Quotes About Ambition

I didn't leave business school to go bankrupt.

You still have that competitive thing where you want to try to make hits. That won't go away, unless the mayor of show business says my time's up.

You have to be a star to be in this business.

As the years passed, and I was nine, 10, 11 years old, it became obvious I was going to start up a business of some sort.

At the end of the day, there's only a few major stars in the music business, and then there's all these people that are aspiring to be that.

I want to own an NFL franchise. I understand the business of football.

I grew up in a place where no one knew anyone in the entertainment business, I never knew it was an actual career.

Building air castles is a harmless business as long as you don't attempt to live in them.

He who thinks his place below him, will certainly be below his place.

In show business, you can't make a living. You can only make a fortune, but you can't make a living.

I think that's exactly what Silicon Valley was all about in those days. Let's do a startup in our parents' garage and try to create a business.

As I was coming up in business, screwing up was not an option in any form.

Show business is a great place to fail upward... and I guess that's what I've done.

Will Ferrell is a dangerous man. If he thinks you're in his way in show business, he will crack your head open. He's the Jeff Gillooly of comedy.

Though inclination be as sharp as will, My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent, And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect.

Always remember the famous adage about the movie business: You can't make a living, you can only get rich.

If you hate to lose, you do whatever you need to do to make sure you're business is successful.

Is it hard to make a living in show business? Yeah.

There is no sport as competitive as business. It's 24 by 7 by 365 by forever.

Go out there and get rich. Get so obnoxiously rich that when that tax bill comes, your first thought will be to choke on how big a check you have to write.

We need more people to go into business and fewer wasting our lives becoming bureaucrats and civil servants.

To run a successful business, you have to be tough.

I am here not to save money but to make more of it.

As a little boy, I wanted to be a policeman. And then as I got older, and I saw my dad in the car business, an automobile executive.