Top 25 Aspiration Quotes of 87 - Page 4

I've always had high ambitions and aspirations.

I've always had high ambitions and aspirations.

Ambition, Aspiration, High Ambition

Ideas, aspirations, and objectives that, by their content, transcend the established universe of discourse and action are either repelled or reduced to terms of this universe.

Herbert Marcuse

Ideas, Action, Aspiration

Herbert Marcuse (2013). “One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society”, p.14, Routledge

I have finally realized that, you know, it's not a given that my lifespan will accommodate my writing aspirations.

George Saunders

Writing, Given, Aspiration

Interview with Andy Ward, www.slate.com. January 7, 2013.

Indeed, loft aspirations produce ideas.

Gao Xingjian

Ideas, Produce, Aspiration

"Soul Mountain". Book by Gao Xingjian, 1990.

Badass is a juvenile aspiration.

Gabrielle Hamilton

Badass, Aspiration, Juvenile

Gabrielle Hamilton (2011). “Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef”, p.195, Random House

The aspiration toward freedom is the most essentially human of all human manifestations.

Eric Hoffer

Liberty, Aspiration, Manifestation

Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

Combine a left-leaning upbringing with a family with direct experience of the Holocaust and someone with aspirations to write and I guess, sooner or later, that person will have a stab at writing something about the Holocaust.

Elliot Perlman

Writing, Holocaust, Aspiration

The Enlightenment is not a nightmare, nor is it something that comes easily to us. It is an aspiration - and a good one!

Dale Jamieson

Enlightenment, Nightmare, Aspiration

Source: www.3ammagazine.com

It is only the fools who keep straining at high C all their lives.

Charles Dudley Warner

Fool, Aspiration

Charles Dudley Warner (1873). “Backlog Studies”, p.62

I'm just saying that we need to find a better way to manifest the broader society's aspirations, politically. The key to it has to be some sort of proportional representation, which allows there to be more parties.

Billy Bragg

Party, Just Saying, Aspiration

Source: thequietus.com