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“It is with just that hope that we welcome everything that tends to strengthen the fibre and develop the nature on more sides. When the intellect and affections are in harmony; when intellectual consciousness is calm and deep; inspiration will not be confounded with fancy.”
Margaret Fuller (1810–1850) said by 1850 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The pencil moved prophetic: together now men read In the fair book of nature, and find the hope they need. The wreath woven by the river is by the seaside worn, And one of fate's best arrows to its due mark is borne.”
Margaret Fuller (1810–1850) said by 1850 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Chance cannot touch me! Time cannot hush me! Fear, Hope, and Longing, at strife, Sink as I rise, on, on, upward forever, Gathering strength, gaining breath, — naught can sever Me from the Spirit of Life!”
Margaret Fuller (1810–1850) said by 1850 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Basic moral values must therefore first be internalised in the hearts and minds of its people before we can hope to enforce legislation reflecting these values. We cannot begin to observe man-made laws if we do not have any moral values to start off with in the first place. (18 May 2000)”
Taito Waradi wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If I am to be remembered, I hope it will not be primarily for my specialized scientific work, but as a generalist; one to whom, enlarging Terence's words, nothing human and nothing in external nature was alien.”
Julian Huxley (1887–1975) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Memories (1970)
“We hope and pray that by our efforts today and in the future the tenor of debate in this august house will greatly improve to carry the country forward in peace, harmony and reconciliation between all the races.”
Josefa Iloilo (1920–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As time progresses,” Lump stated, “people learn. That’s the only hope.”
Samuel R. Delany (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What hast thou for thy scattered seed, O sower of the plain! Where are the many gathered sheaves Thy hope should bring again?" "The only record of my work Lies in the buried grain." * * * "What is the harvest of thy saints, O God! who dost abide? Where grow the garlands of thy chiefs In blood and sorrow dyed? What have thy servants for their pains?" "This only — to have tried.”
Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910) first seen 1866 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Endeavor" in Godey's Magazine, vol. 72 (1866) p. 370
“I only hope you may be able not only to listen, but also to hear me. Your charity must multiply my small voice and do some such miracle as was done when the loaves and fishes fed the multitude in the ancient tune which has just been spoken of.”
Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910) first seen 1250 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 1250
“I'm more optimistic because I see the resistance in the streets... That's where hope lies.... They're mostly young, incredibly courageous, they are out there braving economic misery, arrests, indiscriminate, brutal and often lethal police violence and COVID-19, and they're fighting against injustice and the elites anyway. They're all heroes in my book.”
Chris Hedges (born 1956) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview by Chuncey Devega "America faces a historic choice — 'ugly corporate tyranny' or revolution Salon (July 16, 2020)
“I am not, sir, in favor of cherishing the passion of conquest. I am permitted … to indulge the hope of seeing, ere long, the new United States, (if you will allow me the expression,) embracing not only the old ….”
Henry Clay (1777–1852) first seen 1810 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech on the Line of the Perdido, Senate (25 December 1810)
“I hope I live to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we won't have any public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them. What a happy day that will be!”
Jerry Falwell (1933–2007) first seen 1979 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: America Can Be Saved! (1979) Sword of the Lord Publishers, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, p. 52-53, quoted at "The Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party
“One of the deep mysteries to me is our logo, the symbol of lust and knowledge, bitten into, all crossed with the colors of the rainbow in the wrong order. You couldn't dream a more appropriate logo: lust, knowledge, hope and anarchy.”
Jean-Louis Gassée (born 1944) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Apple Confidential: The Real Story of Apple Computer, 1999
“Now that you have seen how I help people transition from homosexual to straight, you can buy my new book or you can purchase my therapeutic tapes, and don’t forget my hope and healing videos. I’m also available for speaking engagements. And, of course, I take credit cards. God bless. Amen. Be straight.”
Richard Cohen (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t want there to be a catastrophe, I hope there never is another one, there probably will be, but it is really terrible that we need, we seem to rely on very bad things happening in order to come together. We’ve got to do better than that.”
Russ Feingold (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The scriptures bid us to send forth our light and our truth and when children carry within their hearts the torch of hope, they learn the darkness yields not only to man-made fire, but to starlight, to the rising sun, and to the light of the soul.”
