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ambition mind firsts
Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us to tower by reason of our blindness. Charles Caleb Colton
ambition errors suffering
The blindness of bigotry, the madness of ambition, and the miscalculations of diplomacy seek their victims principally amongst the innocent and the unoffending. The cottage is sure to suffer for every error of the court, the cabinet, or the camp. When error sits in the seat of power and of authority, and is generated in high places, it may be compared to that torrent which originates indeed in the mountain, but commits its devastation in the vale.
ambition son men
All who have been great and good without Christianity would have been much greater and better with it. If there be, amongst the sons of men, a single exception to this maxim, the divine Socrates may be allowed to put in the strongest claim. It was his high ambition to deserve, by deeds, not by creeds, an unrevealed heaven, and by works, not by faith, to enter an unpromised land.
ambition perception prudent
It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to where the fans wanted them to be. Alan Hansen
ambition want plus
We have our ambition for the future and God. And thus we put God as a plus sign after something else we want. Aiden Wilson Tozer
ambition goal quality
There seems to be a hypnotic quality to ambition and speed, so that you feel that you are standing still just because you want to go so fast. You might actually be getting close to your goal. Chogyam Trungpa
ambition successful men
You can have ambition But not too much You should aim to be successful But not too successful Otherwise you will threaten the man Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
ambition journey discovery
I always try to put myself in the way of surprise as much as possible. My ambition is to keep challenging myself. I like that journey of discovery. David Morrissey
ambition simple thinking
I have very simple ambitions. If I can just not be boring, I'm ahead of the game. It's hard in television. I think you get enormous reward from the audience. Just give them something they didn't see coming, and you get enormous points. David Nevins
artistic eyes gained people perk sort touchstone
When you tell people you're a playwright, their eyes sort of glaze over. But when you say you write the 'Fantastic Four' or 'Spider-Man,' they perk up. It's a touchstone that has gained more credibility as artistic expression. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
artistic
I'm an artistic person and a creator. I'm not a scientific. I'm not an engineer. Guy Laliberte
artistic-life artistic process
It is fatal to one's artistic life to talk about something this is in process. Denise Levertov
artistic reason
When you're playing festivals, you only get a half-hour. It's like a meat market. You don't get to be artistic. You don't get to play music. It's called a showcase for a reason. Cass McCombs
artistic charles comics visionary
We were always drawing comics as kids. My brother Charles made me draw comics. I was very much under his domination. He was actually a much stronger artistic visionary than I was. Robert Crumb
artistic enjoy extreme knowledge whether
Whether you have extreme artistic knowledge or not, it's going to be something that everyone can appreciate. Who can't enjoy pretty lights? Christine Burdick
artistic field name top
What he did in the artistic field is what a lot of Japan's top name manufacturers did in their field. James Bailey
artistic high kids percentage spanish
With the high percentage of Spanish speakers, we wanted these kids to have an artistic outlet, too.
artistic bit box children dealing drama family goal gore gotten happy hits husband individual marriage movies notes outside personal pollyanna terms time weather wife
With my goal to make a family drama and also my artistic aspirations of doing things which are a bit edgy, I've gotten a really happy marriage in 'The Weather Man', ... Gore went outside the box and did something personal and artistic, but at the same time it hits all the right notes in terms of children that may be going through a divorce, or a husband and wife dealing with it in a way that's not Pollyanna or saccharine or B.S. I haven't made that many movies like it. I know I've never made a movie as individual as 'The Weather Man' in dealing with family issues. Nicolas Cage
budget hearings thanks
We've actually started the budget hearings tonight, thanks to you folks,
budget cannot employees helping package percent
We started out with a package, ... Now we're down to 25 percent of our employees participating in that package. I just cannot get comfortable with 25 percent of the employees helping us with our budget problems. I like a package where everyone can contribute. Bob Woodruff
budget budgets feather increase reserves tight
(We're) in such a tight budget - like we have had every year, ... (If) you can increase reserves at all, it's a feather in your cap.
budgetary grasp run
We have to have a grasp of where we are from a budgetary standpoint. We have to have better accountability and we have to run it like a business. Eric Hyman
budgetary experience fulfilling people terms
In my experience, people are usually fired for reasons having to do with budgetary constraints, incompetence or not fulfilling the terms of a contract. Michael Shermer
budgets certainly comedies low
Most of my comedies were low on budgets - certainly by American standards. Norman Wisdom
budget controls
We're going to put some controls in during the budget process.
budget examined four increase issues kept last percent realized taxes ways
When we examined budget issues last year, we realized if we kept going the way we were going, we would have to increase taxes 28 percent over four years and we had to look at ways to compromise. Robert Morgan
budgets companies dedicated double fewer large regardless smaller
What makes it a problem, regardless of why, is that smaller companies are the ones who have fewer defenses in place. There are no large dedicated IT staffs in place, or large budgets for technology, so it's a double whammy.
