quotes about Lack Of Ambition

“The critic's first labor is the task of distinguishing between men, as history and their works display them, and the ideals which one and another have conspired to urge upon his acceptance.”

Source : Edmund Clarence Stedman (1885). “Poets of America”

“Oakland has now increased its payroll to the point that it now ranks third in the Bay Area among all McDonald's franchises.”

“You must believe a poem is a holy thing, a good poem, that is.”

“You really do think about it institutionally; this is your job, and to some extent you benefit from having a job to do at a moment like this. You have things that you have to make happen. And you don't have time for the emotional reaction that might otherwise occur if somebody was just sitting there watching these events unfold and had no responsibilities.”

“What’s the point of playing if winning isn’t the goal?”

“My day shall be filled to overflowing, yet shall I not haste the day; nor shall I waste the day.”

“What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach.”

Source : "Fictional character: Captain". "Cool Hand Luke", 1967.

“I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.”

“What is important for a leader is that which makes him a leader. It is the needs of his people.”

“Topologically, men and women are identical. Some things are just larger and more developed in one than the other and positioned differently.”