A Quote by Brandon Flowers

It's seen as dirty to be ambitious. What if U2 weren't ambitious? We wouldn't have that gift we have from them.

Brandon Flowers

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Brandon Flowers
American - Musician
Born: June 21, 1981

'Ambitious' is seen as a dirty word, especially when it comes to women. But what being ambitious actually means is to achieve distinction in your chosen field.

Rachael Stirling

Boys, be ambitious. Be ambitious not for money, not for selfish aggrandizement, not for the evanescent thing which men call fame. Be ambitious for the attainment of all that a man can be.

William Clark

It's not fair to look at me and my husband as a couple when it comes to work. In the lab we are colleagues. We have the same vision and we both are very ambitious. I think ambitious people find ambitious people to play with.

May-Britt Moser

Everybody is ambitious. The question is whether he is ambitious to be or ambitious to do.

Jean Monnet

In a lot of ways, if I were ambitious about anything - besides my career - I'd be ambitious about love. Ambitious in the sense that I really hope to find true love.

Sonam Kapoor

Men are basically smart or dumb and lazy or ambitious. The dumb and ambitious ones are dangerous and I get rid of them. The dumb and lazy ones I give mundane duties. The smart ambitious ones I put on my staff. The smart and lazy ones I make my commanders.

Erwin Rommel

I'm not ambitious about my career, but I am ambitious with each job. I can be fairly annoying to work with.

Mads Mikkelsen

I think of myself as an excellent actress with a lot to offer, but I'm not aggressive; I'm not ambitious. In fact, I'm anti-ambitious.

Sondra Locke

When I was younger, I was ambitious. Now I'm not ambitious anymore. I just want to be happy. Does that make sense?

James McBride

I was very ambitious as a young actor, but I wasn't good at being ambitious.

Christopher Timothy

I am utterly ambitious. I'm ambitious for the sake of being so, too.

Jess Phillips

I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.

Madonna Ciccone

As filmmakers, we love ambitious storytelling; it's one of the reasons we pushed to do 'Civil War.' We want to be as ambitious in scope as we possibly can.

Joe Russo

There's a negative connotation to ambitious women, and I think that we should be able to be proud of being ambitious and not shy away from that, if that... is what you want to do.

Tory Burch

When I ran for governor, was I ambitious? Yes. Anyone, male or female, who goes through the trials of a campaign must be ambitious.

Madeleine M. Kunin

I think the difference between me and some of the other YBAs [Young British Artists] was that I was ambitious for the work, and not ambitious for myself.

Rachel Whiteread

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