Lorne Michaels Quotes

Discontent is the wheel that moves people forward.

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

I've known people with exceptional talent - and some have wasted it. Ambition spurs a man on.

Giftedness gives you this amazing tool kit for handling self-discipline and gives you an area of knowledge, but then it also gives you this weird set of aspirations.

I always feel discontent, like there's somewhere else to go, somewhere else to be. I'm a very ambitious person.

India has very motivated and talented people, and given the right opportunity, we always rise to the top.

I had so much fire in me and so many plans.

It's the lack of ambition that cripples most people, and makes them so pedestrian in the advertising/creative business

It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.

It's hard to be ambitious if you're content, isn't it?

The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.

I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing else than to increase the talent.

What you possess is not what you jingle in the pockets of your memory, but the imaginings with which you fill the spaces of the future.

Most of my friends who got shows right away are still just doing shows, and they have no need to create.

It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do.

If you are talented, you can really do anything. And if your heart is at the right place and you have the passion for it, you can go for it and do it.

What inspires you, what excites you when you wake up in the morning?

What people can excel our Northern and New England brethren in skill, invention, activity, energy, perseverance, and enterprise?

I'm still hungry. I've still got a million ideas. I'm still strong and ready to create.

Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age.

I like potential in people. If I find someone who has lot of potential and can do something with life, then I don't see bank balance, which family he comes from, or his religion.

As an actor, or as a person, I like to do things that are challenging.

I'm always driven to keep doing something different and better.

Energy is the key to creativity. Energy is the key to life.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.