Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jason Gardener

It has always been my ambition to win a major outdoor title and that will be the plan at the Commonwealths.

Richard Rorty

My principal motive is the belief that we can still make admirable sense of our lives even if we cease to have... an ambition of transcendence.

Werner Herzog

Ambition is to be the fastest runner on this planet, to be the first on the South Pole, which is a grotesque perversion of ambition. It's an ego trip, and I'm not on an ego trip. I don't have ambitions - I have a vision.

William Congreve

Love's but the frailty of the mind, When 'tis not with ambition joined; A sickly flame, which if not fed expires; And feeding, wastes in self-consuming fires.

Tory Burch

Women have to embrace ambition if they want to. I had a lot of trouble taking compliments in the beginning, and it's really important for women to embrace their title.

Tory Burch

There’s always a stigma attached to the word ‘ambition’ and women. I’ve embraced it. Ambition is NOT a four-letter word and women have to embrace that.

Robert Louis Stevenson

There can be no fairer ambition than to excel in talk; to be affable, gay, ready, clear, and welcome.

Roger Ebert

The movies that are made more thoughtfully or made or with more ambition often get just get drowned out by the noise.

William Faulkner

It is my ambition to be, as a private individual, abolished and voided from history, leaving it markless.

Doris Goodwin

If there was somebody you'd want to spend a night with, aside from Lincoln, it would be Seward. He reminded me a lot of (Winston) Churchill, this kind of larger-than-life figure.

Mark Madsen

I know it's going to be emotional for everyone, because Fred is such a great friend and such a great teammate. Aside from the emotion, it's going to be happiness. Because circumstances were such that, hey, the organization made a decision and that's just the way it goes. There's no hard feelings, either way.

Tom DeLay

I have notified the speaker that I will temporarily step aside from my position,

Jamie King

I hadn't swum very well and had been entered into a race I didn't want to swim. He pulled me aside in front of the whole team and had a 10-minute rant and rave and told me I was the worst swimmer he had ever worked with. A lot of people were scared of Bill but no one would really stand up to him. He's caused a lot of people to give up.

Skylar Astin

I like that 'Pitch Perfect' is one of my first forays into film and just being seen in that kind of light, aside from some people who know me from 'Spring Awakening' or the other things that I've done. I think in so many ways it's kind of like my own 'Glee' or 'Smash'.

John Maine

I'm not bad at it, but I'm not great at it, either. Aside from their unbelievable stuff, their concentration is what sets them apart. They go about things in a business-like way.

Patrick Stump

I'm really glad I put aside whatever ego I had and just let (Wentz) be free,

Mary Barnes

I hope we do everything possible so that fragile and impaired elders are not left behind, and that they do not get pushed aside in wheelchairs with blankets covering their heads because they have expired.

Clint Wallman

I just can't say enough about Shannon. She deserved a first-team selection. I think she had an outstanding year and possibly one of best in school history. We are going to miss her. Aside from her performance week-in and week-out, she was a great leader and mentor for the girls.

Nick Saban

I would stop short of saying that Ronnie was 100 percent, but he did do everything in practice. Those decisions will be made on a day-to-day basis.

Dave Telep

He just wasn't ready to make his decision in the fall. He just felt like he needed more time. He's the exception rather than the rule.

Aleksandrs Starkovs

He is still preparing for tomorrow's match and the decision will be taken tomorrow.

John Wright

I think it's an unfortunate decision because, as I stated earlier, that location is an ideal location for a naval station,

Paul Schofield

It didn't matter what decision I made. There was going to be some controversy one way or another. Did publicity play into it? No.

Bruce Norris

It is good to make decisions about taxes prior to selling because you can't undo it.

David Trimble

Whatever decisions are taken, there is no place for violence and riot and the incidents that we have seen over the last few days,

Robert Dunn

The people that made the decisions and tied our hands are in Lansing, and Washington, D.C..

Budge Pountney

We told the referee that and it was his decision from there on as to whether to go with uncontested scrums.

Kim Young-ha

A military career offers the stability many South Korean women crave.

