Quotes About Ambition

I never felt cynical, and I never felt that I couldn't do what I wanted to do.

I'd love to write a book and dabble in TV a little more - but only if it's right. I'm not going to go out there and beg anyone for a job.

Dad was convinced always that I was going to be a road sweeper.

When I was a little girl, my dad always said to me that I was going to be this great businesswoman, that I was going to be the CEO of IBM. So that's what I came into the world thinking, that I was going to go into the business world and make my mark there.

I didn't come from the sort of family where Daddy would provide - so I had to work.

I started 'The Daily Show' when I was 22. I was going to class at Long Beach.

As a kid who illegally streamed 'The Daily Show' it has always been a goal of mine.

Dallas was a place where dreamers like my father were given a chance.

I am never going to be made a Dame doing Dot.

I don't see why I should be a dame for just doing what I always wanted to do.

I find it easier to abstain than do a little bit of anything. I'm not a 'little bit' kind of dame. I want it all, whatever I do.

I didn't give a damn if I went double copper, I just wanted to be a part of So So Def.

I'm damn successful but I got here by not taking crap. I still don't take crap, so if anybody needs a champion, let it be me.

I want to accomplish something for myself and set a bar for myself, for somebody to be like, 'Damn, Trippie legendary. He did such and such.'

I want the undisputed career. I want the best damn career. I want to be the best guy ever to do this.

I would love to work with Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Abishek Bachchan and a lot more... even Imran Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Ranbir Kapoor are damn good with their acting.

I play this game to be the best, and it doesn't matter what other people say, I think I'm pretty damn good.

There are a lot of things people want to look at, pick apart my game, but if you could put any of them in my position, to do anything to make their dream come true... I'm pretty damn sure they'd do it, too.

You try to be the best you can and sometimes it ain't damn good enough.

Sometimes, when I look at Bollywood, I think, Damn, this is dream stuff.'

When you see something you want to do, go do the damn thing.

I want Prince to see something I do and call me and ask me to be on an album or if I want to dance!

I do love dance music, but at the same time, I'm not looking to put out a big pop album. You've got to be the best you can be.

Growing up, I was a dancer. I wanted to be a choreographer.