Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Stern

We are pleased to have these renowned franchises represent the NBA in the most ambitious international competition in league history.

Lydia Leonard

Anne Boleyn isn't a sympathetic character, but I like that she isn't a people pleaser. She's ambitious and manipulative, but she's honest. I'm biased, but I don't think a woman who has said 'no' to the King of England for six years would jump into bed with four of his best friends. She was a slick political mind.

Natalie Massenet

Ambition is important. Of course you can't get anywhere without talent, but there are a lot of talented people. To succeed, you have to be the most ambitious talented person.

Matthew Caws

When we were 14, it was Cost of Living. Then later, it was Because Because Because. That band was real ambitious and networking, looking for a deal. And that sucked, so we broke up. Nada Surf was formed for fun.

Rob Portman

To move Doha to a successful and ambitious conclusion, we must all make contributions that includes services, manufacturing, agriculture and other areas of the round. We need contributions from developed countries like the United States, but also developing countries. Every country must do its part.

Barbra Streisand

I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.

Sam Altman

Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.

Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford

It is a maxim in philosophy that ambitious men can be never good counselors to princes; the desire of having more is common to great lords, and a desire of rule a great cause of their ruin.

James Vincent McMorrow

I'm very ambitious, musically - I want to create great things, not mediocre work.

Bruce Sterling

It's going to be really interesting to see what the heroin market does in the next two years or so. One thing you can be pretty sure of. The Afghan peasants who grow poppies won't get rich. The money will end up in places like Dubai.

Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

One of the main characteristics that differentiates Dubai from other commercial centres is its openness to innovation and the freedoms it grants people and institutions to operate.

Neil Davidson

One transaction will catapult Dubai into the heavyweight league of port operators. There will never be an opportunity like this.

Ilie Nastase

I am thrilled at the prospect of being in Dubai after more than two decades,

Mark Mobius

I have just come back from Dubai and there is a lot of interest in India.

Ilie Nastase

I have been to Dubai more than 20 years back. It has been a while since I last visited the place,

Jakaya Kikwete

If we invest in logistic centers, improve on infrastructure and create a facilitative environment, we can easily turn Dar es Salaam into another Dubai of its kind.

Chantal Sutherland

I hope I'm one of many to come in the Dubai World Cup, and hope I see more women making it at this level. There are a lot of great female jockeys.

Scott Butler

Dubai is the victim of its own success.

Don MacDonald

When you, the consumer, look for a brand, you want it to simplify your purchase and come from someone you trust.

Susan Klein

Make sure when you purchase your ticket, you know what you're really getting.

Quintilian

A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.

Toshihiko Sakai

We see the trend of Treasury purchases continuing.

Rebecca Fuller

We purchased one lesson. And that's all he needed.

Janine Turner

The second purchase was my ranch, Mockingbird Hill. The third purchase was Longhorn cattle.

Brian Major

That's a big purchase for us. That's great.

John Andrews

I purchased it with the thought that what better place to have it than at the school.