Quotes About Ambition

To be considered for the hottest breakthrough MC of 2011, it's obviously an honor, but I want to be the hottest.

I was a huge David Letterman fan, even going back to when he was on NBC. My parents would only let me watch a half hour of television a day, so I would record Letterman the night before and then watch it when I came home from school. That's what made me want to do a T.V. show.

I'm gonna direct, like, a real movie. At least an hour and some change.

I never wanted to get paid by the hour. If I was going to do more work than another guy, I wanted to get paid more.

There just aren't enough hours in the day; I've got a lot of things that I want to do, and those that I can do, I'm going to make sure that I do do!

Success doesn't find you when you're alone in your house.

I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out.

I love watching 'House of Cards.'

We don't have a problem killing off characters on 'House of Cards.'

'House of Cards' is aiming for truth, not accuracy.

Sometimes it feels like I've been in the business forever, but then other times, it feels like kind of a flash. Growing up, all I wanted to do was sing. All I wanted to do was get on a bus and ride around the country and sing for people and be a household name.

We were in an atmosphere in the household that you could accomplish anything you set your mind to. If you were willing to put in the hard work, nothing was beyond your grasp.

You're gonna see me on your TV. You're gonna see me everywhere. I'm gonna be a common household name. Smokepurpp, Lil Purpp. Remember the name.

It was a competitive household. If I wanted to win at something, I had to work for it. It made me understand I could do anything I put my mind to.

A lot of women feel like they put their ambitions on hold sometimes because they do hold down the household and that's something that has to change.

I want to show people that I can be a household name.

If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards.

When I made my Broadway debut, I was still cleaning houses, something I'd done since I went out on my own at 15.

I got a bit enamoured with bigger houses and things like that.

I'll always build houses.

There are a lot of people who go to Washington or go to their state houses with a personal ambition in mind.

I've got four houses in my street. I live in two, and the others are empty. I'll buy more as they come up, because I think it would be great to have the entire street.

I worked 10 hours a day with my father, having no money in our life from the age of eight to 15. We were driving a $500 car to now having millions and earning millions at 24, having houses all over the world.

I always wanted to do good work, but not in order to buy big houses and big cars. I just wanted to be 'alright', to have enough money to be able to live on, to go to the cinema when I wanted to, and buy the books I wanted to read.