Ambition quotes
183 ambition quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines- From the movie: Fences
“Legs don't mean nothing. You don't do nothing but push 'em out of the way.”
- From the movie: The World Is Not Enough
- From the movie: Godzilla 1985
“The reckless ambitions of man are often dwarfed by their dangerous consequences.”
- From the movie: Saving Mr. Banks
“- Porter: Would you like me to unpack for you, ma'am?
- P.L. Travers: Young man, if it is your ambition to handle ladies' garments, may I suggest you take employment in a launderette?” - From the movie: Training Day
- From the movie: Lone Survivor
“There ain't nothing I can't do. No sky too high, no sea too rough, no muff too tough.”
- From the movie: Enchanted
“Once upon a time, in a magical kingdom known as Andalasia, there lived an evil queen. Selfish and cruel,
she lived in fear that one day her stepson would marry and she would lose her throneforever.
And so she did all in her power to prevent the prince from ever meeting the one special maiden with whom he would share true love's kiss.” - From the movie: The Dead Zone
“Let's send Greg Stillson to the United States Senate - and mediocrity to hell!”
- From the movie: Devil Wears Prada
“- Andy Sachs: But what if this isn't what I want? I mean what if I don't wanna live the way you live?
- Miranda Priestly: Oh, don't be ridiculous, Andrea. Everybody wants this. Everybody wants to be us.” - From the movie: Two for the Money
“You're going to have to earn it, and once you earn it, you're going to have to fight me for it. You're going to have to challenge me, you're going to rip it out of me that's how you get ahead with me.”
- La trovi in Reputation and Popularity
- From the TV Series: Rough Riders
“Roosevelt is like a young second lieutenant: ambitious, often overreaching, frequently insubordinate, brash... but, successful - this time.”
- From the movie: Nightcrawler
“I think Lou is inspiring all of us to reach a little higher.”
- From the TV Series: Smallville
“[talking about a breastplate belonget to Alexander the Great]
- Lex Luthor: Darker times call for darker methods. His opponents thought he was invincible.
- Clark Kent: I didn't know you were such a history buff.
- Lex Luthor: I'm not. I'm just interested in people who ruled the world before they were thirty.” - From the movie: Fresh
“Only reason you ain't the man is you still too goddamn little, but, when you get bigger, you gonna be the man.”
“You think you're God? I'll show you God!”
- From the movie: The Producers
“Why you miserable, cowardly, wretched little caterpillar! Don't you ever want to become a butterfly? Don't you want to spread your wings, and flap your way to glory?”
- La trovi in Career in Cinema
“I had no ambition to become an actor at all.”
“My biggest ambition is never to be bored. I'm not aggressive enough to strongly run after being an actress.”
- La trovi in Motivational Quotes
- From the movie: Battlefield Earth
“- Ker: I don't know what you're so down about. You still get to be head of security, which, from what I can tell, is a pretty cushy job.
- Terl: Well, I can assure you that I was not groomed since birth to have some cushy job that even a moron like you could perform. While you were still learning how to spell your name, I was being trained to...” (continue)(continue reading) - La trovi in Career in Cinema
“I don't think I'm very ambitious at all. But I seem to play people who have that quality.”
- From the movie: Jersey Boys
“- Frankie Valli: I'm gonna be as big as Sinatra.
- Mary: Only if you stand on a chair.
- Frankie Valli: Hey, why you gotta say that kind of stuff?” - From the movie: Paranoia
“I'm not going to make excuses, I asked for this. All of it. And I did it to become someone else. And I wanted more.”
- From the movie: Who'll Stop the Rain
“You see, in a world where elephants are pursued by flying men, people are just naturally going to want to get high.”
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