Quote by: Graham Greene

My second wife left me because she said I was too ambitious. She didn't realize that it is only the dying who are free from ambition. And they probably have the ambition to live. Some men disguise their ambition--that's all. I was in a position to help this young man my wife loved. He soon showed his ambition then. There are different types of ambition - that is all, and my wife found she preferred mine. Because it was limitless. They do not feel the infinite is an unworthy rival, but for a man to prefer the desk of an assistant manager - that is an insult.


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Author Bio


  • NameGraham Greene
  • DescriptionEnglish writer, playwright and literary critic
  • AliasesHenry Graham Greene
  • BornOctober 2, 1904
  • DiedApril 3, 1991
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPlaywright; Journalist; Novelist; Screenwriter; Autobiographer; Writer
  • AwardsJames Tait Black Memorial Prize; Hawthornden Prize