Adjectives Quote by Clare Balding Download Open image “I think 'ambitious' is one of those adjectives used for women in a derogatory way.” — Clare Balding ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Adjectives Ambitious Derogatory Thinking Used Way
'Ambitious' is seen as a dirty word, especially when it comes to women. But what being ambitious actually means is to achieve distinction in… — Rachael Stirling Copy Share Image
I think that the word 'ambitious' is still used in a derogatory way when it comes to women, in a way that it's not when it comes to men. It's a generalisation because not everyone is like this, but I think there's almost a love-hate relationship going on with successful women, where you can be a little bit successful and… — Victoria Derbyshire Copy Share
“Professional ambition is expected of men but is optional—or worse, sometimes even a negative—for women. “She is very ambitious” is not a compliment in… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing. — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
There's a negative connotation to ambitious women, and I think that we should be able to be proud of being ambitious and not shy… — Tory Burch Copy Share Image
People say it's not ambitious, but it is actually quite ambitious wanting to help people. — Prince William Copy Share Image
I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting - whether it's old cars or taxidermy or knitting. — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
Not everyone has to have children. If everyone had two or three, we'd run out of room. — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
Particularly when you're young, you're terribly flattered by people who like you, so you think you love them. — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting - whether its old cars or taxidermy or knitting. — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
If you look back at British history, women being allowed to play sport in schools meant they had to change their clothing. They couldn't… — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
It had become boring to write: 'I like Clare Balding'. To say: 'I don't like Clare Balding' is much more newsworthy. — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
Dad is a really surprising guy. Every time I think he's going to be useless, he ends up doing something amazing and saying exactly… — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
I have never understood the clamour for waif-like women whose flesh acts merely as a thin veil for their bones - much as I… — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
To write or even speak English is not a science but an art. There are no reliable words… Whoever writes English is involved in… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Avoid the ecstatic adjectives that occupy such disproportionate space in every critic's quiver - words like "enthralling" and "luminous." — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
In the history of the concept of number has been adjective (three cows, three monads) and noun (three, pure and simple), and now ...… — Barry Mazur Copy Share Image
In my opinion, using different kinds of epithets and adjectives in connection with the word democracy is a sign of mere hypocrisy, to put… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
But what is memory if not the language of feeling, a dictionary of faces and days and smells which repeat themselves like the verbs… — Julio Cortazar Copy Share Image
I will give you my definition of a nation, and you can add the adjective 'Jewish.' A Nation is, in my mind, an historical… — Theodor Herzl Copy Share Image
The mind that thought of light, heavy, grey, yellow, still, swift, also conceived of magic that would make heavy things light and able to… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Whatever you want to say, there is only one word to express it, only one verb to give it movement, only one adjective to… — Guy de Maupassant Copy Share Image
I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English―it is the modern way… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Purity of action guided Janis's behavior. If she was going to be good, she was very, very good. If she was going to be… — Laura Joplin Copy Share Image
I have been called 'Bongshell' the day I stepped into showbiz. So, any adjective coming my way, I take it positively. Sometimes it's also… — Bipasha Basu Copy Share Image
