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“It was no consolation to say their long ordeal was ended. It was not ended for us and — perhaps I should speak for myself — their memory was already turning to stone in my mind. In my whole life I have never felt such a weight of pure bitterness, helpless anger in utter defeat, outraged love and hope, as hung over us all in that room — or did we breathe it out of ourselves?”
Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think it is important for all those young out there, who someday hope to play real football, where you throw it and kick it and run with it and put it in your hands, a distinction should be made that football is democratic, capitalism, whereas soccer is a European socialist sport.”
Jack Kemp (1935–2009) first seen 1988 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a 1988 speech to the United States Congress, quoted by himself at Townhall.com
“The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes — or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face Lighting a little Hour or two — is gone.”
Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) said by 1131 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: XIV (1859)
“I must abjure the Balm of Life, I must, Scared by some After-reckoning ta'en on trust, Or lured with Hope of some Diviner Drink, To fill the Cup — when crumbled into Dust!”
Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) said by 1131 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: LXII (1889)
“Allah, perchance, the secret word might spell; If Allah be, He keeps His secret well; What He hath hidden, who shall hope to find? Shall God His secret to a maggot tell?”
Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) said by 1131 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 45 (1902)
“Profit sharing, by anchoring a man to the spot, by breaking down the sense of his own consciousness, which inspired every big strike, had a positive tendency to lower wages and worsen the conditions of employment. Therefore he looked with no hope to profit sharing.”
Keir Hardie (1856–1915) first seen 1909 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (4 April 1909), quoted in The Times (5 April 1909), p. 6
“One word more,” Foul said, “a final caution: Do not forget whom to fear at the last. I have had to be content with killing and torment. But now my plans are laid, and I have begun. I shall not rest until I have eradicated hope from the Earth. Think on that, and be dismayed!”
Stephen R. Donaldson (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It may be that hope misleads. But hate—hate corrupts. I have been too quick to hate. I become like what I abhor.”
Stephen R. Donaldson (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My hope in writing this book has been that enough people will choose to profit from that opportunity to make a difference.”
Jared Diamond (born 1937) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chapter "The world as a polder: what does it all mean to us today?", section "Reasons for hope" (Penguin Books, 2011, page 525, .
“I hope you have read the election programme of the Labour Party...this is not socialism. It is Bolshevism run mad.”
Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden (1864–1937) first seen 1931 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: BBC radio broadcast (17 October 1931)
“If I ever happen to have an accident that eventually costs me my life, I hope it is in one go. I would not like to be in a wheelchair. I would not like to be in a hospital suffering from whatever injury it was. If I’m going to live, I want to live fully, very intensely, because I am an intense person. It would ruin my life if I had to live partially.”
Ayrton Senna (1960–1994) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview, January 1994
“I shall not give up the hope of a peaceful solution, or abandon my efforts for peace, as long as any chance for peace remains. I would not hesitate to pay even a third visit to Germany, if I thought it would do any good.”
Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) first seen 1938 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Broadcast (27 September 1938), quoted in The Times (28 September 1938), p. 10
“For the present I ask you to await as calmly as you can the events of the next few days. As long as war has not begun, there is always hope that it may be prevented, and you know that I am going to work for peace to the last moment. Good night.”
Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) first seen 1938 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Broadcast (27 September 1938), quoted in The Times (28 September 1938), p. 10
“When I was a little boy I used to repeat: "If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again." That is what I am doing. When I come back I hope I may be able to say, as Hotspur said in Henry IV, "Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.”
Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) first seen 1938 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech at Heston Airport before his flight to Munich to meet Hitler (29 September 1938), quoted in The Times (30 September 1938), p. 12
“I say to Ireland what the Liberals or the Republicans of the North said to the Southern States of America—The union must be preserved. You cannot and shall not destroy it. Within these limits there is nothing which you may not ask and hope to obtain—equal laws, equal justice, equal opportunities, equal prosperity.”
Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914) first seen 1881 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to the National Liberal Federation in Liverpool (25 October 1881), quoted in The Times (26 October 1881), p. 11
“We have experienced the truth of this prophecy, for England has become the habitation of outsiders and the dominion of foreigners. Today, no Englishman is earl, bishop, or abbott, and newcomers gnaw away at the riches and very innards of England; nor is there any hope for an end of this misery.”
