You see, my ambition was not to confound the engineering world but simply to create a beautiful piece of art. — Kit Williams Copy Share Image
My ambition is to go back to Spurs and Rangers in some capacity and give something back that they gave to me. — Graham Roberts Copy Share Image
I want to be anonymous . . . my ambition is to be completely forgotten, — Bob Kaufman Copy Share Image
I should have been smart enough to stay happy. But my ambition ruled my life. — Eva Gabor Copy Share Image
My ambitions were already very clearly fixed by the time I was 6 or 7. — Joshua Lederberg Copy Share Image
It is my ambition to be, as a private individual, abolished and voided from history, leaving it markless. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
My ambition didn't grow out of nowhere. It was planted in me by a community that nurtured me. — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I had a family, I had children, I got married. My ambition changed. — Penelope Ann Miller Copy Share Image
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself, and a mean man, by one lower… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I live now in solitude and am able to use my time reflecting on the past and preparing for death. I cannot… — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share Image
I knew I had to take my ambition more seriously, so I enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago. Then, in the… — Claes Oldenburg Copy Share Image
I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
This fulfils my ambition. I still have my father's robe as Chancellor. I shall be proud to serve you in this splendid… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
My ambition is to further create a signature sound, a signature spirit, that makes some kind of contribution to music in general. — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
They [i.e. ambitious men] may not cease, but as a dog in a wheel, a bird in a cage, or a squirrel… — Robert Burton Copy Share Image
My ambition was to become the best climber and I never did. I think that goal was a wrong goal. A better… — Royal Robbins Copy Share Image
I was never appalled by myself. I felt a little bit uneasy about certain things. But honestly I've learned to love myself… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
On my tenth birthday a bicycle and an atlas coincided as gifts, and a few days later I decided to cycle to… — Dervla Murphy Copy Share Image
There is still a fundamental misunderstanding, when it comes to observing that when someone is black and someone is white, then that… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
My most important inspirational job that I do is raising those kids. That's my job. And that's where my ambition goes. But… — Pat Benatar Copy Share Image
The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That’s because we typically begin at the wrong… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
I don't want to be poor. I don't want to be rich to the extent that all I care about is keeping… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed; you must have a larger ambition. There is… — John D. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
When I was doing Shakespeare and I had spent a lot of time and effort in trying to become a great Shakespearean… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
I never had the idea of moving to Paris and becoming something. I liked the idea of living in Paris because it… — Rosecrans Baldwin Copy Share Image
I've always believed that poetry must speak of realities as least as complicated as those spoken of in prose. I've read books… — Lawrence Joseph Copy Share Image
I've been looking for ways to audition more, because it also keeps me sharp and keeps my ambition at its firm edge.… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
So in the end, was it worth it? Jesus Christ. How irreparably changed my life has become. It's always the last day… — George Jung Copy Share Image
I am trying so very hard to stay in the moment despite the ferocity of my ambition. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims. — Taiye Selasi Copy Share Image
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