Quotes About Ambition

When I got 'Stargate: Atlantis,' I said, 'Man, I'd love to be on HBO.'

I knew what I wanted to do when I was 13 and I had to go through four years of high school to get out. That's a blessing, because I never had to lay on my bed staring up at the ceiling going, 'What am I going to do with my life?'

I always knew I wanted to dance and when I was eight, I started ballet lessons at a church hall. They all wore pink ballet shoes but I wore green, as they were cheap, and I remember everyone staring at me.

Being humble got me very far when I went to L.A., because it was in stark contrast to this town of people who were so cutthroat.

I don't remember the decision to be an actor. It was just... a very stark interest.

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.

Oh, don't let's ask for the moon. We've already got the stars.

Reach for the stars.

I will do 'Dancing with the Stars' when my career dips.

No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.

Remember to reach for the stars, and they won't be able to resist flying into your hands!

Shoot for the moon - if you miss you'll end up in the stars.

We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.

I always have to dream up there against the stars. If I don't dream I will make it, I won't even get close.

I'm not a star, and I don't want to be a star. Stars fall. I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.

When I started my own business, my main reason for designing clothes was that I wanted to dress rock stars and the people who went to rock concerts. It didn't go beyond that aspiration at that point.

I mean astronomically, that one doesn't even make sense. Because if you shoot for the moon, you're not going to land on the stars. The moon is closer than all of the stars.

A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.

Prometheus is reaching out for the stars with an empty grin on his face.

Everyone is entitled to reach for the stars.

I think, in America, for a long time you had groups that wanted to be stars more than they wanted to make music.

I've been invited to do 'Dancing With the Stars' three times, but Lifetime said no.

Rather than spend millions getting film stars, I am quite happy to be brand ambassador myself.

The kids today all seem to think they should be stars, but I wasn't brought up that way.