Quotes About Ambition

I wanted my work to be seen for free in a public space, I want to be up there with Pollock and de Kooning, one of the big boys.

To set and work toward any goal is an act of courage.

My goal as an actor was to work - to be a working actor, whether it was in theater, and, well, I didn't even consider film and television when I was in New York, but what came along, came along.

I think the biggest mistake most people make when they pick their first job is they don't worry enough about whether they'll love the work, and they worry more about whether it's good experience

Wanting to work is a luxury; having to work is not.

I'd like to work with Damien Hirst.

Work is life. Work is opportunity.

When I was 16 and wanted to be an actor, people told me to go work at the supermarket.

I knew if I wanted to be a general manager, I was going to have to leave to work for another organization.

You still really fight for good parts. It never stops. It's never a breeze. The people at the top of their game work as hard as the people at the bottom.

We need to give people more of an incentive to work, to save, to invest, to create a true future for themselves.

I was raised to want to work for a living. The idea of just sitting around or going shopping every day appalls me.

I wanted to be a theater actress, and initially, I wanted to work in musical theater

Hard work is a muscle that you develop, as is taking risks.

In terms of my own work ethic, I've always been a determined person. When I'm focused on something, I try to see it through.

What do I do when I go home? Work. That's basically my social life. I'm married to work.

I had a short story collection come out in 2006, and then I couldn't work on large projects for a long time because I was finishing my doctoral degree.

Never, never, you must never either of you remind a man at work on a political job that he may be President.

On the whole, I would bid you stand up to your work, whatever it may be, and not be afraid of it; not in sorrows or contradictions to yield, but to push on towards the goal.

I believe if you work really hard and follow what you want to do in life that that combination - I believe in it. You need to take risks.

Everybody has down times and stuff that they have to work through. I worked through that stuff because I've always wanted to be playing soccer.

You don't know where a sport can take you, so I want to make sure that I have an education behind me in case things don't work out.

I think she [Michelle Obama] is reluctant to date someone she's above at work. It's 1989, she's at a law firm, surrounded by mostly white men, and she has to prove herself every day.

It's like getting into film - I didn't say early on, 'I'm going to become a filmmaker,' 'I'm going to show my work at MoMA.' When you start to think those things, you're in trouble.