People want to be special. I think ambition can take in a whole package of things, power or sexual excitement.

I have always been driven by the ambition to solve every problem I face, whether as a scientist, engineer or entrepreneur.

My only ambition was to get to 50, and not regret not having had a crack at being a comic.

My role at the USTA allows me to fulfill my ambition to open up opportunities for people to play tennis that may not otherwise have a chance or an outlet to play.

There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an object of ambition to be admitted on their list.

If you're going to set an ambition, set it high.

Ambition is a drug that makes its addicts potential madmen.

I knew I wanted to be an actor but didn't know how to go about it. That's why my ambition, initially, was not to play a lead role in a Bollywood film.

If you don't have ambition to be one of the best, someone will always come and take your place.

I enjoy acting now more than I ever have. I've had lots of difficult times when I was younger, but that was all tied up with thwarted ambition. It's hard being a young actor, because you don't realise until later that it's only ever about doing the work.

You don't need a four-year college degree if you have burning ambition or a great plan.

I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.

It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.

A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.

Ambition is important. Of course you can't get anywhere without talent, but there are a lot of talented people. To succeed, you have to be the most ambitious talented person.

My ambition in the cinema, since I came across it, was to play Chance... I have realized that ambition, and so I have no more.

When I was in college, I had only one ambition that one day I would like to be a director.

I think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition - and I have never suffered from it.

'Keeper' is about fathers, ultimately. and also conservation, commitment and ambition.

I think I've always been ambitious. It just looks different on me. You know, I have friends who are actresses who go to every party they possibly can to be photographed and really try to make every connection they can, and I admire that and sometimes I wish I had a little bit more of that. Sometimes I feel like I don't have enough ambition.