chance community
We want to take it to a community and give everyone a chance to come on board.
chance halfway chances-are
If you hear something you like, and you're halfway like the public, chances are they'll like it too. Chet Atkins
chance take-a-chance ifs
If you don't take a chance-you won't have a chance. Cale Yarborough
chance fun great looking riding role time
It was a fun film. I had a great time doing it. I was looking for a role just like that for my first movie role. I didn't want to have a starring role, because I wanted a chance to learn. I didn't want the whole thing riding on me. Luke Perry
chance form impossible lost seems time tried
Every time I start a new novel, it seems like an impossible undertaking. If I tried to do too much too quickly, I would get lost and feel overwhelmed. I have to go slow, and give things a chance to take form and grow. Louis Sachar
chances division everybody improving looking ownership teams throughout tries
The one thing we have in our division is everybody tries to get better. We've got ownership throughout the division where teams are looking to improve. . . . If you're not improving in our division, chances are you're not going to win. Mike Shanahan
chance digital global outlets physical power retail
The power of digital distribution over physical retail outlets is you have a chance to create a global audience. Chad Hurley
chance class difficult drop good kids potential school success teaching
The potential right now for success at that school is very, very high. Of the 30 kids in my class, about 10 are Hispanic. It's very difficult for me to look at those kids that I'm teaching now and know that statistically there's a good chance some of them will drop out of school.
chances enhance means necessary panic paris performance
The performance in Paris was unacceptable. We will do what is necessary to enhance our chances of doing well in the World Cup. If that means making changes, so be it, but we are not going into panic mode.
continuity
It was all recorded and mixed and there's more continuity in it more direction. Dave Edmunds
continuity last point
We are a little more comfortable and have a little more continuity than we did at this point last season. Jamey Wright
continuity core enjoyed exciting expect half improvement last players processes seasons second success team year
With these young players and the different paces of their maturation processes and with the success we enjoyed in the second half last season, anything can happen. I think there will be improvement over last year and that this will be a very exciting team to watch; the core of that team we expect to have significant continuity for seasons to come.
continuity game guys improve offensive won
We won the game - and we can improve on it. Continuity is so important on the offensive line. These guys are going to keep getting better.
continuity everybody healthy kids looking
We're looking to get healthy and get all of our kids back. We want to get our continuity going and to do that we need to get everybody back.
continuity imperative retain
We still had a long way to go and it was imperative to retain continuity in our efforts,
continuity fight injury practice trying
We are just trying to fight through some things injury wise. We're just trying to get some continuity in practice.
continuity encourage represent society stability standing tradition
I want to be a traditional king first and foremost, building on the tradition of my predecessors standing for continuity and stability in this country, but also a 21st-century king who can unite, represent and encourage society.
continuity dignity gives holds human memory past together
Memory holds together past and present, gives continuity and dignity to human life... the companion... the tutor, the poet, the library, with which you travel.
directors guts asks
The directors you trust the most are the ones, when you ask them a question, they've got the guts to say, 'I don't know.' Alan Rickman
directors notches top-notch
Really top-notch directors, I've often worked with them just to see how they work. Alan Alda
directors
Directors have to push me. I have to be pushed up. Not all the time, but often. Catherine Deneuve
director rather
To me, the director is the most important, rather than the story. Ludivine Sagnier
directors great looking opportunity variety work
What I'm looking for is the variety of choices and the opportunity to work with great directors - that's what I'm looking for.
directors disc great looking near next program radio students toward union
We are looking toward students being disc jockeys and program directors in the near future. Who knows, the next great radio personality could come from Union County.
director executive hiring increasing people producer simple somebody television women
As somebody who has been an executive producer on a television series, I can tell you that increasing director diversity is as simple as hiring more women and more people of color.
director hiring shot somebody took
Like any director working today, I started out when somebody took a shot at hiring me. It's how we all start out - male, female, white or minority.
director favorites films john left movies work
My all-time favorites that I always go back to are films by the director John Cassavetes. The movies he made, the work he left behind, have been a big influence for my work.
expectations ugly helping
Moths, and all sorts of ugly creatures, hover about a lighted candle. Can the candle help it? Charles Dickens
expectations shining quality
Shining outward qualities, although they may excite first-rate expectations, are not unusually found to be the companions of second-rate abilities.
expectations done defying
I am hellbent on defying your expectations, at every turn, and even if you don't like what's being done, I dare you to find it uninteresting.
expectations sacred looks
With a sacred expectation, I look for God in ALL of the circumstances of my day.
expectations goodness
Always God’s goodness is the ground of our expectation.
