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“In day from some titanic past it seems As if a thread divine of memory runs; Born ere the Mighty One began his dreams, Or yet were stars and suns.”
George William Russell (1867–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How shallow is this mere that gleams! Its depth of blue is from the skies; And from a distant sun the dreams And lovely light within your eyes.”
George William Russell (1867–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love's immortality so blind Dreams that all things with it conjoined Must share with it immortal day: But not of this—but not of this— The touch, the eyes, the laugh, the kiss, Fall from it and it goes its way.”
George William Russell (1867–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You who have died on Eastern hills Or fields of France as undismayed, Who lit with interlinked wills The long heroic barricade, You, too, in all the dreams you had, Thought of some thing for Ireland done.”
George William Russell (1867–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Here's to you, men I never met, Yet hope to meet behind the veil, Thronged on some starry parapet, That looks down upon Innisfail, And sees the confluence of dreams That clashed together in our night, One river, born from many streams, Roll in one blaze of blinding light.”
George William Russell (1867–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yes, star-crossed in pleasure, the stream flows on byYes, as we're sated in leisure, we watch it fly, yesAnd time waits for no one, and it won't wait for me... Hours are like diamonds, don't let them waste...Drink in your summer, gather your corn... The dreams of the nighttime will vanish by dawn”
Mick Jagger (born 1943) first seen 1973 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Time Waits for No One (co-written with Keith Richards) on the Rolling Stones' 1974 album It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1973).
“Come to me in my dreams, and then By day I shall be well again! For so the night will more than pay The hopeless longing of the day.”
Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) first seen 1855 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Longing", st. 1 (1855)
“Ah, love, let us be true To one another! for the world, which seems To lie before us like a land of dreams, So various, so beautiful, so new, Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain; And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night.”
Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) said by 1888 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Youth is visited with noble aspirations and high dreams of duty and perfection. It sees the world as it should be, not as it is; and it is well for the race if the institutions of society are such as do not offend these moral enthusiasms, but rather tend to conserve and develop them through life.”
Edward Bellamy (1850–1898) said by 1898 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The hills look over on the South, And Southward dreams the sea; And with the sea-breeze hand in hand, Came innocence and she.”
Francis Thompson (1859–1907) first seen 1893 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Daisy (1893), st. 2.
“I think each person knows what's good for them. I don't think you need to be drastic. But it's finding where's passion in your life. We can't live without dreams.”
Jewel (singer) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Late Late Show (24 January 1997)
“If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.”
Yann Martel (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In war men pass like shadows that stain the grass, Leaving their lives upon the green: While Earth bewails the crimson sheen, Men’s dreams and stars and whispers all helpless pass.”
Stephen R. Donaldson (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dreams—never forgive.”
Stephen R. Donaldson (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Retribution—ah, my friend, retribution is the sweetest of all sweet dark dreams.”
Stephen R. Donaldson (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From dreams I proceed to facts.”
Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Peace can be reached through meditation on the knowledge which dreams give. Peace can also be reached through concentration upon that which is dearest to the heart.”
Patañjali (active around 201 BC) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[T]o withdraw now would create in this country a mood of poor man's inchoate chauvinism, reviving old dreams of Empire and special relationships that have had such disastrous effects on British policy-making since 1945.”
Anthony Crosland (1918–1977) first seen 1975 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks during the European Communities membership referendum campaign (c. May 1975), quoted in Susan Crosland, Tony Crosland (1982), p. 292
“The possibility of the impossible, dreams and illusions, are the subject of my novels.”
José Saramago (1922–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I never realised the passing hours of evening showers. A slip noose hanging in my darkest dreams, I'm strangled by your haunted social scene. Just a pawn out-played by a dominating queen. It's four o'clock in the morning, Damn it listen to me good. I'm sleeping with myself tonight, Saved in time, thank God my music's still alive.”
Elton John (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We don't want to tell our dreams. We want to show them.”
Cristiano Ronaldo (born 1985) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cristiano Ronaldo, Twitter post (8 February 2012): "We don't want to tell our dreams. We want to show them. Give us all your support #Portugal #DENvsPOR
“In my nightmares the streets are aflame, and in my dreams it's much the same.”
Tom Morello (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“His mother taught him to sing. And when he had grown up and had listened to the world's song, he felt that there could be no greater happiness than to return to her song. In her song dwelt the most precious and most incomprehensible dreams of mankind. The heath grew into the heavens in those days. The songbirds of the air listened in wonder to this song, the most beautiful song of life.”
Halldór Laxness (1902–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The most remarkable thing about man's dreams is that they all come true; this has always been the case, though no one would care to admit it.”
Halldór Laxness (1902–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But you and I know the seasons are slow the rivers they froze, the wind always blows down all our dreams, the engine's out of steam. **All Of Your Days Will Be Blessed”
Ed Harcourt (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I say to my colleagues never confine your best work, your hopes, your dreams, the aspiration of the American people to what will be signed by George W. Bush because that is too limiting a factor.”
Nancy Pelosi (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When we travel we find how greatly our boyhood dreams are outstripped by reality.”
R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Child of the First War, Forgotten by the Second. We called you Metro-Land. We laid our schemes Lured by the lush brochure, down byways beckoned, To build at last the cottage of our dreams, A City clerk turned countryman again, And linked to the Metropolis by train.”
