Quotes About Ambition

Even before the missteps that I've had, I was never going to run for office. My family is adamantly opposed to it, and frankly, my politics don't necessarily work for the primaries of either of our parties.

I was born to sell it as a kid. I think it's partially innate, and partly it's because my parents were always very clear: if I needed anything that wasn't a necessity, I was going to have to save my money and buy it myself. That meant not only did I have to buy basketball shoes, but I had to figure out how to pay for college as well.

Look, when we were building Area, we were so driven and focused, partly because none of us came from money.

If a man is secure enough to allow his partner to go out and express herself, and if he does not feel as ambitious as her, he can be a homemaker also. There is nothing wrong with it.

Gillette is one of those companies where it's about success, and that's who I want to partner myself with.

When I finished law school, I had a 10-year plan. My plan was to go to a law firm, fall madly in love, have a baby by the time I was 30, make partner, and live happily ever after.

Not only is my husband the most encouraging partner, he is more demanding than me when it comes to films, wanting me to do better roles.

I'm living my dream totally! I mean, my career dream, my home-life dream with the two kids and the hubby. And my familial dream outside of that was for my Mom to see me host my own weekday show and she didn't live to see that but her partner of 57 years did.

To be an Olympian is not flattering for any partner that's with you. It's a really selfish part of your life.

I always tell my partners that our job is to fund all the companies we can that can be worth $10 billion or more. That's such a difficult constraint, we can't have any other constraints.

Honestly, I think I have some of the biggest partners being in a small market, and I think it doesn't really matter: you can accomplish anything if you have the right people around you and be driven.

I have great people around me, I have great training partners, and I think if you really want something you work for it and you get it.

While I continue to work towards another opportunity with the Majors, I'm excited to grow my partnership with SeventySix Capital.

I want to be the best in life. In all parts in life, not just basketball.

In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's heart. That fire was the harbinger of a new era, for it was not to be extinguished.

Well, I'm eventually gonna take the Daryl Hannah parts.

I want to carry a show, but there are not a lot of leading parts for people who are not celebrities.

The good parts are the people who don't make do. They're the interesting people. Lear doesn't make do.

I've been trying to play old-lady parts since I was in my 20s, so I look forward to all of that.

All I ever wanted to do was bit parts on Broadway. I have more than achieved any goal that I aspired to.

I want to play male characters; I want to be Ranbir Kapoor of 'Rockstar.' Those are exciting parts.

I now want to be playing parts more interesting to me and more exciting to me.

There aren't any small parts, only small paychecks.

I'm getting too old to play some parts, but I'm still greedy.