expectations firsts novel
If you read the novel, you have expectations. And, if you've seen something first, it's just hard to do. Chloe Grace Moretz
expectations being-the-best lows
If your expectations aren't to be the best, then... you know, nobody rises to low expectations. Chip Kelly
expectations assumption
All work flows from some underlying assumptions, and the content of that faith can dramatically change our expectations for our work. David Kim
expectations people trying
When you're young, you try to meet that expectation that people have of you. It can be very stressful. But with time it's become less of problem.
fired funny stuff talk
It's funny, when you become an actor and you're successful, they don't want to talk about acting any more. 'Hey let's talk about that stuff you were fired from.' Nicholas Brendon
fired reason south
We're going to South Beach. It's on TNT. It's 8 o'clock. We'll be fired up. There's no reason we shouldn't play with intensity. LeBron James
fired fun gear hard strong
We're going to gear up and make our lineup as strong as possible. It's always been a fun thing. It's more fun if you win, obviously. We know we're going to have some strong competition. It's always been a fun thing for us. We're going to get fired up for it and go as hard as we can.
fired gets order top
What he does when he gets fired at the top of the order is very destructive and that is something he had done successfully in the past. Rahul Dravid
fired rocket ucla
We're fine, but we did not play well (at UCLA and USC). It's early; we know what we didn't do. It's not rocket science. We'll be pretty fired up.
fired group guys hard last tremendous
We're fired up. There's no doubt. We know how hard it was to get there last year, and to be able to back it up is just a tremendous accomplishment for the group of guys on this team.
fired next
We're fired up but the next game's only going to be harder.
fired picking
We're fired up about it. It's really picking up now. Scott McKenzie
fired guy hit pulled round trigger
Ultimately, I'm the guy who pulled the trigger that fired the round that hit Harry. Dick Cheney
given no-hope pledge
God has given no pledge which He will not redeem, and encouraged no hope which He will not fulfill. Charles Spurgeon
given guy guys perception
The perception now is that (Woods) is still the guy to beat. But I don't think guys think it's a given that he's going to win. Lee Janzen
given park rules
We've already given them an extension. It's really simple: The rules of the park have to be followed.
given life lived name people talk tony
I hate it when people talk about Tony Curtis and say: 'His real name was Bernie Schwartz... ' That was just the name that he was given at birth. It's not the person he lived his life with, and became. Nicolas Roeg
given movies sad
A lot of my movies have come to be thought about only years after the fact, and I'm sad about that but also happy about it in a way, as it's given them longevity.
given relevant considering
I have given up considering happiness as relevant. Edward Gorey
given hoard wealth
Wealth that you hoard is not yours; wealth that you have given is really yours. Sathya Baba
given heck love sharks shocked
What the Sharks did, it shocked the heck out of me. We've always been rivals, but I think they know how much I love this game, and how much I've given to it. Luc Robitaille
given
We have assumed control where once we worked with what we were given. Bill McKibben
likely rockets solid violent whether
Whether solid rockets are more or less likely to fail than liquid-fuel rockets is debatable. More serious, though, is that when they do fail, it's usually violent and spectacular. Henry Spencer
likely puts september window
We're going to have to make some modifications to the tank, so that probably puts the September (launch) window into a not very likely possibility.
likely understanding
We're more likely to be understanding than to be judgmental. David Carr
likely meaning ourselves setting tie
When our purpose is external, we may never find it. If we tie our purpose or meaning to our vocation, goal or an activity, we're more than likely setting ourselves up for suffering down the line. Kris Carr
likely volume
I'm working on something that's not yet novel-shaped but is something of a film-noir-flavored 'Alice in Wonderland.' It will also very likely be a single volume story and not the start of a series. Erin Morgenstern
likely normally problem
Least likely normally to have a problem is the kicker. Dick Vermeil
likely multiple parties
Settlement talks, if any, will likely be very complex, with multiple parties involved. Henry Blodget
likely problem
The overcrowding problem is likely to get worse.
likely overall remain sales somewhat total
The overall total of nominal sales is likely to remain somewhat weak.
nice lying thinking
You can act truthfully or you can lie. You can reveal things about yourself or you can hide. Therefore, the audience recognizes something about themselves or they don't -- You hope they don't leave the theatre thinking that was nice...now where's the cab?'
nice being-nice sometimes
Sometimes doing the forbidden can be nice. Alain Robert
nice character play
I don't really worry about the size of the part much any more. It's nice to have more time to work on the character, and to have big scenes to play. But if there's something playable there, and if it's interesting to do, then that's nice.