Dennis Kucinich (born 1946) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech, Cleveland City Council (13 October 2003) .
“I had now reached that phase of the disorder where all sense of hope had vanished, along with the idea of a futurity; my brain, in thrall to its outlaw hormones, had become less an organ of thought than an instrument registering, minute by minute, varying degrees of its own suffering.”
William Styron (1925–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am thankful that the President of the United States has given me permission to tell my story. I hope that he and those in authority under him will read my story and judge whether my people have been rightly treated.”
Geronimo (1829–1909) said by 1909 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope that in Egypt there can be a transition toward a more democratic system without a break from President Mubarak, who in the West, above all in the United States, is considered the wisest of men and a precise reference point.”
Silvio Berlusconi (1936–2023) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Hosni Mubarak, in the relation to the 2011 Egyptian protests, as quoted in Berlusconi: Hosni Mubarak Is 'The Wisest Of Men, in The Huffington Post (4 February 2011), and Berlusconi: Mubarak is a wise man at al Jazeer…
“After decades, with the people’s will the Berlin Wall fell. Hope for the day that all walls that separate the nations fall through people’s unity and determination.”
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born 1956) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twitter Nov 10, 2019
“One thing being a scientist has taught me is that you can never be certain about anything. You never know the truth. You can only approach it and hope you get a bit nearer to it each time. You iterate towards the truth. You don't know it.”
James Lovelock (1919–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But as for me, Emperor, nature has not given me stature, age has marred my face, and my strength is impaired by ill health. Therefore, since these advantages fail me, I shall win your approval, as I hope, by the help of my knowledge and my writings.”
Vitruvius (80–15 BC) said by 15 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I do hope he [Bismarck] will burn down the Faubourg St. Antoine and crush out the Paris mob. Their freaks and madnesses have been a curse to Europe for the last eighty years.”
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) first seen 1860 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to G. M. W. Sandford on the Paris Commune (26 October 1870), quoted in Paul Smith, Lord Salisbury on Politics: A Selection From His Articles in the Quarterly Review, 1860-1883 (1972), p. 105
“I hope that we shall not go too far in accepting the clôture. ... It is not our interest to grease the wheels of all legislation: on the contrary it may do all the Conservative classes of the country infinite harm.”
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) first seen 1881 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Arthur Balfour (15 January 1881), quoted in Salisbury–Balfour Correspondence, ed. Robin Harcourt Williams (1988), p. 58
“It is right to be forward in the defence of the poor; no system that is not just as between rich and poor can hope to survive.”
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) first seen 1882 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in Edinburgh (24 November 1882), quoted in G. Cecil, The Life of Robert, Marquis of Salisbury, Volume III, p. 65
“Just conceive what London would be without the Empire. It would be a collection of multitudes, without employment, without industrial hope, sinking down into misery and decay.”
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) first seen 1889 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to the East End Conservative Associations in Mile End, London (16 July 1889), quoted in The Times (17 July 1889), p. 9
“All Empires fall, All ages die, All strife shall be in vain. All Kings go down, All hope must fail, But Tanelorn remains— Our Tanelorn remains...”
Michael Moorcock (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In Hell you become what you fear yourself to be. In Heaven you may become what you hope yourself to be,” said Lucifer.”
Michael Moorcock (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I understand you now. But surely, if Lucifer is successful, we shall all be saved.” The Wildgrave’s smile was bitter. “What logic provides you with that hope, von Bek? If God is merciful, He provides us with little evidence.”
Michael Moorcock (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We hope we have convinced the reader that the system cannot be reformed in such a way as to reconcile freedom with technology. The only way out is to dispense with the industrial-technological system altogether. This implies revolution, not necessarily an armed uprising, but certainly a radical and fundamental change in the nature of society.”
Theodore Kaczynski (1942–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Like those itinerant clerics who traveled during the summer months and took over for vacationing priests, I hope to help out this summer in Provincetown, but without the pedophilia.”
Kate Clinton (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Never grieve for me if it is my good fortune to die with my boots on. That's what I most hope for.”
