Quotes About Ambition

James and John wanted the glory, but not the cup of shame; the crown, but not the cross; the role of master, but not servant.

What she wanted was really two things: to be elsewhere, and to be somebody else. Or at least a version of herself that had made better decisions, that had thought more clearly.

What's the point of playing if winning isn't the goal?

Just Roarke, as far as I know. Big money there. Kind of guy that touches shit and turns it into gold bricks. You've got to start reading more than the sports page, Dallas.

When you don't know what you can have, you do okay with what you've got.

The frustration he felt was only with himself, for being so impossibly driven he might, at any moment, beg.

She used her master to gain access to the dumpy three-story walk-up, ignored the rickety elevator, and took the stairs to the top floor.

The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion. —TACITUS

she approached

Maybe it's all they were after, but gamblers gamble. It worked, as far as they're concerned.

And I want a mansion in Connecticut with a pool boy named Steve.

Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything. PUBLILIUS SYRUS Money

to forging her career. She'd just landed a part in an

I remember asking John, after Dusklands, what new project he had on the go. His answer was vague. 'There is always something or the other I am working on', he said. 'If I yield to the seduction of not working, what would I do with myself? What would there be to live for? I would have to shoot myself.

Empire dooms itself to live in history and plot against history. One thought alone preoccupies the submerged mind of Empire: how not to end, how not to die, how to prolong its era. By day it pursues its enemies. It is cunning and ruthless, it sends its bloodhounds everywhere. By night it feeds on images of disaster: the sack of cities, the rape of populations, pyramids of bones, acers of desolation.

Las que no son números. Las que son números brillan. Las oscuras quieren ser números pero no pueden. Andan como hormigas por todo el cielo, pero no podemos verlas porque son oscuras. ¿Puedo ir ahora?

Be a main character, otherwise what is life for?

Knock her dead, my man. Oh no. Xcor shook his head.That shan't be necessary. This one I like.

Indeed, Xcor stayed away for the wrong reason, the bad reason, an unacceptable reason—in spite of all his training, he found himself choosing Throe's life over ambition: His anger had taken him in one direction, but his regret had led him in another. And the latter one was what won out.

Don't you want to find out who else you are—other than a receptionist? She frowned. There is honor in all works. And maybe there is greatness waiting for you—if you only get back up on your feet and keep going.

Was going to pitch it to VH1. Two Bites Are Better Than One. We were going to make millions.

your quest?" Darius stepped inside. "I should

Let's try Your Excellency." Layla

Be bolder. Think bigger. Come on, there has to be somewhere exciting. The Taj Mahal, Paris—" "We can't go to Paris." "Says who?" "Ahh . . ." "Never met Ahhh, don't know him, don't care how big he is—if he's standing in our way? I'ma murder the son of a bitch." "You are so adorable.