71 Movie Quotes about Ambition (+ Sound Clips) - page 5

Updated: Dec 31, 2025

Memorable quotes about ambition, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

41 Big wishes always spell big trouble. The bigger the wish, the bigger the trouble.

Rip Taylor as Genie in DuckTales: The Movie (1990)

42 Ah, I can see my mountain of money now.

Richard Libertini as Dijon The Thief in DuckTales: The Movie (1990)

43 I want to know how I stand, where I fit into the picture, what it's all going to mean to me. I can't find that out sitting behind some desk in an office, so as soon as I get enough money together, I'm gonna knock off for a while.

Cary Grant as Johnny Case in Holiday (1938)

44 No way, mister. You're going to the top of this mountain, broken legs and all.

Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank in The Truman Show

45 I'd like to be an explorer, like the great Magellan. -Oh. You're too late. There's really nothing left to explore.

Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank in The Truman Show

46 I'm not a crook. I'm ambitious. There's a difference.

Jack Nicholson in Mars Attacks! (1996)

47 As he was fortunate, I rejoice at it. As he was valiant, I honor him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.

James Mason as Brutus in Julius Caesar (1953)

48 Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

Marlon Brando as Mark Antony in Julius Caesar (1953)

49 Was this ambition?

Marlon Brando as Mark Antony in Julius Caesar (1953)

50 Well, we'd better be ready for them. Because they gotta die or win.

Yul Brynner as Chris Adams in The Magnificent Seven (1960)