William of Malmesbury (1095–1143) first seen 1066 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Hugh M. Thomas, The English and the Normans: Ethnic Hostility, Assimilation and Identity 1066–c.1220 (Oxford University Press, 2003), p. 56
“We've got to win it. We're in it. Politically it is impossible for anybody to withdraw. The British people would not stand it. We have got to beat Hitler... Chamberlain is not a war man. He's a man of peace. His heart is not in the war. The only hope is to put Churchill in charge and get rid of Chamberlain.”
Michael Foot (1913–2010) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks to Lord Beaverbrook during the Phoney War (1940), quoted in Anne Wolrige Gordon, Peter Howard: Life and Letters (1969), pp. 101-102
“The British Constitution is an interesting contraption. I hope that is not too Burkeian a sentiment for a Thomas Paine-ite like myself to utter. There are many parts of it which die of apathy or inanition, and at the proper moment such parts have to be lopped off. That is what I should like to do with the House of Lords.”
Michael Foot (1913–2010) first seen 1969 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in the House of Commons (19 February 1969)
“The Leader of the Liberal Party—and I say this with the utmost affection—has passed from rising hope to elder statesman without any intervening period whatsoever.”
Michael Foot (1913–2010) first seen 1979 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On David Steel; speech in the House of Commons (28 March 1979)
“No rising hope on the political scene who offered his services to Labour when I happened to be its leader can be dismissed as an opportunist.”
Michael Foot (1913–2010) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Tony Blair, 1995
“Although [in 1937] we might still hope to prevent the divisions of Europe into Fascist and anti-Fascist camps, our real affinities and interests, strategic as well as political, lay with France, a fact which some of my colleagues were most reluctant to recognise.”
Anthony Eden (1897–1977) first seen 1962 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Eden Memoirs: Facing the Dictators (1962), pp. 486-487
“Although it is unfitting for someone like me to say this, in dying it is my hope not to become a Buddha. Rather, my will is permeated with the resolution to help manage the affairs of the province, though I be reborn as a Nabeshima samurai seven times. One needs neither vitality nor talent. In a word, it is a matter of having the will to shoulder the clan by oneself.”
Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659–1719) said by 1719 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The guy that was standing said, "We don't want you here." Reacher said, "You're confusing me with someone who gives a shit what you want." "You won't get served in here." "Won't I?" "Not a hope." "You could order for me." "And then what?" "Then I could eat your lunch.”
Lee Child (born 1954) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nothing to Lose, Ch. 4 (2008).
“Now the longed-for signal has appeared. Yet when happiness comes it brings less joy than one expected. But at least we've gained this much: we've rid ourselves of hope and expectation.”
Constantine P. Cavafy (1863–1933) said by 1933 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So let's not exaggerate. The light is good; and those coming are good, their words and actions also good. And let's hope all goes well. But Argos can do without the house of Atreus. Ancient houses are not eternal.”
Constantine P. Cavafy (1863–1933) said by 1933 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Well tonight I'm gonna live for today, so come along for the ride, I hope I'm old before I die.”
Robbie Williams (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope, my lord, if you ever come within a mile of my house that you will stay there all night.”
Boyle Roche (1736–1807) said by 1807 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We will unilaterally get rid of Trident and cruise, and we will put Polaris into the arms talks with the Soviet Union and hope to phase it out in multilateral negotiations. If the Russians...fail to cut their nuclear forces accordingly it would be a new situation that we could consider at that time.”
Denis Healey (1917–2015) first seen 1983 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Times (25 May 1983), p. 1
“I am a socialist who believes that the Labour Party offers the best hope for Britain's future.”
Denis Healey (1917–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'Crocco' (Carmine Donatelli), A farm-labourer and cowherd, had joined the Bourbon army, killed a comrade in a brawl, deserted and lived as an outlaw for ten years. He joined the liberal insurgents in 1860 in the hope of an amnesty for his past offences, and subsequently became the most formidable guerilla chief and leader of men on the Bourbon side.”
Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are cases - perhaps mine is among them - where this discovery can be particularly helpful. Much of my life, probably most of my conscious life, was devoted to a hope which has been plainly disappointed, and to a cause which has plainly failed: the communism initiated by the October Revolution. But there is nothing which can sharpen the historian's mind like defeat.”
Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Well I'm frustrated by many things but trying to get accepted by the art world isn't one of them. This seems difficult for some people to understand - you do not paint graffiti in the vain hope that one day some big fat tory will discover you and put your pictures on his wall. If you draw on walls in public then you are already operating on a higher level.”
