Quotes About Ambition

I love standing on the pitch too much to focus on anything else - if I want to be a coach or something.

I don't stand in anybody else's way of accomplishing their dreams, and I don't like people standing in my way, either. That seems like a hostile thing to do.

Frankly, if 'American Idol' was the way I'd have to audition as a singer, I'd be standing behind the counter in a 5&10 right now. I couldn't have done it that way.

I cannot take away the fact I am a small-town boy from India, from a lower-middle class family, and was actually standing in front of De Niro - not on an equal level, but as an actor, on the same pedestal.

Since I was a child, everyone would ask me what I wanted to do when I grew up. Was I going to be a designer? It's as if there was a path drawn for me, and I could see, from where I was standing, exactly where it ended.

Everything in life is about standing up and making the most of your opportunities.

From a purely craft standpoint, a simple character has a single motivation, while complex characters have two or three or more motivations, at least one of which is in direct conflict with another.

The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

America stands for the land of opportunity.

The NFL stands for 'Not For Long,' so you gotta get it while it lasts.

Educating bold and ambitious children from cradle to career stands as a clear and foundational goal for Georgia.

Only one champion stands at the end of the year, so just making the playoffs isn't enough.

I ask myself where Germany stands today and where it wants to go.

The thing that really stands out is that my parents taught me right from the start, if you want something in life, you need to work for it.

After 'A Love Extreme,' I thought I must do something that stands up to that - at least. I can't top it. You should never attempt to top something that is magical, because that's just bad magic.

I am no longer 20 or 21 years old, so I cannot afford to sit around waiting for my chance. I am 29 years old, and I want to play, play, and play. I am not crazy; I don't want to sit in the stands.

With Houston, the H stands for 'hustle.' There's a billboard that says, 'Houston, hustle, heart, and home.' That encompasses Houston.

Everyone needs an objective, and everyone needs a goal, and it was frustrating just kind of being at a standstill.

If it were just a dream to be famous, then I probably would have died a really quick death, because there is nothing about me that equals fame. I'm not a standup comedian. I don't sing.

You reach a point when you say to yourself, 'Do I want to keep doing this?' There are other things on my plate I want to do - I've been writing a play; I've been neglecting my standup.

When I quit my internship and started doing standup to pursue my dreams and do that full time - I feel like that's when I 'Americaned.'

People see me on the 'Daily Show' or 'About a Boy'. But the reality is that I only got into this business to do standup comedy.

I wanted to do comedy, but I didn't grow up wanting to be a standup.

I got into standup because I wanted to be an actor, and then I ended up loving standup for the next eleven years.