Quotes About Ambition

My dream was to work for one of the big electronics companies like Sony or Panasonic.

I got a record deal with Sony, and I really just put acting aside. But it's a love.

I couldn't have cared less about Gucci when I first went there - but soon after I arrived, I cared a lot.

I soon found law school an unmitigated bore.

Soon, I will be 'King of all Hollywoodland.'

If you want to fight in the UFC, you've got to realize that you are just an elephant in the circus. As soon as you ask for more peanuts, you have to go find a different circus.

I'm continuing to produce and will start a new record soon, as well.

I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That's my fatal, absurd nature. Human beings are slaves to our dreams, and I am, too. Now I think I just want to share my musical proposal in its entire form.

I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out.

I haven't accomplished everything that I want to yet in my career, that's why I'm still playing. I just know that I still have something left inside of me to accomplish, and I don't know exactly what that is. Hopefully, I'll know one day soon.

I dreamed of having big moments and having a big role. That obviously came a lot sooner than I thought.

The entire time I was modeling, I was trying and failing at businesses. In fact, we would have started our business much sooner had I been more successful.

Without a doubt, absolutely, a woman will be a president, and probably sooner rather than later. I am excited about that, and if what I did serves as a steppingstone for another woman down the course, I am very grateful to have had that chance.

Professional societies are sooner or later fractured by the ego of their leaders. Everyone wants to be president, chairman, CEO; no one wants to be a mere follower.

Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win.

All I want is to win matches, and the ranking sooner or later will come.

It doesn't matter how much it's going to cost me, what I have to do, sooner or later, anyway, I'm going to have what I want.

Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that.

You know, I've certainly gone through periods, once I got into this business, where I tried to adopt maybe a more sophisticated style, 'cause they give you all these free clothes.

Most small business owners are not particularly sophisticated business people. That's not a criticism; they're passionate about cutting hair or cooking food, and that's why they got in the business, not because they have an MBA.

I aspired to be extremely sophisticated.

When I started working on my sophomore album, I'd seen more.

I used to sit in bed at night and flip through design-school catalogs. I found out that Parsons accepted a small number of high school juniors, so I applied my sophomore year and got in.

I would say that the pivotal moment in singing for me was my sophomore year in high school, 'cause I always loved music but, even going into high school, I didn't know I wanted to make this my career.