Maynard Owen Williams (1888–1963) first seen 1948 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in a letter to Gilbert Grosvenor, editor of the National Geographic (1948)
“Nothing ever goes as you expect. Expect nothing, and you will not be surprised. Expect nothing. Hope for nothing. Nothing.”
Robert Jordan (1948–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Another turnin' point, a fork stuck in the roadTime grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to goSo make the best of this test, and don't ask whyIt's not a question, but a lesson learned in timeIt's somethin' unpredictable, but in the end is rightI hope you had the time of your life”
Billie Joe Armstrong (born 1972) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"(1997)
“The people that you grew up and braved the trials of high school with will always hold a special place. Through all the BS of high school you hope that your friends had the time of their life, and that's what the song is talking about”
Billie Joe Armstrong (born 1972) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted CBS Local . "Top 10 Prom Songs". CBS. (April 30, 2012)
“Caught up in bouts with the root of all evil I've seen it turn beautiful people crude and deceitful And make them do shit illegal for these Grants and Jacksons These transactions explain a man's actions But in the midst of this insanity, I found my Christianity Through God and there's a wish He granted me He showed me how to cope with the stress and hope for the best”
Eminem (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Like a flame in the night Like a ghost in the dark There's a ray, there's a light There's a hope, there's a spark”
Eminem (born 1972) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Stimulate" (from 8 Mile, 2002)
“Rebellion, revolution don't need dollars They need this instead Imagination, suffering, light and love And care for every human being You never steal, you never kill You are a part of hope and life The revolution goes from man to man And heart to heart And I sense when I look at the stars That we are children of life Death is small”
Joan Baez (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Today, people struggle to find what's real. Everything has become so synthetic that a lot of people, all they want is to grasp onto hope.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Rolling Stone's The Immortals (2004) "Bob
“Good luck to all of our guests, hope you can find some happiness in your future endeavours..., ...until next time, take care of yourself and each other.”
Jerry Springer (1944–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Weep for me, whoever has charity, truth and justice! I did not come on this voyage for gain, honor or wealth, that is certain; for then the hope of all such things was dead. I came to Your Highnesses with honest purpose and sincere zeal; and I do not lie. I humbly beseech You Highnesses that, if it please God to remove me hence, you will help me to go to Rome and on other pilgrimages.”
Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) said by 1506 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Merely to survive is to keep the hope greatness, accuracy, and the grace alive.”
William Saroyan (1908–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Peace Train" is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions. There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again. As a member of humanity and as a Muslim, this is my contribution to the call for a peaceful solution.”
Cat Stevens (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Baby, I love you But if you wanna leave, take good care I hope you make a lot of nice friends out there But just remember there's a lot of bad and beware Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world It's hard to get by just upon a smile Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world I'll always remember you like a child”
Cat Stevens (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This world has suns, but they are overcast; This world has sweets, but they're of ling'ring bloom; Life still expects, and empty falls at last; Warm Hope on tiptoe drops into the tomb.”
John Clare (1793–1864) said by 1864 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To-morrow comes, true copy of to-day, And empty shadow of what is to be; Yet cheated Hope on future still depends, And ends but only when our being ends.”
John Clare (1793–1864) said by 1864 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home.”
Isaac Watts (1674–1748) said by 1748 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Most people would trade everything they know, everyone they know - they'd trade it all to know they've been seen, and acknowledged, that they might even be remembered/ We all know we die. We all know the world is too big for us to be significant. So all we have is the hope of being seen, or heard, even for a moment.”
Dave Eggers (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I find the new liturgy a temptation against Faith, Hope and Charity but I shall never, pray God, apostatise.”
Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966) first seen 1965 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Monsignor McReavy (15 April 1965), quoted in The Letters of Evelyn Waugh, ed. Mark Amory (1980), p. 631
“I do love you though — and can love you without kissing you every time I see you and I hope you understand that.”
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929–1994) first seen 1947 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to a boyfriend of 1947, quoted in Jacqueline Kennedy's Old Love Letters Will School You in the Art of Breaking Up" by Laura Beck, in Cosmopolitan (2 September 2015)