Ambition Ir Quotes & Sayings

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance. — Bruce Barton

English, strictly speaking, is not my first language by the way. I haven't yet discovered what my first language is so for the time being I use English words in order to say things. I expect I will always have to do it that way; regrettably I don't think my first language can be written down at all. I'm not sure it can be made external you see. I think it has to stay where it is; simmering in the elastic gloom betwixt my flickering organs. — Claire-Louise Bennett

Lebanon is caught in a cycle of threats. And it is our duty to be strong and capable of defending our country. But we will not clarify or explain what we do or do not possess. — Hassan Nasrallah

The poor want to be rich, the rich want to be God. — Marty Rubin

Everyone of us should emulate him. We can all learn from Paul Scholes. — Peter Schmeichel

What does it mean to identify with a literary character? I thought I knew, but did I really? Does it simply mean putting yourself in their place? Obviously not. Or approving of their actions? But we're happy to identify with bad characters, given the right encouragement. No, the best I could come up with was that it seemed to be a kind of in-between state - you're somehow them and not them at the same time - that can't exactly be put into words. — William Deresiewicz

Words are like wild birds - they will come when they wish, not when they are bidden. — Joyce Carol Oates

A weathered cork sat inside the box lined with green velvet. It had turned a darker brown and was a little shriveled, but the name Moet & Chandon was still clearly visible.
Vivien reached inside and pulled out her mother's cork. The one she'd searched for in the bed of red impatiens. To anyone else, it was nothing. Just a weathered piece of nothing. To Vivien, it was everything. — Rachel Gibson

Maybe other writers have perfect first drafts, but I am not one of them. I always try to get the book as tight as I can, but you reach a point as the author where you have lost all perspective. — Sarah Dessen

I am sure everyone here has noticed a city where they felt at home, or a city that had "bad vibes." — Christopher Penczak

I think that globalization is partly responsible for the spread of the hostile, radical forms of Islam. — Franklin Foer

Not that I can't handle things myself, but since I've got you,
I may as well use you. — Robin Bielman

God is gone up on high with a triumphant noise. — Charles Wesley

I wanted to have money; I wanted to be special; I wanted people to like me; I wanted to be famous. — Ellen DeGeneres

And innovation and entrepreneurship is the opportunity and best opportunity we have to grow the economy. — Jerry Moran