Quotes About Ambition

I thought I was going to grow up and become a diplomat and negotiate nuclear arms.

If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world.

Look out for Number One. If you don't, no one else will.

What I want is to be number one.

No shade to the other artists in Chicago... but if you got confidence in yourself and you know you're Number One, say it.

I had lost my way for some time, so I need to do things that I am happy with. It's not about being the number one heroine or money. It's about doing roles that I enjoy. My biggest ambition is happiness.

There is no doubt in my mind who is number one - I have always been number one.

I want to be the number one songwriter-producer guy of all time.

It does you no good to see the number two or number three man in the corporation-you have to get through to number one.

Count the dreams of your mind; if the numbers of the dreams exceeds the number of achievements, you are young.

I want to look back at the end of my career having numerous caps under my belt. That is one of my aims.

I've always scribbled, and I still do it. I've written numerous scripts for films for which I think I'd be perfect as the complex, intelligent and, yes, modern heroine. Embarrassingly bad, all of them. I've had to come to terms with the fact that I'm not a writer.

Girls can be anything they want to be. Why be a nurse, for example, when you can be a doctor?

I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.

I wanted to be an engineer or a nurse.

You might want to write 'War and Peace,' but that might not be who you are. You might be better off with nursery rhymes.

If I write a book, it has to be so awesome. It has to be next level, to prove mysel. Just like if you are an athlete and you want to rap, you better bring the bars. Don't come in with nursery rhymes.

My mum wanted me to be a doctor because she worked in nursing. So she was quite disappointed when I came back from a holiday in France, and said I wanted to be a chef.

I think America is a hard nut to crack. But once you get a toehold, it's a great place for an entrepreneur because people are so enthusiastic, and you have the most enthusiastic audiences in world.

Some chefs go crazy with one restaurant, and if I had 20, I would go nuts.

Everyone at home thought I was nuts when I said I wanted to be an actress, and I'm sure they were just trying to protect me from disappointment.

I'm nuts, I'm rich, and boy, do I love a fight!

You never know when your last day gig is, and if you spend your life thinking about it, you'll drive yourself nuts. But I try not to foster or exhibit any desperation.

Americans are raised to believe that anything is possible in America if you are pure of heart and willing to work hard, which is nonsense, and that anyone can become president, which is even more foolish, and that free markets always make the right decision, which is nuts.