nice nasty
Be as nice as possible and as nasty as necessary. Al Neuharth
nice very-nice
I'm the best there is at what I do but what I do best isn't very nice Chris Claremont
nice thinking careers
I am aware that I have been incredibly fortunate in my life to work with the people that I have worked with and pursue the projects that I have been able to do. There are so many films that I have done that I really, as a film person, as a film fan, that I like. And that is a nice place to think of a career in. Chiwetel Ejiofor
nice believe way
I don't believe that jazz will ever really die. It's a nice way to express yourself. Chet Baker
nice past guy
Recently I've been looking for something new. The past few projects I've worked on, I keep getting cast as the asshole. I promise I'm a nice guy and not the asshole that everyone keeps seeing. Dave Franco
nice thinking challenges
I think I'm a very very nice director. Very supportive, very nurturing. I definitely try to challenge my actors but I think I'm very supportive. David Schwimmer
opportunity deuces letters
Then idiots talk....of Energy. If there is a word in the dictionary under any letter from A to Z that I abominate, it is energy. It is such a conventional superstition, such parrot gabble! What the deuce!....But show me a good opportunity, show me something really worth being energetic about, and I'll show you energy.
opportunity men often-is
Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy.
opportunity female lovers
Fortune, like other females, prefers a lover to a master, and submits with impatience to control; but he that wooes her with opportunity and importunity will seldom court her in vain.
opportunity mind glory
The road to glory would cease to be arduous if it were trite and trodden; and great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities but to make them.
opportunity extremity
Our extremities are God's opportunities.
opportunity honor denial
When facing the apparent denial of my request, God gave me the opportunity to honor him by trusting His Word.
opportunity library today
I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for the opportunities the library gave me. Alan Moore
opportunity voice people
It does not do to rely too much on silent majorities, Evey, for silence is a fragile thing, one loud noise, and its gone. But the people are so cowed and disorganised. A few might take the opportunity to protest, but it'll just be a voice crying in the wilderness. Noise is relative to the silence preceding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap. Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations, Evey and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.
opportunity giving people
I want to be able to open up the really good treasures of the Church and Christianity to people, and that's not going to be achieved by shouting at them to convert or they'll go to hell. It's about giving them an opportunity to reimagine Christianity. Alan Green
pursue trying
I'm undeniably very nerdy, but I'm trying to recognize and pursue more masculine pursuits. Thomas Middleditch
pursue
I think it's just really important for youth today to have a passion and pursue something seriously. Kerri Strug
pursue
I loved being on stage, but I told myself that if I didn't get into RADA, I wouldn't pursue an acting career. I did get in, though, and that was that. Oona Chaplin
pursue pursued takes
I like the quiet it takes to pursue an idea the way I pursued 'Hamilton,' but I couldn't write a book, because there's no applause at the end of writing a book. Lin-Manuel Miranda
pursue pushed realised towards
I wanted to be a pilot, but I was always drawing bodies. When I realised I wanted to pursue something creative, my parents pushed me towards architecture. Hussein Chalayan
pursue rub shoulders similar wish
If we wish to rub shoulders with them, then we have to pursue a similar strategy.
pursue typical
There's not really a choice about, am I going to pursue a typical career? Because I'm not the typical standard, so that's not even an option. America Ferrera
pursue
We've got to find a way to pursue the ball.
pursue receive run threat
We often receive threat information. We run it out. We pursue it.
regularly solid
She does that regularly ---- she's just a solid player. She is just great. She is just all over, a well-rounded leader.
regularly talking
We've been talking pretty regularly through all this.
regularly russian services united
The United States and Russian security services regularly exchange information. Vladimir Putin
regularly seeks simply target treated
Target and Wal-Mart simply aren't on the same scale. Wal-Mart regularly seeks to be treated differently.
regularly wear
With any tween, you have issues, from what they are going to wear to school, to how do you get them to speak politely, to how regularly they lose their contact lenses. Marcia Gay Harden
sometimes failing should
Do what is beyond your strength even should you fail sometimes. Charles Stewart Parnell
sometimes enjoy my-own
I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes. Dave Chappelle
sometimes humans persons
You're not a bad person. But you sometimes do bad things. You know what that makes you? Human. David D. Burns
sometimes wonder sometimes-i-wonder
Sometimes, I wonder what I'm doing here. Cesar Romero
sometimes said shows
I didn’t just show up for work, as has sometimes been said. I also showed up to work. Cal Ripken, Jr.
sometimes coastal
I live a bi-coastal and sometimes tri-coastal life. Bryan Batt
sometimes readership seems
I'm sometimes sort of in touch with the readership, and they seem to have perceptive questions, for the most part. Bryan Lee O'Malley
sometimes splendid wells
Well, very splendid and very frightening. But splendid things are often frightening. Sometimes, it's the fright that makes them splendid at all. Catherynne M. Valente
sometimes figures easier
Sometimes it's easier to understand things than it is to figure them out Casey Stengel