Daniel Pinkston

If the North Koreans really wanted to send a signal, why not do a ballistic missile test?

Henry Rollins

In the city of Pyongyang, you don't have to look very far to see an image of the Great Leader, Kim Il Sung. They love the guy. He is responsible for the wonder that is North Korea.

Park Geun-hye

Various channels of dialogue must be kept open to build trust. I will meet North Korea's leader if it is needed to develop relations between the two Koreas.

Lee Myung-bak

From the Chinese perspective, Korea ranks about third or fourth in terms of trading volume and about third in terms of investment.

Jonathan Gruber

Are you really questioning the wisdom of central planning? Because the happy citizens of Cuba and North Korea beg to differ.

Bill Maher

North Korea has the same ability to launch a nuclear strike against America as I do. It's like walking through a parking lot and getting barked at by a chihuahua locked in a car.

Brian Reynolds Myers

If South Korea is going to survive, and keep the peace on the peninsula, its citizens need to start conveying support for their state.

Brian Tee

I've always been a fan of Korean cinema but never really pursued it, as I wanted to pave my way here in the States. I figured, once I established myself here, Korea might take notice. And it did.

Mike Slive

Just the fundamental format, I think, needs explanation.

Jolanda Schreurs

I think it's an opportunity to redress that and start working in concert. Our needs should be aligned.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

A ruler who needs religion to help him rule is a weakling. No weakling should rule..

Two Chainz

You need to be your own individual.

Tim Lappano

He needs to understand that playing quarterback in this system takes a lot of work and a lot of film study.

Brent Kemnitz

He needs to pitch like a fifth-year senior for us.

Richelle Mead

When you've got everything you need, why complicate it?

Richelle Mead

Coming to my rescue?' 'Of course. It's what we do. I rescue you; you rescue me. We just take turns whenever the other needs it.

Rex Harrison

Whatever it is that makes a person charming, it needs to remain a mystery .. once the charmer is aware of a mannerism or characteristic that others find charming, it ceases to be a mannerism and becomes an affectation.

Condoleezza Rice

The northwest is very different from what I could have imagined.

John Stephens

It took us seven years to saturate Northern California.

Mohamed ElBaradei

The U.S. engages with North Korea, so I don't see why they can't engage with Iran.

Jeff Perreault

They're undefeated and the #1 ranked team in North Dakota. Their program is very strong.

Rick Moody

They tell them to just keep walking north and don't look back. We've tried to apprehend some of these bandits.

Tom Greene

It's all Northern Telecom. It was U.S. selling; they just started selling it and it took a lot of the other tech stocks with it.

Todd Devereaux

North is very strong. We played with them for about 25 minutes.

Michael Griffith

North Dakota's is sort of a different pace.

Tahar Rahim

The mud is cold when you're in the north of Scotland!

Walter Kohn

Originally I had planned to revert to nuclear physics there, in particular the structure of the deuteron.

Christopher Hill

Once they are back in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, with IAEA safeguards, at an appropriate time we will have discussions about the subject of the provision of a light-water nuclear reactor.

Joe Lieberman

The danger of terrorists and rogue states is compounded by the proliferation of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons.

Jane Jacobs

While politicians, clergy, creators of advertisements, and other worthies assert stoutly that the family is the foundation of society, the nuclear family, as an institution, is currently in grave trouble.

Ban Ki-moon

Nuclear disarmament is the only sane path to a safer world.

Donald Rumsfeld

After he saw what happened to Saddam Hussein, he ( Gaddafi ) did not want to be Saddam Hussein. He gave up his nuclear program.

Andrei Sakharov

In 1947 I defended my thesis on nuclear physics, and in 1948 I was included in a group of research scientists whose task was to develop nuclear weapons.

Susan Rice

We are safer if there are not nuclear arsenals around the planet that can be utilized, stolen, sold to terrorists and others who would do harm.

Tom Harkin

There is no such thing as a pro-nuclear environmentalist.

Navtej Sarna

The visit is significant in view of the strategic partnership between the two countries.

Matt Rosoff

I don't really see anything new from a strategic standpoint.