Quotes About Aspiration

Because I'm not ambitious it's not paramount for me to find myself in a high-paid job.

Being skint, drunk, paranoid - no, I don't wish that for myself.

It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement.

No parent or coach can be true to any child and say he's ready for the N.F.L. out of high school.

Acting is something I've done since I was in high school, but I never had a model in my life, whether it was a mentor or a parent, where I could realize that acting could actually be a career.

Mum and Dad had high expectations of us as human beings - it wasn't just about education. It's a fantastic way to go about parenting, and I aspire to that.

My parents saw their job of parenting as their most important role in life, and I aim to aspire to that.

In America, kids would go to college and get out and buy a second-hand car and go across the country and discover America. I never did that; I went from New York to Paris, and New York was my America.

I want to be adopted by the French. I want to go to live in Paris.

Everyone dreams of living in Paris.

Not everybody can say they wore heels in Paris Hilton's closet.

I feel that I can win the Champions League with PSG. But it is not only the club but also life in Paris which is fantastic.

My dream is to win here in Paris.

Ultimately, I would love to do 'The Emperor of Ocean Park' by Stephen Carter.

When I saw 'Jurassic Park' as a kid, that was the first time I thought about making movies for a living.

I listened to classical music. I listened to jazz. I listened to everything. And I started becoming interested in the sounds of jazz. And I went to a concert of Jazz at the Philharmonic when we lived in Omaha, Nebraska, and I saw Charlie Parker play and Billie Holiday sing and Lester Young play, and that did it. I said, 'That's what I want to do.'

I wish I could've been friends with Charlie Parker and played with him. That's my period. I feel real close to the '40s - and actually, I was born in '37, so I was a kid singing on the radio in the '40s. But I always dreamed of going to big cities.

I wanted to write history rather than participate in it.

I always loved watching 'Nach Baliye.' I was even supposed to participate in it but it didn't happen for some reasons. But I am excited to host it.

The biggest clubs in Europe, whether they be Barcelona, Madrid, Manchester United, or Chelsea, always want to win, whatever they are participating in.

During high school, I wanted to work in architecture or engineering for no particular reason.

I didn't have any fixed goals when I joined the film industry. I don't particularly feel 'successful,' but I am grateful that my career is going well.

I've never particularly liked the idea of looking back; I'd rather look forward.

Oscar night is a ridiculous night where you go to these parties and you see everyone that you've ever wanted to work with and admire.