A Quote by Bob Kaufman

I want to be anonymous . . . my ambition is to be completely forgotten.

Bob Kaufman

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Bob Kaufman
American - Poet
April 18, 1925 - January 12, 1986

What's unique about [4chan] is that it's anonymous, and it has no memory. There's no archive, there are no barriers, there's no registration. ... That's led to this discussion that's completely raw, completely unfiltered.

Christopher Poole

When I retire, I don't want to just move to some island somewhere. I want to be the guy who gives it all back. I want it to be like, 'Hey who donated that hospital wing that's saving so many lives?' 'I don't know. It was anonymous.' 'Well, guess what. It was Michael Scott.' 'But how do you know? It was anonymous.' 'Because I'm him.

Michael Scott

To die completely, a person must not only forget but be forgotten, and he who is not forgotten is not dead.

Samuel Butler

People feel completely anonymous online. They can say whatever they want, do whatever they want, why not go the next step and kill people through the Internet?

Shane Dawson

How to find joy? Let your ambition disappear; ambition is the barrier. Ambition means an ego trip: "I want to be this, I want to be that - more money, more power, more prestige."

Rajneesh

I've learnt that it's possible to be as anonymous as you want. It's a choice, and I've become very, very good at being anonymous.

Sarah Lancashire

Personal ambition is 'I want to be CEO.' Greater vision ambition is, 'I want to lead this company so that people want to work here.'

Srikumar Rao

I've forgotten the birthdays of everyone close to me. I have forgotten to pay bills, file tax returns on time, go to meetings, and, every week, I forget to put the bins out. But I have never forgotten I want my lunch.

John Niven

It is hard to violate somebody's privacy if the person is completely anonymous.

Dana Milbank

I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not.

Catherine Deneuve

The philosophy I shared... was one of ambition - ambition to succeed, ambition to grow, ambition to move forward - backed up by hard work.

Frank Lowy

Let it be forgotten, as a flower is forgotten, Forgotten as a fire that once was singing gold, Let it be forgotten forever and ever, Time is a kind friend, he will make us old.

Sara Teasdale

I have an ambition to live 300 years. I will not live 300 years. Maybe I will live one year more. But I have the ambition. Why you will not have ambition? Why? Have the greatest ambition possible. You want to be immortal? Fight to be immortal. Do it. You want to make the most fantastic art or movie? Try. If you fail, is not important. We need to try.

Alejandro Jodorowsky

I would love to make my music and be completely anonymous, but that doesn't work. You can't have success and be faceless.

Sarah McLachlan

I'm not so stupid as to believe that you've completely forgotten about your former boyfriend. I know you think there are others here more suited for me and this life, and I wouldn't want you to rush into trying to be happy with any of this. I just... I just want to know if it's possible.