“Modern novels have become part of the do-it-yourself business, and they come in a very small number of standard kits. (...) In this wilderness cries the voice of Patrick White, Australian extraordinary, who has quite other, more austere and indeed prophetic ambitions. (...) (H)is failures are certainly the equivalent, and perhaps the measure, of other men's success.” MenVoiceWhiteNumbersNovelModernCryAmbitionStandardsExtraordinaryWildernessAustralianPropheticDo It YourselfSmall NumbersModern Novel Author:David Pryce-Jones
“One of my ambitions has been to go back to what those great authors were doing then ... to bridge that sensibility of old Victorian Gothic tales and reconstruct them in a modern way.” WayHas BeensModernAmbitionTalesBridgesSensibilityGothicMy AmbitionVictorianGreat Author Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“We want to be masters of our own destiny. We need no Gods or Emperors. We do not believe in the existence of any saviour. We want to be masters of the world and not instruments used by autocrats to carry out their wild ambitions. We want a modern lifestyle and democracy for the people. Freedom and happiness are our sole objectives in accomplishing modernisation.” PeopleWorldWantNeedsBelieveUsedExistenceDestinyDemocracyAtheismModernMastersAmbitionInstrumentsPositive AtheismLifestyleObjectivesSoleEmperorSaviourFreedom And HappinessModernisation Author:Wei Jingsheng
“Men's bodies are our women's works of art. Given to us power of control, we will never carelessly throw them in to fill up the gaps in human relationships made by international ambitions and greeds ... War will pass when intellectual culture and activity have made possible to the female an equal share in the governance of modern national life; it will probably not pass away much sooner; its extinction will not be delayed much longer.” MenHumansArtMadeWarBodyCultureGivenShareModernActivityEqualAmbitionIntellectualFemaleGreedInternationalWorks Of ArtGapsExtinctionGovernancePassing AwayHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsDelayed Author:Olive Schreiner
“To explore the whole sphere of the modern soul, to have sat in every nook- my ambition, my torture, and my happiness” SoulWholeModernAmbitionSatTortureSpheresMy Ambition Book:The Will to Power Source: The Will to Power
“My personal ambition remains the same - to be creative, to be modern, to stay one step ahead, to enjoy life.” EnjoyStepsCreativeModernAmbitionRemainsBe CreativeEnjoy Life Author:Natalie Massenet
“I used to envy kids who had an old-fashioned Grandpa. Not any more. I've got a new ambition. Now I just want to become a modern-type Grandpa myself-and really start living.” WantLifeArtKidsAgeUsedModernTypeAmbitionEnvyOld FashionedGrandpa Author:Hal Boyle