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• “Thou blessed season of our spring, When hopes are angels on the wing; Bound upwards to their heavenly shore, Alas! to visit earth no more.”

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) said by 1838 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “And this is the sum of our mortal state, The hopes we number,— Feverish waking, danger, death, And listless slumber.”

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) said by 1838 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Great Heaven ! what vain beliefs Have stirred the pulse and led the hopes of man ! As if that honour could be bought by blood, And that the fierce right hand was better worth Than the fine mind, and high and generous heart !—”

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) said by 1838 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “He took his lute—his voice was low, So lapsing waters softly flow Amid the drooping flowers around, As if they turned their sighs to sound. Ah, magic! of a voice that seems To haunt the soul with hopes and dreams;”

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) said by 1838 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “THE fountain's low singing is heard on the wind, Like a melody bringing sweet fancies to mind; Some to grieve, some to gladden: around them they cast The hopes of the morrow, the dreams of the past. Away in the distance is heard the vast sound, From the streets of the city that compass it round, Like the echo of mountains, or ocean's deep call; Yet that fountain's low singing is heard over all.”

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) said by 1838 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “But give me one curl of thy raven hair, And, by all thy hopes in heaven, swear That, chance what may thou wilt claim thy bride, And thou to-morrow shall lie by my side.”

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) said by 1838 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Does the sweet morning rise, Bride-like, from sleep, When their first revelries Bird and bee keep, Singing out joyously In the green tree ? Then, when my hopes are high, Think I of thee.”

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) first seen 1833 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: (5th January 1833) Songs

• “A woman whose lover resigns her, and as if for her own sake, though without consulting her, is placed in a most awkward situation. What can she do ? Take him at his word ? That is easy to say, but hard to do, when all the hopes and affections are garnered in his love.”

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) said by 1838 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “O no, my heart can never be Again in lighted hopes the same — The love that lingers there for thee Has more of ashes than of flame.”

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) first seen 1826 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: (1826-2) Ci-Devant

• “If blasted hopes and ruin'd name, And all the venom Love lends Shame — The violent death, and rabble eye, To look upon its agony ; If these are not enough to win A pardon for Earth's deadliest sin, Words will not, cannot! — never dare Tell me it may be won by prayer ! The coward prayer, the coward tear, Not from remorse wrung, but from fear!”

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) said by 1838 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “We change, and others change, while recollection Fain would renew what it can but recall : Dark are life's dreams, and weary its affection, And cold its hopes, — and yet I felt them all, A long while ago.”

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) first seen 1838 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: (1838 1) (Vol 52) A Long While Ago

• “How deep must be the feeling of the bereaved parent who cannot look on the fair face of his child without recalling a face, once the fairest and the dearest in the world: the shadow of the grave hangs around the infant playfulness of the orphan, and even the hopes of the present must come tinged with something of sadness from the past.”

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) said by 1838 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The researcher hoping to break new ground in the theory of experimental design should involve himself in the design of actual experiments. The investigator who hopes to revolutionize decision theory should observe and take part in the making of important decisions.”

  George E. P. Box (1919–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Six dawns in a row, a new soul glimmered on a branch of the old tree, only to fade in the strong light of the day...It looked like a star softened by drifting fog and mist... On the seventh morning it seemed to discard all hopes and intentions of ever making light of its own, and darkened and solidified into the form of a black bird.”

  Neal Stephenson (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “There is something within me that might be illusion as it is often case with young delighted people, but if I would be fortunate to achieve some of my ideals, it would be on the behalf of the whole of humanity. If those hopes would become fulfilled, the most exciting thought would be that it is a deed of a Serb.”

  Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) first seen 1892 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Address at the Belgrade train station (1 June 1892)

• “The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of the planter — for the future. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way. He lives and labors and hopes.”

  Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) first seen 1934 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Radio Power Will Revolutionize the World" in Modern Mechanics and Inventions (July 1934)

• “What really matters is that we should all of us realize that we are guilty of inhumanity. The horror of this realization should shake us out of our lethargy so that we can direct our hopes and our intentions to the coming of an era in which war will have no place.”

  Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth.”

  Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) said by 1945 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Sin is the sharpest scourge that any chosen soul may be smitten with: which scourge thoroughly beateth man and woman, and maketh him hateful in his own sight, so far forth that afterwhile he thinketh himself he is not worthy but as to sink in hell, — till when contrition taketh him by touching of the Holy Ghost, and turneth the bitterness into hopes of God's mercy.”

  Julian of Norwich (1342–1500) said by 1500 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The hopes of the woolen industry are threadbare.”

  Philip K. Dick (1928–1982) said by 1982 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The free expression of the hopes and aspirations of a people is the greatest and only safety in a sane society.”

  Emma Goldman (1869–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “It was quite impossible for us to give any assistance and therefore it was not proper for us to raise any hopes in this direction... When occasion arises we can certainly put in a good word on the diplomatic plane to China. For the rest, the only policy we can adopt is to remain quiet observers.”

  Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964) first seen 1951 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: in 1951. SWJN, XVI.II.647. and in Arun Shourie - Self-Deception _ India's China Policies_ Origins, Premises, Lessons-Harper Collins (2013) ch 5.

• “A thorough understanding of game theory, should dim these greedy hopes. Knowledge of game theory does not make one a better card player, businessman or military strategist.”

  Anatol Rapoport (1911–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “It is apparently vital that we should be in the dark about ourselves — not to be clear about our intentions, fears, and hopes. There is a stubborn effort in us to set up a compact screen between consciousness and the self.”

  Eric Hoffer (1902–1983) first seen 1956 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Entry (1956)

• “When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hopes seem hardly worth having, just mount a bicycle and go for a good spin down the road, without thought of anything but the ride you are taking.”

  Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) said by 1930 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “This life affords no solid satisfaction, but in the consciousness of having done well, and the hopes of another life.”

  John Locke (1632–1704) first seen 1704 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Letter to Anthony Collins (23 August 1704), in The Works of John Locke, Vol. X (London, 1823), p. 298; quoted by William Julius Mickle in Voltain in the Shades (London, 1770), p. 7

• “Fellas, when you wake up in the morning, you should look yourself in the mirror and say, "FUCK YOU! Fuck your hopes, fuck your dreams, fuck your plans … fuck everything you thought this life was going to bring to you. Now let's go out there and try to make this bitch happy.”

  Chris Rock (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Time wears out bodies, renews hopes, brings death nearer and takes away aspirations. Whoever gets anything from the world lives in anxiety for holding it and whoever loses anything passes his days grieving over the loss.”

  Ali (599–661) said by 661 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “In one point of view, we, the abolitionists and colored people, should meet [[w:Dred_Scott_decision|[the Dred Scott] decision]], unlooked for and monstrous as it appears, in a cheerful spirit. This very attempt to blot out forever the hopes of an enslaved people may be one necessary link in the chain of events preparatory to the downfall and complete overthrow of the whole slave system.”

  Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) first seen 1857 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Speech on the Dred Scott Decision (1857)

• “I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.”

  Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) said by 1895 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Hopes rise and dreams flicker and die. Love plans for tomorrow and loneliness thinks of yesterday. Life is beautiful and living is pain. The sound of music floats down a dark street.”

  Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) first seen 1956 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Letter to Gerald "Ching" Tyrrell, (11 November 1956), p. 28

• “Sometimes at dusk, when you were trying to relax and not think of the general stagnation, the Garbage God would gather a handful of those choked-off morning hopes and dangle them somewhere just out of reach; they would hang in the breeze and make a sound like delicate glass bells, reminding you of something you never quite got hold of, and never would.”

  Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The towers are gone now, reduced to bloody rubble, along with all hopes for Peace in Our Time, in the United States or any other country. Make no mistake about it: We are At War now — with somebody — and we will stay At War with that mysterious Enemy for the rest of our lives.”

  Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Kingdom of Fear" (12 September 2001)

• “People nowadays have such high hopes of America and the political conditions obtaining there that one might say the desires, at least the secret desires, of all enlightened Europeans are deflected to the west, like our magnetic needles.”

  Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799) said by 1799 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that the enemy too is suffering; in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost.”

  Karl Kraus (writer) first seen 1917 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Die Fackel no. 46 (9 October 1917)

• “I knew — because of my race, and my class, and rural geography ... all these forces that crush all sorts of American kids, crush their hopes and dreams — I knew I had no chance unless I left and went to a better school.”

  Sherman Alexie (born 1966) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: On Alexie’s realization that the school on his reservation offered few educational opportunities in “Sherman Alexie Says He's Been 'Indian Du Jour' For A 'Very Long Day'” in NPR (2017 Jun 20)

• “We must also make government more efficient, because we don't have the money to waste on inefficiency, on duplication, or to give handouts to those who can take care of themselves. Waste robs us all. It prevents the realization of our hopes and dreams. An efficient government means spending money only where it will actually benefit our people.”

  Jimmy Carter (1924–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “In our eyes, individual terror is inadmissible precisely because it belittles the role of the masses in their own consciousness, reconciles them to their own powerlessness, and turns their eyes and hopes toward a great avenger and liberator who someday will come and accomplish his mission.”

  Leon Trotsky (1879–1940) first seen 1909 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Why Marxists oppose Individual Terrorism, article published in the Austrian Social Democratic paper Der Kampf (1909)

• “Aid the dawning, tongue and pen; Aid it, hopes of honest men!”

  Charles Mackay (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Also quoted by: Charles Mackay

• “Jefferson refused to pin his hopes on the occasional success of honest and unambitious men; on the contrary, the great danger was that philosophers would be lulled into complacence by the accidental rise of a Franklin or a Washington. Any government which made the welfare of men depend on the character of their governors was an illusion.”

  Daniel J. Boorstin (1914–2004) said by 2004 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “To ask an author who hopes to be a serious writer if his work is autobiographical is like asking a spider where he buys his thread. The spider gets his thread right out of his own guts, and that is where the author gets his writing.”

  Robertson Davies (1913–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: From a letter published in The Merry Heart : Reflections on Reading Writing, and the World of Books (1996).

• “Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity's belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all. All this we owe both to ourselves and to the peoples of the world who are so well represented here today.”

  Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “When Rabbit first began to drive the road was full of old fogeys going too slow and now it seems nothing but kids in a hell of a hurry, pushing. Let 'em by, is his motto. Maybe they'll kill themselves on a telephone pole in the next mile. He hopes so.”

  John Updike (1932–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The world, unfortunately, rarely matches our hopes and consistently refuses to behave in a reasonable manner.”

  Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Perhaps randomness is not merely an adequate description for complex causes that we cannot specify. Perhaps the world really works this way, and many events are uncaused in any conventional sense of the word. Perhaps our gut feeling that it cannot be so reflects only our hopes and prejudices, our desperate striving to make sense of a complex and confusing world, and not the ways of nature.”

  Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “[A]s we discern a fine line between crank and genius, so also (and unfortunately) we must acknowledge an equally graded trajectory from crank to demagogue. When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are sown.”

  Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Perhaps I am just a hopeless rationalist, but isn't fascination as comforting as solace? Isn't nature immeasurably more interesting for its complexities and its lack of conformity to our hopes? Isn't curiosity as wondrously and fundamentally human as compassion?”

  Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “What are hopes, what are plans?”

  Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) first seen 1803 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Die Braut von Messina (The Bride of Messina), Act III, sc. v (1803)

• “A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who hopes they are.”

  Chauncey Depew (1834–1928) said by 1928 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: As quoted in FPA Book of Quotations : A New Collection of Famous Sayings (1952) by Franklin Pierce Adams

• “We all have seven secret lives. The life of excretion; the world of inappropriate sexual fantasies; our real hopes; our terror of death; our experience of shame; the world of pain; and our dreams. No one ever knows these lives. Consciousness is solitary. Each person lives in that bubble universe that rests under the skull, alone.”

  Kim Stanley Robinson (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

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