Famous Quotes & Sayings

As an actor, the ambition is to play interesting characters. And in the indie genre world, the budgets are low. That allows me, as an actor, not to have a financial value behind my name, to justify me being in these bigger parts for these types of movies.

Francis Bacon

As in nature, things move violently to their place and calmly in their place, so virtue in ambition is violent, in authority settled and calm.

Stuart Pearce

We had a few good runs with Forest. It was a burning ambition of mine to be the captain who said to Brian Clough 'here is the FA Cup'. Unfortunately, we didn't quite manage it.

Jeremy Northam

I've never had an ambition to make that a part of my professional or personal life - I've done an awful lot of it, mainly in the States.

Rob Lowe

Things that I consider bad qualities, I always try and figure out where they are coming from. I don't consider ambition to be a bad one. It's served me very well in my life. Very well.

Celso Amorim

The worst possible scenario would be to lower the ambition and try to do something on the cheap side. If you don't have an appropriate result now, we'll have to wait another 20 years to have real reform in agriculture.

The title has been our ambition since day one and now we have to go out and clinch it. Then I will celebrate properly.

Glenn Hoddle

We have to draw a line under the game. We have got 16 games to go and we have to concentrate on what was always our main ambition this season, getting promoted.

Celso Amorim

We will not lower the level of ambition of the round. If necessary we may lower the level of expectation for Hong Kong,

We continue with our stated ambition for sustainable growth as we seek to expand the business by organic means, through joint ventures, and by acquisition,

Alfred Sloan

In any organization men would move up from the bottom to the top. That develops loyalty, ambition and talent, because there is a chance for promotion.

O. Henry

It's important that Arsenal has the same sporting ambition as me. Deep down I would love to win the Champions League.

Abraham Lincoln

These office-seekers are a curse to the country; no sooner was my election certain, than I became the prey of hundreds of hungry persistent applicants for office, whose highest ambition is to feed at the Government's crib

Johnny Depp

For me, ambition has become a dirty word. I prefer hunger. To be hungry-great. To have hopes, dreams-great.

I made a mistake and I'm grateful for the second chance. I'm humbled about what I did. Selfishness and ambition played a large role in what I did.

Bill Robinson

It's something we need to pass on. I have to thank my God for giving me the talent and ambition to pursue (it). I thank everyone that's been involved over the years.

Angel Cabrera

I played very well today - I made every putt. My ambition is to finish the year in the top 10. To do that, I will have to win another tournament this year, maybe here.

Angel Cabrera

I played very well today I made every putt, ... My ambition is to finish the year in the top 10. To do that, I will have to win another tournament this year, maybe here.

Angel Cabrera

I played very well today - I made every putt, ... My ambition is to finish the year in the top 10. To do that, I will have to win another tournament this year, maybe here.

In every city in America there are men who express their ambition and their personality in the way they dress every morning, ... Right now, men in the U.S. are showing more originality in personal style than ever before.

Candace Bushnell

Grace was one of those types who never changed but only aged and had no apparent expectations or ambitions other than the wish that her life should remain the same.

James Ellis

To the lazy man the world appears bereft of all blessings; if poor, he has no friends; if rich, he has no ambition; he aims at nothing, and generally hits his mark.

Ethan Coen

Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come together at different points for fortuitous reasons. You do them as you get the opportunity, as opposed to doing them when you choose to or design to.

Eva Green

I'd rather be thought as an international actress rather than a French one. Because I don't know what's coming up for me, my ambition is not to be typecast. So I'm working on my English accent, as well as my American one. I don't want to be like 'Okay, I'm French, and I want to succeed in Hollywood!'

Jenny Offill

Some women make it look so easy, the way they cast ambition off like an expensive coat that no longer fits.

Jenny Holzer

A sense of duty imprisons you.

Harry Styles

I find ambition really attractive too - if someone's good at something they love doing. I want someone who is driven.

Frank Herbert

Ambitions tend to remain undisturbed by realities.

Hakeem Olajuwon

It's not up to anyone else to make me give my best.

Ha-Joon Chang

Rational thinking is an important aspect of human nature, but we have imagination, we have ambition, we have irrational fear, we are swayed by other people, we get indoctrinated and we get influenced by advertising.

Graham Roberts

My ambition is to go back to Spurs and Rangers in some capacity and give something back that they gave to me.

Graham Taylor

The ambition of an England manager should be to become England manager

Jim Butcher

Isana laughed. "And you, lady? Are you a woman of conscience or of ambition?" The lady smiled. "That's a question rarely asked here at court." "And why is that?" "Because a woman of conscience would tell you that she is a person of conscience. A woman of ambition would tell you that she is a person of conscience—only much more convincingly.