality is not changed overnight. Social processes are often very, very slow. Votes: 0

It's so funny looking back, but my so-called overnight success actually took 15 years. I remember when I didn't have any money, and my only car was mom's Hyundai. Votes: 0

When it happened to us and it was all gone overnight, we said, 'We are in this together, we are healthy, our children are healthy and we can work'. Votes: 0

I mean, I'm obviously not one of those people who's so beautiful women take their clothes off when I walk into the room. I didn't become a star overnight. Votes: 0

A player cannot become a world champion overnight. To become a champion, a player has to sacrifice a lot and to devote much of his time practising and training. Votes: 0

It was in a grim room on Eddy Street that I finally opened 'A Moveable Feast.' I read it all overnight. I read it again the next day. Votes: 0

New technologies such as solar systems or hybrid cars aren't created overnight. By extending these tax credits we are giving this industry time to grow, branch out and succeed. Votes: 0

The conflict between secular Zionism and the settler movement did not appear overnight following Israel's conquests in the 1967 war, for there was an argument that bridged the gap: security. Votes: 0

I know it sounds corny, but I'd love to improve people's lives, especially socially"¦ Making the world more open is not an overnight thing. It's a ten-to-fifteen-year thing. Votes: 0

Susan Boyle having a meltdown is not controversial. It's human for a 48-year-old recluse to get a little wigged out when she finds herself on the world stage overnight. Votes: 0

I think it doesn't happen overnight, that's for sure. As the first gold medalist since 1984, I think cycling needs to ride that wave right now, because people are excited. Votes: 0

Well, we're just now seeing the reductions in mortgage rates. The mortgage rates are based on the ten-year rate and the Fed controls the overnight or the shorter rates. Votes: 0

Substance abuse is a disease which doesn't go away overnight. I'm working hard to overcome it. I did fail my recent drug test. I'm prepared to face the consequences. Votes: 0

As a writer, I try to do different things, but I'm not going to become a darker artist or turn into Radiohead overnight. I don't think that's my style. Votes: 0

The process of nonviolence is one that takes time and those of us who've suffered, who've been persecuted over the years, would like to see things change, you know, overnight. Votes: 0

Perseverance has kept me going over the years. Things rarely happen overnight. Filmmakers should be prepared for many years of hard work. The sheer toil can be healthy and exhilarating. Votes: 0

Too often we forget that social and political movements don't happen overnight. They don't bring change immediately - you have to build a critical mass of understanding of the issues. Votes: 0

I have met guys who work the overnight shift at 7-11, selling Slurpees and Camels to insomniacs who have more introspection than a lot of people in the mainstream media. Votes: 0

True change doesn't happen overnight; it has to happen gradually. You first have to have a change of heart, then a change of mind, and then your actions will follow. Votes: 0

Almost overnight, white people have gone from being very powerful to potentially irrelevant. Their future in South Africa is not what many had envisaged, so it involves a lot of reinvention. Votes: 0

I don't think there's much difference between the two parties. I think whatever their constituents at the moment want, that's what they believe. If their constituents changed, they would change overnight. Votes: 0

Vaudeville was characterized by sunny optimism, acts that were uplifting, cheerful, and clean. It provided a fanciful, magical escape, but after Black Friday, the tone of American entertainment changed almost overnight. Votes: 0

I'm certainly not ready to go changing the world overnight right now. I'm completely uninformed about a lot of our issues, a lot of the nation's issues, not just Indigenous issues. Votes: 0

The instant you say All Quiet On The Western Front people remember that great 20th century classic book on war, a book about a school boy turned into a soldier overnight. Votes: 0

Their world has changed overnight ...Even after the trial, after the verdict -- whatever it might be -- life would never be the same again.That was the truth of murder. Votes: 0

There was just no way I could leave this little Martin guitar in my apartment overnight or even in the afternoon, and expect to find it there when I got back. Votes: 0

Pre-Internet, maybe it took six months for a fashion message to get across to a customer base. Fashion messages are now being sent out overnight, simultaneously, to every market in the world. Votes: 0

You just plant a few seeds, cultivate the shoots, and watch your career grow and branch out. It takes time and dedication. There are no overnight success stories in the music business! Votes: 0

I'm very impatient, so I was like, 'I want to be able to do whatever I want now.' But even the biggest stars - you look back and they weren't overnight. Votes: 0