“I would hope it is a when, as opposed to an if. How about Gene Simmons?”
Chris Cornell (1964–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“..the works of Mozart. They create a welcome pause amidst the storms of our inner life, a vision of consolation and hope, but we hear them like sounds of another, vanished and essential unfamiliar age. Clashing discords, loss of equilibrium..”
Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) first seen 1911 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote from: On the Spiritual in Art, 1911; as cited in Schönberg and Kandinsky: An Historic Encounter, by Klaus Kropfinger; edited by Konrad Boehmer; published by Routledge (imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informal comp…
“And if this is what we’ve got, then what we’ve got is gold We’re shining bright and I want you, I want you to know The morning’s on its way Our friends all say goodbye There’s nowhere else to go I hope that you’ll stay the night You'll stay the night.”
James Blunt (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is my ball park. Every game is played in daylight and I can see the ball good. And I can reach the stands in any direction. I hope I'm never traded but if I am, I wish it would be to the Cubs. I know I do well there in 77 games.”
Roberto Clemente (1934–1972) first seen 1961 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Discussing Wrigley Field (where he was currently hitting .693 for the season, with 9 hits in 13 AB, with 3 home runs and 9 RBI); as quoted in "Feast Then Famine For Pirates: Split Means Lost Ground In Race" by Lester J.…
“You know, when the season is over a lot of guys go home and eat peanuts and drink beer and they show up in spring training with a big belly. I will go home and start working on my body right away. My right shoulder is not the way it is supposed to be. I'm not going to wait until spring training and hope it is all right. I will work on it when I get home.”
Roberto Clemente (1934–1972) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speaking during the 1971 World Series, as quoted in The Chicago Tribune by Bob Markus, reprinted in I'll Play These: From Ecstacy to Angst, A Sports Writer’s Journey (2011), p. 219
“I've been in pain hope it doesn't show I've been insane well the time is slow”
John Frusciante (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The crying need of the nation at this moment—a need which in my judgment far exceeds any other—is that we should have tranquillity and stability both at home and abroad so that free scope should be given to the initiative and enterprise of our citizens, for it is in that way far more than by any action of the Government that we can hope to recover from the economic and social results of the war.”
Bonar Law (1858–1923) first seen 1858 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Election manifesto (4 November 1922), quoted in Robert Blake, The Unknown Prime Minister: The Life and Times of Andrew Bonar Law, 1858–1923 (1955), p. 466
“(after describing all the negligent drivers he encountered that day)"So let's hope I was a quantum magnet for all bad luck on Earth and the rest of you are able to stay safe tonight as a result.”
Brian Clevinger (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I've never really thought of myself as depressed so much as I am paralyzed by hope.”
Maria Bamford (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.”
Alfred Nobel (1833–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hope springs eternal in the human breast. (Original to Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man (1734))”
Halldór Laxness (1902–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope that famous critics will not class me with certain devotees of death and doom if I say here that I think that funerals in our churchyard gave me more entertainment than most other things when I was a little boy.”
Halldór Laxness (1902–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My beliefs are clearly that of a hardened skeptic […] I use the term "occult" to refer to any of all of these subjects. The reader is forewarned that The Skeptics Dictionary does not try to present a balanced account of occult subjects. If anything, this book is a Davidian counterbalance to the Goliath of occult literature. I hope that an occasional missile hits its mark…”
Robert Todd Carroll (1945–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“At the same time, we must lift the debt ceiling and hope that we can have a unanimous Democratic vote and perhaps a bipartisan vote to do so”
Nancy Pelosi (born 1940) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Pelosi writes to Democrats about Build Back Better" (October 12, 2021)
“Finally he leaned and cupped his hand to the glass chimney and blew out the lamp and lay back in the dark. He knew that on the day of his death he would see her face and he could hope to carry that beauty into the darkness with him, the last pagan on earth, singing softly upon his pallet in an unknown tongue.”
Cormac McCarthy (1933–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wish I could do it again, only I wish I could take all of the animals out of the environmental fur farm ... I have absolutely no regrets, and I hope the same thing continues to happen at MSU and every other college campus that does animal research.”
Rod Coronado (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We live in a world where people will have a GPS and a crucifix on the same dashboard — and you want me to have hope for these fuckin' monkeys on swing-sets?”
Doug Stanhope (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What we call unfaithfuless: our attempt for once to get out from behind our own face, our desperate hope of eluding the definitive.”
Max Frisch (1911–1991) said by 1991 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source