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“Somewhere In Time is the story of a love which transcends time, What Dreams May Come is the story of a love which transcends death. ... I feel that they represent the best writing I have done in the novel form.”
Richard Matheson (1926–2013) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Introduction to an Omnibus edition of his work, as quoted in Somewhere in Time (1998), p. 318 - 319
“I think What Dreams May Come is the most important (read effective) book I’ve written. It has caused a number of readers to lose their fear of death — the finest tribute any writer could receive. ... Somewhere In Time is my favorite novel.”
Richard Matheson (1926–2013) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ed Gorman Calling: We Talk to Richard Matheson", in Filmfax magazine (2004). Online at MYSTERY*FILE: The Crime Fiction Research Journal (2006)
“The barren island dreams in flowers, while blow The south winds, drawing haze o'er sea and land; Yet the great heart of ocean, throbbing slow, Makes the frail blossoms vibrate where they stand;And hints of heavier pulses soon to shake Its mighty breast when summer is no more, And devastating waves sweep on and break, And clasp with girdle white the iron shore.”
Celia Thaxter (1835–1894) first seen 1868 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rockweeds" in The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 21 (March 1868), p. 269
“I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice.”
Edward Moore (1712–1757) said by 1757 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Glories Of human greatness are but pleasing dreams, And shadows soon decaying.”
John Ford (dramatist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love is dead; let lovers' eyes Locked in endless dreams Th' extreme of all extremes Ope no more, for now Love dies.”
John Ford (dramatist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ooo there's a thin line between dreams and memories I'll be losin' my mind 'til she comes back to me.”
Toby Keith (1961–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The ploughman ploughs, the fisherman dreams of fish; Aloft, the sailor, through a world of ropes Guides tangled meditations, feverish With memories of girls forsaken, hopes Of brief reunions, new discoveries, Past rum consumed, rum promised, rum potential.”
Michael Hamburger (1924–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For me, life is about enjoying yourself because you only live once. We should try to make the most of things and follow our dreams.”
Heidi Klum (born 1973) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by New Weekly, ninemsn Australia, 19 April 2009
“We’re going to have to dig deep into our souls, confront our own self-doubt, and recognize that our destiny is in our hands – that our future is what we make of it. So let’s build the future we all know is possible. Let’s prove to our children that they really can reach for their dreams.”
Michelle Obama (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And Barack and I set out to build lives guided by these values, and pass them on to the next generation. Because we want our children — and all children in this nation — to know that the only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.”
Michelle Obama (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Millions of Americans who know that Barack understands their dreams; that Barack will fight for people like them; and that Barack will finally bring the change we need.”
Michelle Obama (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The hearsay that lieutenant general Manvel Grigoryan and lieutenant general Gagik Melkonyan support Levon Ter-Petrosyan does not correspond to the truth. These statements are absolutely false. All Deputies to the Defense Minister are performing their duties. The army doesn't deal with politics. We obey the orders of the Supreme Commander. Dreams of the opposition will never come true.”
Mikael Harutyunyan (born 1946) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in article "Mikael Harutyunyan: no one will involve army in political processes." panarmenian.net [February 23, 2008]
“On the beryl-rimmed rebecs of Ruby Brought fresh from the hyaline streams, She played on the banks of the Yuba Such songs as she heard in her dreams.”
Thomas Holley Chivers (1809–1858) said by 1858 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Votes, constitutions, divine salvation, and other solutions are the pipe dreams of cowards or the honey coated deceptions of enemy agents. A people without the courage or integrity to identify their executioners, or their executioners’ institutions, are doomed to extinction.”
David Lane (white nationalist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Do you want me to sing to you? I'll sing all night if it will keep the bad dreams away.”
Stephenie Meyer (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thou mourner for departed dreams! On earth there is no rest When grief hath troubled the pure streams Of memory in thy breast!”
Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (1807–1867) said by 1867 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The armored cars of dreams contrived to let us do so many a dangerous thing.”
Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979) said by 1979 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sometimes, in those nights when the dreams and memories I cannot always tell apart anymore keep me awake, I try to imagine what my life would have been if I had actually carried my plan through. Different, most likely. Shorter, surely.”
Peter S. Beagle (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I did a show in New Jersey in the auditorium of a technical high school … Technical high school, that’s where dreams are narrowed down. We tell our children, “You can do anything you want.” Their whole lives. “You can do anything!” But this place, we take kids – they’re 15, they’re young – and we tell them, “You can do eight things. We got it down to eight for you.”
Louis C.K. (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Passion isn't something that lives way up in the sky, in abstract dreams and hopes. It lives at ground level, in the specific details of what you're doing every day.”
Marcus Buckingham (born 1966) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Author Marcus Buckingham, cited in: Michel Beaudry, "Sam Rees - making the Whistler leap," at piquenewsmagazine.com, November 28, 2013.
“Time does more than erode a riverbank or wear mountains down into tired hills. It takes the edge from our memories as well, overlaying everything with a soft focus so that it all blurs together. What really happened gets all jumbled up with the hopes and dreams we once had and what we wish had really happened.”
Charles de Lint (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is now time for our nation to frustrate the wild dreams of the whites.”
Sadao Araki (1877–1966) first seen 1933 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Britons Beaten?" - Time Magazine - October 16, 1933
“The pure, the beautiful, the bright, That stirred our hearts in youth, The impulse to a wordless prayer, The dreams of love and truth, The longings after something lost, The spirit’s yearning cry, The strivings after better hopes,— These things can never die.”
