Sentence examples for naïve ambition from inspiring English sources

At the same time, though, the endless talk of immortality seems to express the picture's anxious, naïve ambition, which is to rise above the welter of summer blockbusters and ascend into the pantheon of movie classics.

The Russian intervention was essentially a hijacking — of American companies like Facebook and Twitter; of American citizens' feelings about immigration and race; of American journalists eager for scoops, however modest; of the naïve, or perhaps not so naïve, ambitions of Mr. Trump's advisers.

Ike's naïve literary ambitions had irritated him; on the night of the murder, Ike had taken them to some kind of open-mike reading.

I came to Princeton with the ambitions of a naïve first-year student, wanting to go to all the guest lectures, sponsored study breaks, supplementary classes and more.

This ambition may have been naïve.

The New Republic's offices end up looking like a children's crusade of naked ambition, policy lust and naïve righteousness.

Roz and I had arrived in the Big Apple with like-minded tenacity and ambition - and with a naïve certainty that we would succeed.

Critics say Mr. Obama's ambition of eliminating nuclear weapons is naïve and dangerous, given that countries like Iran and North Korea presumably would not go along.

It's naïve to blame an automaker for having the ambition, talent and yes, image, to make that audience as big as possible.

"It will need to be a way that is less naïve in its assumptions, more modest in its ambitions, more humble in its approach and more imaginative in its anticipation of what can go wrong," he said.

Perhaps it sounds naïve, but I don't want to let career ambitions interfere with my relationships.