The phrase "ambition to know" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing a strong desire or drive to acquire knowledge or understanding about a particular subject or topic.
Example: "Her ambition to know the intricacies of quantum physics led her to pursue a PhD in the field."
Alternatives: "desire for knowledge" or "thirst for understanding".
He was hardly reassuring when he said the company's ambition is to know so much about us all, it will be able to answer the question: "What should I do tomorrow?" He had yet gloomier news for politicians.
Arsenal did at least conform to the adage that all teams with realistic title ambitions need to know how to win when playing badly.
If the mention of a summer dance festival and school conjures up Fame-like visions for you -- long-legged lovelies stretching in crowded halls, ragged leg warmers, bare shoulders and naked ambition -- getting to know the American Dance Festival may take a little adjustment.
Although he repeatedly disclaimed any ambition to be known as a "building president," Goheen saw more additions to the physical plant during his administration than any of his predecessors.
A vain man, with a taste for extravagant vacations and large houses, as well as an ambition to be known as a lavish philanthropist, Khan then set himself up as the Sears Roebuck-style supplier of packaged bomb-programs to the world.
Partnering with a cutting-edge company such as Clarion demonstrates our real interest in this exciting sector and signals our ambition to become known as a leading platform for innovative, personalized technology".
Adam Phillips, our greatest writer on psychology, points out that the ambition of medicine is to know other people; the disappointing revelation of psychology is that this is impossible.
In it she writes: "Politics, if it is fuelled by a great will to change the world, rather than by personal ambition, offers a chance to know the world, and to be more self-conscious of the actual life you are living rather than being taken over by what you are told you should feel: a chance to live, in other words, an authentic life.
We are in an excellent position as a firm: we've proved the model, but we need to shout more about what we do – people have heard of our companies, but the ambition is for them to know us.
