Quotes About Aspiration

I wanted to be a hostage negotiator.

I wanted to be an air hostess because I wanted to see the world.

I never thought about acting, I wanted to be an air hostess.

I was Top Celeb. There's only a short step I think from being Top Celeb to hosting it.

My goal is to be hosting my own show and be happily married with children, so I've been thinking about that a lot lately.

I want to go to - what's that hot country with a lot of money? - Dubai.

I had such a horrible childhood. My father was already married with three children when I was born and my mother didn't know. So we grew up poor. We had no hot water until I was 17. I went to work in a factory, and worked and saved for months until I had the money to come to England.

If I was not an actor, I would have been working in a five star hotel as a chef.

Did I grow up thinking I'd ever be paged at the Beverly Hills Hotel? Did I ever think I'd make so much money writing ads? No.

I've always wanted to walk into a hotel, sit at a piano and play 'Piano Man.'

I was a huge David Letterman fan, even going back to when he was on NBC. My parents would only let me watch a half hour of television a day, so I would record Letterman the night before and then watch it when I came home from school. That's what made me want to do a T.V. show.

I'm gonna direct, like, a real movie. At least an hour and some change.

I like to think that my finest hour is still ahead of me, so I can look forward rather than look backward.

I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out.

Like every artist that comes out, you want to make a mark; you want to be a household name and you want to be someone that people are going to look back in ten years/fifteen years' time and go, 'I love this guy Olly Murs. He was brilliant back in the day; he was someone I really, really liked.'

You're gonna see me on your TV. You're gonna see me everywhere. I'm gonna be a common household name. Smokepurpp, Lil Purpp. Remember the name.

When I made my Broadway debut, I was still cleaning houses, something I'd done since I went out on my own at 15.

While other people were dreaming of big cars and houses, I just wanted a huge dressing room.

I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.

Of course, after I retire I want to be the housewife, really.

I don't think we'll see a 'Real Housewives of Koreatown' anytime soon, but here's hoping.

Mariah and Whitney Houston were my goddesses growing up.

I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. I grew up in Houston. Gordo Cooper was my favorite astronaut.

It's an honor for me to contribute to Houston's younger generations and show them that 'smart is cool.'