John Betjeman (1906–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A utopia or heaven on earth is a place where every would-be Mozart has access to a piano and violin before the age of five, where every would-be Beethoven is empowered to compose music in spite of deafness, where every individual can get quality education regardless of their socioeconomic status and place of residence, and where everyone is given good health and freedom to pursue their dreams.”
Newton Lee wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Transhumanism seeks to achieve super longevity, not at the expense of others but rather helping others to fulfill their lifelong dreams.”
Newton Lee wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Up and down that road in our worn out shoes. Talkin' 'bout good things and singin' the blues. You went your way and I stayed behind. We both knew it was just a matter of time. You're liv-in out dreams of you on top. My mind is achin' and, Lord it won't stop. That's how it happened livin' life by the drop.”
Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cinderella man, Doing what you can, They can't understand what it means Cinderella man, Hang on to your plans, Try as they might, they cannot steal your dreams”
“The America of Moctezuma and Atahualpa, the aromatic America of Columbus, Catholic America, Spanish America, the America where noble Cuauhtémoc said: "I am not on a bed of roses" —our America, trembling with hurricanes, trembling with Love: O men with Saxon eyes and barbarous souls, our America lives. And dreams. And loves. And it is the daughter of the Sun. Be careful.”
Rubén Darío (1867–1916) first seen 1905 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cantos de Vida y Esperanza (Songs of Life and Hope). A Roosevelt (To Roosevelt) (1905).
“NGOs are a force. We must realize the dreams of our youth.”
Muhammad Yunus (born 1940) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Meeting at the Chief Adviser’s residence (24 August 2024)
“We are all strangers in a strange land, longing for home, but not quite knowing what or where home is. We glimpse it sometimes in our dreams, or as we turn a corner, and suddenly there is a strange, sweet familiarity that vanishes almost as soon as it comes…”
Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Rock That is Higher: Story as Truth (1993)
“We share bodies with two eyes, ten fingers, ten toes; we share life on this earth; we share capitalist regimes of production and exploitation; we share common dreams of a better future.”
Antonio Negri (1933–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“‘Who knocks?’ ‘I, who was beautiful, Beyond all dreams to restore, I from the roots of the dark thorn am hither, And knock on the door.’”
Walter de la Mare (1873–1956) said by 1956 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There's something in the way she eases my mind And lays me across the bed till I close my eyes. Stirs me in the morning till I can't ever be satisfied. I leave Carolina every night in my dreams, Like the girls that try to love me that I only leave. Rock me like a baby doll and hold me to your chest, But I'm always moving too fast.”
Ryan Adams (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Why does God want us to let go of our dreams? Because anything you are unwilling to let go of is an idol, and you are in sin.”
Phil Vischer (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Art has its tradition, but it is a visual heritage. The artist's language is the memory from sight. Art is made from dreams, and visions, and things not known, and least of all from things that can be said. It comes from the inside of who you are when you face yourself. It is an inner declaration of purpose, it is a factor which determines artist identity.”
David Smith (1906–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As a child, everyone dreams of finding treasure. There’s romance and drama. But as an adult most people aren’t going to spend their lives trying to find it.”
E. Lee Spence (born 1947) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Diving Into Sunken-Treasure Investing, CNBC Special Report by Shelly K. Scwartz, Published: October 18, 2010.
“Forty-three years ago this week, I was lying on an airstrip in the jungles of Guyana with five bullet holes in my body. I vowed that if I survived, I would dedicate my life to public service. I lived, and I served. It's been a remarkable journey that has surpassed my wildest dreams.”
Jackie Speier (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dreams haunted The Riverworld.”
Philip José Farmer (1918–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think the best thing is being able to play golf competitively for a living. Ever since I was a little boy, that's something I've always wanted to do, and now I get a chance to live out my dreams.”
Tiger Woods (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The stuff of thought is the seed of the artist. Dreams form the bristles of the artist's brush. As the eye functions as the brain's sentry, I communicate my innermost perceptions through the art, my worldview.”
Arshile Gorky (1904–1948) said by 1948 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quote in Abstract Expressionism, Barbara Hess, Taschen, 2005, p. 10
“Prayer is a universal phenomenon in the soul-life of man. It is the soul's reaction to the terrors and joys, the uncertainties and dreams of life.”
Joseph H. Hertz (1872–1946) said by 1946 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dreams have only the pigmentation of fact.”
Djuna Barnes (1892–1982) said by 1982 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You need to know at least one foreign language well enough so that you can read the best literature that that language has produced in the original, and so you carry on a reasonable conversation and have dreams in that language. There are several reasons why this is crucial, but the most important is perhaps this: you can never understand one language until you understand at least two.”
John Searle (1932–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As a dreamer of dreams and a travelin' man, I have chalked up many a mile. Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks, And I've learned much from both of their styles.”
Jimmy Buffett (1946–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In this situation, any feeling of gee-wiz exhilaration would be out of place. Consternation and fear would be closer to the mark; but the most appropriate attitude may be a bitter determination to be as competent as we can, much as if we were preparing for a difficult exam that will either realize our dreams or obliterate them.”
Nick Bostrom (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source