Ambition is a very dangerous thing because either you achieve it and your life ends prematurely, or you don’t, in which case your life is a constant source of disappointment. You must never have ambition. – Jeremy Clarkson
I’m not funny. People assume that because my books are funny, I’ll be funny in real life. It’s the inevitable disappointment of meeting me. – Jonathan Safran Foer
It would be a disappointment for me to take a job, as often happens, having to shoot out-of-town and not where I live. – Joshua Malina
There is nothing far-fetched about disappointment as a subject for comedy. It’s something we are all too familiar with. – Martin Freeman
Everyone at home thought I was nuts when I said I wanted to be an actress, and I’m sure they were just trying to protect me from disappointment. – Kerry Condon
I wish President Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed. But his promises gave way to disappointment and division. This isn’t something we have to accept. Now is the moment when we can do something. With your help we will do something. – Mitt Romney
Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything. – Kurt Vonnegut
If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it’s a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal so if I get one I’m going to be happy. – Michael Phelps
My biggest disappointment is that once I’m finished working on the characters, I really do expect to see them in the flesh one day. – Kimberly Willis Holt
I always channeled what I felt emotionally into skiing – my insecurities, my anger, my disappointment. Skiing was always my outlet, and it worked. – Lindsey Vonn
I have never won a race, and that is my main disappointment – but you have to be positive. – Jean Alesi
The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high expectations for the human race. – Jack Levine
When fans of mine meet me, I can see the disappointment in their eyes. Every artist knows of this phenomenon. – John Banville
I don’t think it was a surprise that I ended up as an actor, and it was anything but a disappointment. – Martin Freeman
As someone who has faced as much disappointment as most people, I’ve come to trust not that events will always unfold exactly as I want, but that I will be fine either way. – Marianne Williamson
I’m sure I was a great disappointment to many women because I wasn’t Errol Flynn. But I’m me. I think that’s got some merit. – Orlando Bloom
My mother was a powerful influence. She made me toe the line. If I didn’t have a perfect report card, she showed her disappointment. – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
I’m hoping that a lifetime of compromise and disappointment will read as extra depth and layers in my work. – Rufus Sewell
There was a tremendous amount of disappointment in missing the World Cup finals in 1998, so they’re getting excited about this one and I really think we could do well in the Far East. – Robbie Keane
I always tell young film-makers, ‘Find the song that only you can sing.’ It doesn’t just come to you. It’s trial and error and disappointment before you find, slowly but surely, the confidence to express your film-making identity. – Paul Greengrass