Corporations hope that the right concept will turn things around overnight. This is what you might call the crash-diet approach: starve yourself for a few days and you'll be thin for life. Votes: 0

Towards the end of 2005, Ineos acquired Innovene, the petrochemicals arm of BP, for $9 billion. It quadrupled the size of Ineos overnight and brought with it some of the world's largest industrial sites. Votes: 0

Pot barley takes longer to cook than pearl, but an overnight soak in water will speed things along. It's a robust grain that, if overcooked, won't collapse but will become more tender. Votes: 0

It takes years to establish yourself, and then you have one big film and everyone calls you an overnight success. You think, 'Christ, I've been sweating and crying for seven years.'. Votes: 0

In business, you can have one massive success that earns $50 million overnight, and that's it. You're successful. End of story. But in the music business, you have to keep on doing it. Votes: 0

I know that success does not come at once, it is not a thing achieved overnight. It is the result of many, many, many years of working and trying to achieve goals. Votes: 0

4chan's culture is unique and spreads and draws people in like no other. It's also important to realize that 4chan wasn't some overnight success, and there was never 'hockey stick' - like growth. Votes: 0

Women in Jordan are participating in all aspects of civil as well as political life - as female judges, parliamentarians, businesswomen. And the evolution will continue. This is not something that happens overnight. Votes: 0

I've been playing music for over 20 years now. I started playing when I was 14 years old. To everyone who has said I was an overnight success... where have you been the last 20 years? Votes: 0

I don't expect an overnight change of all desktops to what the US Military used to call B3 level security. And even that would not stop users from shooting themselves into the foot. Votes: 0

There are people out there with three jobs and small children. Being an actor is a walk in the park compared to working as a cleaner overnight. I'm lucky I'm not plucking chickens. Votes: 0

During an early performance of 'Spamalot,' I left my regal gloves in the fridge to cool down and didn't remember them until I was on stage. They needed to be thawed overnight. Votes: 0

A loss never bothers me after I take it. I forget it overnight. But being wrong - not taking the loss - that is what does damage to the pocketbook and to the soul. Votes: 0

Strange? I don't think that word comes anywhere near it. My troops are on an overnight camp three hundred kilometres away from here. I had to sleep at the Santangelo penitentiary for pre-pubescent girls. Votes: 0

Some people think success is overnight. I suppose, considering I came from Australia, it has been pretty quick. But I have a background in stand-up and improv, so I've really had to prove myself. Votes: 0

But sports photography isn't something you just pick up overnight. You can't do it once a year for fun and expect to do a good job. And I take pride in what I do. Votes: 0

You wake up in the morning; what do you want to know? You want to know what happened overnight. You want to know if you're safe. You want to know if you're family's safe. Votes: 0

I was going to stay overnight at my friend's house - he said, "you'll have to sleep on the floor." Damn gravity! You don't know how bad I wanted to sleep on the wall. Votes: 0

A loss never bothers me after I take it. I forget it overnight. But being wrong - not taking the loss - that is what does damage to the pocketbook and to the soul. Votes: 0

Never give up. Just follow your dreams because this business can be so hard sometimes. It doesn't happen overnight where you get an audition or even a callback and get the role. It takes time. Votes: 0

There is no economy without airlines. Airfreight runs the world. There is no Honolulu without an airplane. This is a very complex system. If you take it down, you can't build it back up overnight. Votes: 0

There won't be some overnight miracle cure. But the measures I take will be sustainable. Our goal is to cease food imports within four years. This will create a minimum of 2 million jobs in agriculture. Votes: 0

Discover the time of day when you write best, and write then. For me it's about 7 am to noon. For other people it's overnight. Try not to do anything other than write between those times. Votes: 0

If we and the rest of the back-boned animals were to disappear overnight, the rest of the world would get on pretty well. But if the invertebrates were to disappear, the world's ecosystems would collapse Votes: 0

Don't expect fame to come overnight. That filtered through to me in my own career. Look at Madonna: she's not the best singer in the world, but she's got where she has through hard work. Votes: 0

Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in installments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success. Votes: 0

These days, with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move. Votes: 0

Dont expect fame to come overnight. That filtered through to me in my own career. Look at Madonna: shes not the best singer in the world, but shes got where she has through hard work. Votes: 0