I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC), Agamemnon
To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
Hope is a waking dream.
Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent
Philosophers
Dreams that do come true can be as unsettling as those that don't.
Brett Butler, 'Knee Deep in Paradise'
To want to be what one can be is purpose in life.
Cynthia Ozick, O Magazine, September 2002
He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes
wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.
Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape
those who dream only by night.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), "Eleonora"
The wisest men follow their own direction.
Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC)
Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.
Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)
You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never
were; and I say, "Why not?"
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), "Back to Methuselah" (1921), part
1, act 1
Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves.
Germaine Greer, O Magazine, September 2002
They say dreams are the windows of the soul--take a peek and you can
see the inner workings, the nuts and bolts.
Henry Bromel, Northern Exposure, The Big Kiss, 1991
Dreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is
brought to pass for mankind. For fleeting dreams have two gates: one is
fashioned of horn and one of ivory. Those which pass through the one of
sawn ivory are deceptive, bringing tidings which come to nought, but
those which issue from the one of polished horn bring true results when
a mortal sees them.
Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Odyssey
We need men who can dream of things that never were.
John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28,
1963
Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite
us to have them.
John Updike (1932 - )
I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my
talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last
small twig has grown.
Kathe Kollwitz, O Magazine, September 2002
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just to realize
them.
Man Ray, O Magazine, September 2002
One must desire something to be alive.
Margaret Deland, O Magazine, September 2002
Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the
difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream
deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this
nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - 'We
hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Speech at Civil Rights March on
Washington, August 28, 1963
I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as
unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to
discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the
form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the
universe to lead you.
Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, September 2002
The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but
significance - and then even the small steps and little victories along
your path will take on greater meaning.
Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, September 2002
The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature
perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
It hurts to find out that what you wanted doesn't match what you
dreamed it would be.
Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 09-07-04
Last night I dreamed I ate a ten-pound marshmallow, and when I woke
up the pillow was gone.
Tommy Cooper
There is nothing like dream to create the future. Utopia to-day,
flesh and blood tomorrow.
Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), Les Miserables, 1862
Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely
insane every night of our lives.
William Dement, in Newsweek, 1959
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 5
The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably
most worth doing.
Winifred Holtby, O Magazine, September 2002
What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream? Or what's
worse, what if only that fat guy in the third row exists?
Woody Allen (1935 - ), "Without Feathers" |