Sarah Doudney (1841–1926) first seen 1919 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Poem: Things that never die, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Remember brick walls let us show our dedication. They are there to separate us from the people who don't really want to achieve their childhood dreams.”
Randy Pausch (1960–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Breathe slumbrous music round me, sweet and slow, To honied phrases set! Into the land of dreams I long to go. Bid me forget!”
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907) said by 1907 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mandragora, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“The psycho-analyst infers the monstrous and abnormal from a trifle; it is often safe to reverse the process. If a man dreams that he has committed a sin before which the sun hid his face, it is often safe to conjecture that, in sheer forgetfulness, he wore a red tie, or brown boots with evening dress.”
Arthur Machen (1863–1947) first seen 1936 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Children of the Pool", in The Children of the Pool and Other Stories (New York: Arno Press, [1936] 1976) p. 83.
“The belief in unity that has fuelled so many utopian dreams is an effort to reconcile the irreconcilable that ends in repression. Berlin suggests we renounce this venerable faith, and learn how to live with intractable conflict.”
John Gray (philosopher) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And so they lived many happy years, and the promised tasks were accomplished. Yet long afterward, when all had passed away into distant memory, there were many who wondered whether King Taran, Queen Eilonwy, and their companions had indeed walked the earth, or whether they had been no more than dreams in a tale set down to beguile children. And, in time, only the bards knew the truth of it.”
Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am so excited to let fans in on how important my relationship with my family is to me, I hope to motivate mothers and daughters to build lifetimes of memories together, and inspire kids around the world to live their dreams.”
Miley Cyrus (born 1992) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reuters (April 22, 2008)
“You used to call me your dreamer, And now I'm living out my dreams; Oh, how I wish you could see, Everything that's happening for me.”
Miley Cyrus (born 1992) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I've always thought of two kinds of poems: the poems of unverifiable facts, based in dreams, in sex, in everything that can be given to other people only through the skill and strength by which it is given; and the other kind being the document, the poem that rests on material evidence.”
Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You'll be loved you'll be loved Like you never have known The memories of me Will seem more like bad dreams Just a series of blurs Like I never occurred Someday you will be loved”
Ben Gibbard (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O lay me, ye that see the light, near some rock of my hills! let the thick hazels be around, let the rustling oak be near. Green be the place of my rest; let the sound of the distant torrent be heard. Daughter of Toscar, take the harp, and raise the lovely song of Selma, that sleep may overtake my soul in the midst of joy; that the dreams of my youth may return, and the days of the mighty Fingal.”
James Macpherson (1736–1796) said by 1796 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn't love you anymore.”
Lady Gaga (born 1986) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cosmopolitan (April 2010).
“To be given the opportunity to help shape new artists' careers and mentor them to see their dreams come to fruition is a task I welcome with open arms.”
Christina Aguilera (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Of all our dreams today there is none more important — or so hard to realise — than that of peace in the world. May we never lose our faith in it or our resolve to do everything that can be done to convert it one day into reality.”
Lester B. Pearson (1897–1972) said by 1972 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All those large dreams by which men long live well Are magic-lanterned on the smoke of hell.”
William Empson (1906–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Actually, you can make pretty good cash on stage without being a comedian or a stripper. My brother once won a talent contest by fartin' the song "Dixie" through an oil funnel. He not only took home 500 bucks, he got to meet Regis after the show. Who says dreams don't come true? (p. 11).”
Larry the Cable Guy (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think that physics is about escaping the prison of the received thoughts and searching for novel ways of thinking the world, about trying to clear a bit the misty lake of insubstantial dreams, which reflect reality like the lake reflects the mountains.”
Carlo Rovelli (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'Cause I have wandered through this world And as each moment has unfurled, I've been waiting to awaken from these dreams. People go just where they will, I never noticed them until I got this feeling That it's later than it seems.”
Jackson Browne (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I want to know what became of the changes We waited for love to bring. Were they only the fitful dreams Of some greater awakening? I've been aware of the time going by; They say in the end it's the wink of an eye.”
Jackson Browne (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Out into the cool of the evening, Strolls the Pretender. He knows that all his hopes and dreams Begin and end there”
Jackson Browne (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm going to find myself a girl Who can show me what laughter means. And we'll fill in the missing colors In each other's paint-by-number dreams.”
Jackson Browne (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“New York, New York. Big city of dreams, but everything in New York ain't always what it seems. Last Twitter posting by DJ AM (August 25, 2009).”
Adam Goldstein (1973–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The particular thing about science is to combine that [the dreams of obtaining power] with a retreat from the world. Other people want to obtain power by going out into the world, but the scientist really wants to obtain power by retreating from the world.”
Max Delbrück (1906–1981) first seen 1978 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Max Delbruck (1978), p. 88. Oral History Project, California Institute of Technology Archives, Pasadena, California.
“And I been waitin' all my life And I been havin' big dreams times twice”
Eamon (singer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Andrej’s mind, like any sane human’s … was a constantly convulsing dialectical unity of consciousness and subconsciousness, the battening down and channelling of dreams and desires, the recurring re-creation of the subliminal by the contradictory, the rational-capricious ego. And vice versa. The interaction of levels of consciousness into an unstable and permanently self-renewing whole.”
China Miéville (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We can either passively continue on the road to utter domestication and destruction or turn in the direction of joyful upheaval, passionate and feral embrace of wildness and life that aims at dancing on the ruins of clocks, computers and that failure of imagination and will called work. Can we justify our lives by anything less than such a politics of rage and dreams?”
John Zerzan (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I really, deeply believe that dreams do come true. Often, they might not come when you want them. They come in their own time.”
Diana Ross (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source