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“So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moves To that mysterious realm where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.”
William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878) said by 1878 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Like glimpses of forgotten dreams.”
Alfred Tennyson (active around 1809) bartlett, Public domain source
“Like a dog, he hunts in dreams.”
Alfred Tennyson (active around 1809) bartlett, Public domain source
“Similarly, you are going to face many battles, you will win some, and lose some, either way keep fighting for your dreams.”
Grizelda Cjiekella wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You must be passionate about life; your dreams and goals.”
Grizelda Cjiekella wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am a rainworm, buried deep Among the oozing, slimy things, Yet of an eagle's nest I dream, And eagle's wings.”
Isaac Leib Peretz (1852–1915) first seen 1900 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I Am a Rainworm", 1900, translated by J. Robbins, (J. Leftwich. Golden Peacock. Sci-Art, 1939, p. 83).
“Gods are condemned to live the dream of the imperishable.”
Giannina Braschi (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I keep some portion of my early gleam; Brokenly bright, like moonbeams on a river, It lights my life, a far illusive dream, Moves as I move, and leads me on forever.”
John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Man’s life is but a jest, A dream, a shadow, bubble, air, a vapor at the best.”
George Walter Thornbury (1828–1876) said by 1876 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sparkling and bright in liquid light Does the wine our goblets gleam in; With hue as red as the rosy bed Which a bee would choose to dream in. Then fill to-night, with hearts as light To loves as gay and fleeting As bubbles that swim on the beaker’s brim And break on the lips while meeting.”
Charles Fenno Hoffman (1806–1884) first seen 1840 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sparkling and Bright (published 1840).
“We have winning wiles and witcheries, Such incantations as thy sterner wit Did never dream of. Time hath been ere now That Jove hath listen'd to our minstrelsy. Till wrath would seem to drop out of his soul Like a forgotten thing.”
Hartley Coleridge (1796–1849) said by 1849 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A little longer still, and Heaven awaits thee, And fills thy spirit with a great delight; Then our pale joys will seem a dream forgotten, Our Sun a darkness, and our Day a Night.”
Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864) said by 1864 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“None thrives for long upon the happiest dream.”
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Again let us dream where the land lies sunny, And live, like the bees, on our hearts' old honey, Away from the world that slaves for money— Come, journey the way with me.”
Madison Cawein (1865–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dear Sister, You dream like mad, you love like tinder, you aspire like a star-struck moth - for what? That you may hive little lyrics, and sell to a publisher for thirty pieces of silver.”
Richard Le Gallienne (1866–1947) first seen 1895 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Opening Lines from Epistle Dedicatory, to his sister, Sissie Le Gallienne English Poems Copland & Day 1895 kindle ebook.
“Yea, howso we dream, Or how bravely we do; The end is the same, Be we traitor or true: And after the bloom And the passion is past Death comes at last.”
Richard Le Gallienne (1866–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A place of dream, the Holy Land Hangs midway between earth and heaven.”
Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921) said by 1921 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When it was all gone, the dream of floating toward bursting stars, and the flesh returned to hold my blood in its prosaic channels, when the room returned, the dirty sordid room, the vacant meaningless ceiling, the weary wasted world, I felt nothing but the old sense of guilt, the sense of crime and violation, the sin of destruction.”
John Fante (1909–1983) said by 1983 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That night I slept there, but the next morning I began to hate the place. With her there it was part of a dream; without her, it was a house. I packed my things into the rumble seat and drove back to Los Angeles.”
John Fante (1909–1983) said by 1983 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How many rivers must we cross before we learn that the flood is rising high And the bridges all have burned Each time another dream is washed into the sea It's another piece of you It's another piece of me.”
“Pieces of a dream unfolding what happened to the fairy tale Words of love are never spoken Things in life aren't always fair I'll protect you and I'll guide you and I'll give you all the love that is mine Just know in time You'll be fine.”
“Well, why not? My dream woman has always been unavailable to me. What difference does a mere three-quarters of a century make?”
Richard Matheson (1926–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You hail from Dream-land, Dragon-fly? A stranger hither? So am I, And (sooth to say) I wonder why We either of us came!”
Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux (1857–1944) first seen 1902 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To a Dragon-fly", in The Collected Poems Lyrical and Narrative (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1902), p. 70.
“Touch us gently, Time! Let us glide adown thy stream Gently,—as we sometimes glide Through a quiet dream.”
Bryan Procter (1787–1874) said by 1874 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Touch us gently, Time, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare "Time has touched me gently in his race, And left no odious furrows in my face", George Crabbe, Tales of the Hall, Book xvii., …
Also quoted by: Bryan W. Procter
“They saw a Dream of Loveliness descending from the train.”
Charles Godfrey Leland (1824–1903) said by 1903 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When summer gathers up her robes of glory, And, like a dream of beauty, glides away.”
Sarah Helen Whitman (1803–1878) said by 1878 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Duluth! The word fell upon my ear with a peculiar and indescribable charm, like the gentle murmur of a low fountain stealing forth in the midst of roses, or the soft sweet accent of an angel’s whisper in the bright, joyous dream of sleeping innocence. ’T was the name for which my soul had panted for years, as the hart panteth for the water-brooks.”
J. Proctor Knott (1830–1911) first seen 1871 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech on the St. Croix and Bayfield Railroad Bill, Jan. 27, 1871; Knott made this satirical speech, sometimes titled as Duluth! or The Untold Delights of Duluth, while serving in the United States House of Representati…
“Actors already striving in the theatre wouldn't dream of putting themselves on these shows; it means that only about 10% of the talent out there is being auditioned for parts.”
