Quotes About Ambition

that boy was ready for his life to come, he would undoubtedly be highly successful, the lying little prick.

You only had one shot. Why be a window-washer?

Two bulls fighting for the cow. And a bony one at that. But in America the loser oftentimes got the cow. Mother instinct? Better wallet? Longer dick? God knows what.…

But no, there weren't any maybes. Wealth meant victory and victory was the only reality.

I'm quitting. Quitting? Yes, you can't blame a man for wanting to better himself.

it's when you're on the row that you notice that everything is owned and that there are locks on everything this is the way a democracy works: you get what you can, try to keep that and add to it if possible

I drive toward it not wanting it getting it getting it as the cat stretches yawns and rolls over into another dream.

Creation is like anything else good: You have to wait on it; ambition has killed more Artists than indolence.

It's hell when you're too good to make money.

Unless the sun inside you is burning your gut, don't to it.

Manny, what are you doing working in auto parts?" "Resting.

If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is." –Paraphrased from Charles Bukowski's poem "Roll the Dice

it's the dream that keeps you going then and now.

I'm one of those who doesn't think there is much difference between an atomic scientist and a man who cleans the crappers except for the luck of the draw - parents with enough money to point you toward a more generous death. of course, some come through brilliantly, but there are thousands, millions of others, bottled up, kept from even the most minute chance to realize their potential.

I decided to put on my new suit and go out and find a woman, a beautiful one, of course, to support a man of my still-hidden talents.

I wanted the whole world or nothing.     6

If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.

Wealth meant victory and victory was the only reality. What

If you're going to try, go all the way.

listen, he said, you ever seen a bunch of crabs in a bucket? no, I told him. well, what happens is that now and then one crab will climb up on top of the others and begin to climb toward the top of the bucket, then, just as he's about to escape another crab grabs him and pulls him back down. really? I asked. really, he said, and this job is just like that, none of the others want anybody to get out of here. that's just the way it is

So many people are doomed by their ambition and their gathered intelligence, their bank account and savings and loan intelligence. If there is any secret to life, that secret is not to try. Let it come to you: women, dogs, death, and creation.

Any damn fool can beg up some kind of job; it takes a wise man to make it without working. Out here we call it 'hustling.' I'd like to be a good hustler.

I've watched snails climb over ten foot walls and vanish. you mustn't confuse this with ambition.

Por muy pequeño que sea un hombre, siempre descubrirá que puede serlo más.