Ambition Quote by Naomi Novik

That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of Nations is as shocking…

— Thomas Paine

The United States is the world's best hope, but if you fetter her in the interests and quarrels of other nations, if you tangle…

— Henry Cabot Lodge

That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of nations, is as shocking…

— Thomas Paine

“It is a tale that is told, from which we may draw the knowledge and comprehension needed for the future. The disproportion between the…

— Winston Churchill

Basically, what Economic Hit Men are trained to do is to build up the American empire. To create situations where as many resources as…

— John Perkins

When I first came to New York City, what I was thrilled about was not the Empire State Building, or the Statue of Liberty;…

— Dave Gibbons

The Romans have provided a lot of writers with a model for various interstellar empires, of course, and no wonder. The Roman Empire is…

— Ann Leckie

Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it's *because* they sat there that they were…

— Ryan Bingham

“When you fear nothing, you have nothing to fear”

— S.F. Chandler

“What really lies beneath our feet at each moment is not a usefulness, but an inaccessible netherworld that we can use because it is…

— Graham Harman

I don't want a trillion-dollar empire to run.

— John Malkovich

“I got tired of constantly watching shrewd little bullies like you walk around like you mean something, like you’re better than the people that…

— Christopher Rankin

My mind to me an empire is,While grace affordeth health.

— Edward Dyer

In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

We'd always come into Syracuse for the Empire State Games and the stair fair.

— Beau Biden