Elaine Paige (born 1948) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Regarding Any Dream Will Do; as quoted in "Portrait of the artist: Elaine Paige, actor" by Laura Barnett in The Guardian (22 May 2007)
“All about her, as suddenly as the awakening from a dream, the nothingness had opened out into undreamed-of distances. She stood high on a hilltop under a sky spangled with strange stars. Below she caught glimpses of misty plains and valleys with mountain peaks rising far away. And at her feet a ravening circle of small, slavering, blind things leaped with clashing teeth.”
C. L. Moore (1911–1987) first seen 1934 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Black God's Kiss (1934); p. 15
“But the point is, now, at this moment, or at any moment, we're only a cross-section of our real selves. What we really are is the whole stretch of ourselves, all our time, and when we come to the end of this life, all those selves, all our time, will be us -- the real you, the real me. And then perhaps we'll find ourselves in another time, which is only another kind of dream.”
J. B. Priestley (1894–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In this place, whether we call it Bruddersford or Pittford Falls, perfection is not to be found, neither in men nor in the lot they are offered, to say nothing of the tales we tell of them, these hints and guesses, words in the air and gesticulating shadows, these stumbling chronicles of a dream of life.”
J. B. Priestley (1894–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Since we parted, yester eve, I do love thee, love, believe, Twelve times dearer, twelve hours longer, One dream deeper, one night stronger, One sun surer,—thus much more Than I loved thee, love, before.”
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831–1891) first seen 1867 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Love Fancies", in The Poetical Works of Owen Meredith, Vol. I (London: Chapman & Hall, 1867), p. 111.
“Nowadays children look at everyone in the magazines and they want to be a basketball star or on a television show, but there is only so many people who can do those things and not that you shouldn’t aim or dream for these things, but there are so many other fantastic jobs. So it’s good to talk about how to get there and how difficult it is to get there.”
Heidi Klum (born 1973) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Hollie McKay for Fox News, 30 September 2009.
“People like Hillary Clinton, who put those 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling, so that our daughters — and sons — can dream a little bigger and aim a little higher. People like Joe Biden, who's never forgotten where he came from and never stopped fighting for folks who work long hours and face long odds and need someone on their side again.”
Michelle Obama (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Bubble, bubble, flows the stream Like an old tune through a dream.”
Maurice Thompson (1844–1901) said by 1901 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is a dream come true. I now own all my music, my videos, my photos, and my unreleased tracks.”
Taylor Swift (born 1989) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Taylor Swift Regains Control of Master Recordings pitchfork (May 30, 2025)
“Come home to the affirmation that we have a dream. Come home to the conviction that we can move our country forward.”
George McGovern (1922–2012) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From a Speech in 1972, quoted in The Genius of McGovern’s ‘Come Home, America’ Vision, The Nation, by John Nichols (19 October 2012)
“Once learnt, this business of cooking was to prove an ever growing burden. It scarcely bears thinking about, the time and labour that man and womankind has devoted to the preparation of dishes that are to melt and vanish in a moment like smoke or a dream, like a shadow, and as a post that hastes by, and the air closes behind them, and afterwards no sign of where they went is to be found.”
Rose Macaulay (1881–1958) first seen 1935 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Personal Pleasures (1935), quoted in Murphy, Edward F. Webster's Treasury of Relevant Quotations , Greenwich House, New York, 1983 (pg. 185).
“There are gains for all our losses, There are balms for all our pain: But when youth, the dream, departs, It takes something from our hearts, And it never comes again.”
Richard Henry Stoddard (1825–1903) first seen 1880 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Flight of Youth", p. 5. Untitled on first appearance. Title from The Poems of Richard Henry Stoddard (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1880), p. 53.
“When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it's not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end.”
Stephenie Meyer (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If I could dream at all, it would be about you. And I'm not ashamed of it.”
Stephenie Meyer (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Oh, Bay of Dublin! How my heart you're troublin', Your beauty haunts me like a fever dream; Like frozen fountains, that the sun sets bubblin' My heart's blood warms when I but hear your name.”
Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (1807–1867) said by 1867 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The world would not have had a Barack Obama or a Hillary Clinton if it had not been for my father's movement 40 years ago. To elect Senator Obama would be aproportion of that dream fulfilled. I believe we can do that if we elect the right leader.”
Martin Luther King III (born 1957) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech, (1 April 2008), as quoted in The London Paper (2 April 2008), p. 8
“You know what so funny, this strike has been going on for a long time. It's lasted longer than the Civil Rights movement, what the hell is this? It's painfully obvious to me white people don't know how to protest. You need like an Al Sharpton, have a dream, go to the mountaintop, do something!”
D. L. Hughley (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I only saw her as she pass'd — A great, sad beauty, in whose eyes Lay all the loves of Paradise. . . . You shall not know her — she who sat Unconscious in my heart all time I dream'd and wove this wayward rhyme, And loved and did not blush thereat.”
Joaquin Miller (1837–1913) said by 1913 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I dared not dream she loved me. Nay, Her love was proud; and pride is loth To look with favor, own it fond Of one the world loves not to-day … No matter if she loved or no, God knows I loved enough for both, And knew her as you shall not know Till you have known sweet death, and you Have cross'd the dark; gone over to The great majority beyond.”
Joaquin Miller (1837–1913) said by 1913 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Everybody feels he has a right to a life of luxury — or at least comfort — so there’s a lot of frustration and resentment when the dream craps out.”
Gregory Benford (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I sit in the top of the wood, my eyes closed. Inaction, no falsifying dream Between my hooked head and hooked feet: Or in sleep rehearse perfect kills and eat.”
Ted Hughes (1930–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The purification of politics is an iridescent dream.”
John James Ingalls (1833–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Epigram, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“I stand in a land of roses, But I dream of a land of snow, Where you and I were happy, In the years of long ago.”
Fred Weatherly (1848–1929) said by 1929 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source