Alex Kapranos Quotes

I am very driven by fame and success; I like to succeed at everything I do.

Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.

I'm ambitious in a good way. I've never wanted to settle as long as I've thought there's more.

I wanted to be successful, not famous.

Ambition is not in itself an evil; nor is he to be condemned whose spirit prompts him to seek fame by worthy and honourable ways.

I'm never satisfied. I always want to achieve more.

I'm extremely ambitious. I don't know why people are afraid to say that. I won't sell my soul to the devil, but I do want success and I don't think that's bad.

I've always strived to be successful, not famous.

For me, it's ambition. You want more, always. When you achieve one step you need to get the second step.

I'm different than another person who wants to lay back and do nothing for rest of the life and talk nonsense on ESPN... I will not do that. I want to achieve something else.

I wasn't satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement.

I've been in a hurry all my life. I've been in a hurry to succeed, and in a hurry to prove myself.

In Britain, it's almost as if we're ashamed of having ambition and drive.

Even though I am extremely blessed to have accomplished many of my goals at such a young age, I am still reaching, still striving.

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

Madonna had to break through; I knew she was going to make it big, because I could see how ambitious she was, in a very genuine and sweet way.

I have a lot of ambition.

I like to see a driven kid: somebody who wants to come from the ground up. I love to see somebody who wants to be the best they can be.

I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old.

Ambition is not a vice of little people.

I think that there are always goals for me to try to achieve, and I'm going to work toward those goals.

I'm really ambitious.

I find ambition really attractive too - if someone's good at something they love doing. I want someone who is driven.

Winning is very important to me. I wouldn't be happy with anything less. And I work towards my goal.

I've got so many mountains to climb and goals to conquer. I've got so many scars I want to leave on the planet. I just feel like I'm not there yet. I feel like I am just getting started.