A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
-- David Brinkley, (Jul 10 1920-2003), US broadcast journalist; He co-anchored, with Chet Huntley, 1958-70; Hosted This Week, 1981-1996.