Quotes by Ambitious Many are ambitious of saying grand things, that is, of being grandiloquent. Augustus Hare ambitious Thinking men cannot be ruled; ambitious men do not stagnate. Ayn Rand ambitious men thinking Saving our planet requires you to be ambitious in what you aim, and, equally, in how hard you work to reach your goal. Ban Ki-moon ambitious saving goal I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all. Barbra Streisand ambitious ambition wish I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious. Barbra Streisand doing-nothing ambitious kind Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious. Baruch Spinoza ambitious humility humble The first Rudiments of Morality, broach'd by skilful Politicians, to render Men useful to each other as well as tractable, were chiefly contrived that the Ambitious might reap the more Benefit from, and govern vast Numbers of them with the greater Ease and Security. Bernard de Mandeville ambitious numbers men For years, more women were steered toward the studio or toward being a reporter. If that's what you want to do and that's what you love - by all means, go do it. That's OK to be ambitious and do things that are out of the norm if that's the route you want to take. We're already seeing women breaking down those barriers in what was once male-dominated. There are opportunities for women to fill those roles. Beth Mowins ambitious opportunity mean Everyone who knew [Barack] Obama from being in Hyde Park knew he was the smartest guy in any room he walked into; a decent, compassionate, lovely person; pragmatic, middle-of-the-road and ambitious. Bill Ayers lovely ambitious guy Consider the Lichen. Lichens are just about the hardiest visible organisms on Earth, but the least ambitious. Bill Bryson visible ambitious earth Babylon 5 is probably the biggest, most ambitious television science fiction series ever made. It's one big novel told over five years with 110 different stories told within it. Bill Mumy ambitious style years I was freakishly ambitious. I didn't want to be a child. I wanted my own flat, to work and be a grown up. Billie Piper ambitious want children Be ambitious about things that last. Bob Goff ambitious lasts I-just-got-off-the-bus-and-I'm-really-excited-and-ambitious-and-I-took-an-acting-class-in-Des-Moines-and-I-know-I-really-need-an-agent-and-I-want-one-NOW Bonnie Gillespie ambitious acting class I just love music, so that's what I'm always working on, and I try to say yes a lot. Maybe I'm more ambitious than I thought I was. Britta Phillips ambitious music-love trying Strategy is about stretching limited resources to fit ambitious aspirations. C. K. Prahalad limited-resources ambitious fit If conversion to Christianity makes no improvement in a man's outward actions – if he continues to be just a snobbish or spiteful or envious or ambitious as he was before – then I think we must suspect that his 'conversion' was largely imaginary. C. S. Lewis ambitious men thinking So those who wished for some central cosmic purpose for us, or at least our world, or at least our solar system, or at least our galaxy, have been disappointed, progressively disappointed. The universe is not responsive to our ambitious expectations. Carl Sagan ambitious our-world expectations Was he smart enough? Introspective enough? Was it just enough to love him, or should I attach myself to someone who seemed farther ahead of me, someone smarter and more ambitious than me, who'd be sure to carry me along into the version of adulthood I thought I should be striving for? Caroline Knapp ambitious smart enough The Connecticut Center for Science and Exploration will be a building that will connect the excitement of science to the surrounding streets, river and highway. These forms are ambitious and dynamic. They appear to reach out beyond their physical limits. Cesar Pelli ambitious limits rivers «1234567891011»