A Quote by Mick Hucknall

Those who say they're not ambitious are being disingenuous.

Mick Hucknall

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Mick Hucknall
English - Singer
Born: June 8, 1960

When I lecture kids, I say, 'You've got to be ambitious by the advertising' - ambitious. You've got to say, 'See, this product? Maybe I can change the world with this product.' They look at me like I'm nuts, but that's what you can do.

George Lois

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

Jess Phillips

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

Christopher Timothy

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

These people also tended to pretend to care deeply about the blind and otherwise disabled. I am sympathetic to the needs of those users, but I can't help but think that those who claimed to speak for the blind were being more than a little disingenuous, just like those Hemp people who present their arguments in terms of their deep and abiding care for the textile industry, when their real motives are ... something else entirely.

Jamie Zawinski

'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

The great thing about modern feminism is that women can define what it means to them: it can mean being ambitious, it can mean being emotional, it can mean being sensitive and compassionate and also a leader. It can mean all those things.

Jessica Chastain

When my mother gets a prompt 'Do you want to download this?' she's going to say yes. It's disingenuous for Microsoft to give you all of these tools with which to hang yourself, and when you do, then say it's your fault.

Bruce Schneier

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

I cannot say I'm a poet. That's for someone when they take in consideration where they can bestow 'poet' on. I can't do it. But I would be disingenuous if I didn't say that my intention is poetry.

Rodney Crowell

It would be disingenuous to say I don't have some sensitivity to the seamy side of issues.

John F. Kennedy Jr.

Men may be popular without being ambitious, but there is hardly an ambitious man who does not try to be popular.

Lord North

People say it's not ambitious, but it is actually quite ambitious wanting to help people.

Prince William

I am done apologizing for being ambitious and I stand for all those women who don't want to apologize just because they are working.

Kashmira Shah

It is devastating, losing a parent. I don't really know what the effect is, but I suppose people might call me an ambitious man, and I'd say that an ambitious man is a damaged man.