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“We must pass like smoke or live within the spirit's fire; For we can no more than smoke unto the flame return If our thought has changed to dream, our will unto desire, As smoke we vanish though the fire may burn.”
George William Russell (1867–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the fire of love we live, or pass by many ways, By unnumbered ways of dream to death.”
George William Russell (1867–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We and it and all together flashing through the starry spaces In a tempest dream of beauty lighting up the place of places. Half our eyes behold the glory: half within the spirit's glow Echoes of the noiseless revels and the will of beauty go. By a hand of fire uplifted—to her star-strewn palace brought, To the mystic heart of beauty and the secret of her thought:”
George William Russell (1867–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Oh real as in dream all this; and then a hand on mine is laid: The wave of phantom time withdraws; and that young Babylonian maid, One drop of beauty left behind from all the flowing of that tide, Is looking with the self-same eyes, and here in Ireland by my side. Oh, light our life in Babylon, but Babylon has taken wings, While we are in the calm and proud procession of eternal things.”
George William Russell (1867–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What of all the will to do? It has vanished long ago, For a dream-shaft pierced it through From the Unknown Archer's bow.”
George William Russell (1867–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The twilight fleeted away in pearl on the stream, And night, like a diamond dome, stood still in our dream.”
George William Russell (1867–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Though the dream of love may tire, In the ages long agone There were ruby hearts of fire — Ah, the daughters of the dawn!”
George William Russell (1867–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When the breath of twilight blows to flame the misty skies, All its vaporous sapphire, violet glow, and silver gleam, With their magic flood me through the gateway of the eyes; I am one with the twilight's dream.”
George William Russell (1867–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Aye, and deep and deep and deeper let me drink and draw, From the olden fountain more than light or peace or dream, Such primeval being as o'erfills the heart with awe, Growing one with its silent stream.”
George William Russell (1867–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Each dream remembered is a burning-glass, Where through to darkness from the Light of Lights Its rays in splendour pass.”
George William Russell (1867–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“By many a dream of God and man my thoughts in shining flocks were led: But as I went through Patrick Street the hopes and prophecies were dead. The hopes and prophecies were dead: they could not blossom where the feet Walked amid rottenness, or where the brawling shouters stamped the street.”
George William Russell (1867–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ah, immortality so blind, To dream all things with it conjoined Must follow it from star to star And share with it immortal years. The memory, yearning, grief, and tears, Fall from it and it goes afar.”
George William Russell (1867–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let me dream only with my heart, Love first, and after see: Know thy diviner counterpart Before I kneel to thee. So in thy motions all expressed Thy angel I may view: I shall not on thy beauty rest, But Beauty's ray in you.”
George William Russell (1867–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Along A River-Side, I Know Not Where, I walked one night in mystery of dream; A chill creeps curdling yet beneath my hair, To think what chanced me by the pallid gleam Of a moon-wraith that waned through haunted air.”
James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) first seen 1861 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Washers of the Shroud. October 1861", stanza 1, p. 231
“The love, the echoes of long ago you needed the world to know They are in Xanadu The dream that came through a million years That lived on through all the tears, it came to Xanadu”
Jeff Lynne (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To really love a woman, To understand her, you gotta know her deep inside. Hear every thought, see every dream. And give her wings, when she wants to fly. Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms, You know you really love a woman.”
Bryan Adams (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Because thou must not dream, thou needst not then despair!”
Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) said by 1888 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To-morrow it seem Like the empty words of a dream Remembered on waking.”
Robert Bridges (1844–1930) said by 1930 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As night is withdrawn From these sweet-springing meads and bursting boughs of May, Dream, while the innumerable choir of day Welcome the dawn.”
Robert Bridges (1844–1930) said by 1930 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Possibly we will find an elegant model, in agreement with observation, that yields the pattern of lepton masses as well as the pattern of quark bare masses and even relates hadrons and leptons. This is our dream; touch us!”
Murray Gell-Mann (1929–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(on whether motherhood is the world's most difficult job) Dude, any job that you can do in your pajamas is not a difficult job, alright? You're 35 years old playing hide and go seek... you're living the dream! No time card, no taxes... you're off the fucking grid!”
Bill Burr (born 1968) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Let It Go (2010)
“The most extraordinary dream I ever had was one in which I fancied that, as I was going into a theater, the cloak-room attendant stopped me in the lobby and insisted on my leaving my legs behind me.”
Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927) said by 1927 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Of course, I also encountered hostile reactions in campaigning. People called me names, even spat at me; I received more threats. The most remarkable people, to me, were those who apparently approved of everything I said but nonetheless wouldn't dream of voting for the Liberal Party. It reminded me of Somalia: they wouldn't vote outside their clan.”
Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That is my dream. But frankly, I do not know if Western feminists have the courage or clarity of vision to help me realize it.”
Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...that very loyalty to the past with its dream of beauty and with its real hardness and hardships. These things save us from what is the greatest peril of our age, the peril of materialism....The struggle against materialism in the hearts of our people is one of the greatest struggles of this age.”
Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947) first seen 1930 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech upon receiving the Freedom of the Burgh of Inverness, Scotland (13 June 1930), published in This Torch of Freedom (1935), pp. 191-192.
“The world but seems to be yet is nothing more than a line drawn between light and shadow. Decipher the message of this dream-script and learn to distinguish time from Eternity.”
Fakhruddin 'Iraqi (1213–1289) said by 1289 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Don’t mourn your luck that’s failing now, work gone wrong, your plans all proving deceptive — don’t mourn them uselessly. As one long prepared, and graced with courage, say goodbye to her, the Alexandria that is leaving. Above all, don’t fool yourself, don’t say it was a dream, your ears deceived you: don’t degrade yourself with empty hopes like these.”
Constantine P. Cavafy (1863–1933) first seen 1911 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The God Abandons Antony (1911).
“Politicians who attack the dream of a federal Europe are racist bigots intent on undermining the Continent's freedom and peace.”
Jacques Delors (1925–2023) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to the European Parliament (4 May 1994), quoted in The Times (5 May 1994), p. 1
“The world could change in a second, so I find the sunshine beckons me, to open up the gate and dream.”
Robbie Williams (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dream that you died It takes you out of your mind The black walls of space Take me all the way”
John Frusciante (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I saw you smile I saw a dream come true”
Zooey Deschanel (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You never tried facing the sting Walking all in circles, take it all in stride Faces are not what they seem, I always dream lost in the tide”
Zooey Deschanel (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Can't get up in the morning lately and I'm just sunk in a dream I'm always the ship in the stream”
Zooey Deschanel (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ryan's freckles were a join-the-dot's enthusiast's wet dream.”
Zadie Smith (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dennis is the best player I have ever played with as a partner. It is a dream for a striker to have him in the team with you." — Thierry Henry”
Dennis Bergkamp (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With Americans worried about losing their jobs, their savings, their homes and their chance at the American Dream, the New Direction Congress will work in a bipartisan way to lift our economy and help America's middle class.”
Nancy Pelosi (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Paul, there is something very slack about a future that will take a biting satire for a vapid dream.”
R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had this rare privilege of being able to pursue in my adult life, what had been my childhood dream.”
Andrew Wiles (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My piano has not yet arrived. How did you send it? By Marseilles or by Perpignan? I dream music but I cannot make any because here there are not any pianos . . . in this respect this is a savage country.”
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) said by 1849 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are awaiting aggression by Israel and any supporters of Israel. We will make it a decisive battle and get rid of Israel once and for all… This is the dream of every Arab.”
Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970) first seen 1959 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in the Washington Post (27 July 1959)
“To be gazed at is one danger; to be manhandled is another. Women as a rule are unfamiliar with violence, they have not been through the tussles of childhood and youth as have men; and now the girl is laid hold of, swept away in a bodily struggle in which the man is the stronger. She is no longer free to dream, to delay, to maneuver: she is in his power, at his disposal.”
Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986) first seen 1974 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bk. 2, Pt.. 3, Ch. 3: Sexual initiation. p. 427 (1974 Vintage edition)
“You should never eat when you're on the toilet. "But I'm lactose-intolerant, and I've always wanted to enjoy a bowl of Puffins with whole milk!" That's more of an almond milk cereal, but live your dream.”
Daniel Tosh (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I said "boy, I'd love to get a tour of this house cause it's so beautiful". So she hooks my arm, and she walks by. And then the grooms mother, trying to help me out says "Can I help you ladies with anything?" And then Brooke's Mom; and this is why I love her, without missing a beat, says to the groom's mother - "Shut up, you fucking cunt"!! It was a fucking dream come true!”
Kathy Griffin (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The suburban housewife — she was the dream image of the young American women and the envy, it was said, of women all over the world. The American housewife — freed by science and labor-saving appliances from the drudgery, the dangers of childbirth, and the illnesses of her grandmother … had found true feminine fulfilment.”
Betty Friedan (1921–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Just cause things aren't what they seem, it doesn't mean you shouldn't dream, just don't get your hopes too high, cause once things don't turn out right, your world comes crashing dow.”
“On William Morris - He caught a crystal cupful of the yellow light of sunset, and persuading himself to dream it wine, drank it with a sort of smile.”
Sidney Lanier (1842–1881) said by 1881 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.”
James Anthony Froude (1818–1894) said by 1894 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I heard the sighing of the reeds At noontide and at evening, And some old dream I had forgotten I seemed to be remembering.”
Arthur Symons (1865–1945) said by 1945 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Fastest way to make you dream come true is to wake up!”
Preity Zinta (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Please, buy [Last Week Tonight Presents: A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo] for your children, buy it for any child you know, or just buy it because you know it would annoy Mike Pence. You'd be doing a nice thing in a really dickish way, and isn't that the dream at the end of the day?”
John Oliver (born 1977) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Last Week Tonight -- "Mike Pence" (ff. 0:19:24) (19 March 2018)