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“We (Ministry of Transportation and Communication) hope that the airline (China Airlines) will quickly and thoroughly investigate the incident (cigarette smuggling scandal), and disclose the results to the public.”
Wang Kwo-tsai (born 1959) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wang Kwo-tsai (2019) cited in "NSB officials used Presidential Office trucks: lawmaker" on Taipei Times, 25 July 2019
“Excellent stuff from CPC leadership candidate @MaximeBernier There's hope for Canada!”
Lauren Southern (born 1995) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'd like them (Mainland Chinese) to live here (Kinmen) too. I hope someday they can buy property here and their children could come to school here.”
Wu Cherng-dean (born 1957) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wu Cherng-dean (2016) cited in "On A Rural Taiwanese Island, Modern China Beckons" on NPR, 11 September 2016.
“[O]nly little by little, slowly... man, by the aid of organised observation and careful reasoning, can hope to reach knowledge of the truth... science... is the sole gateway to a knowledge which can harmonise with our past as well as with our... future... As Clifford puts it, "Scientific thought is not an accompaniment or condition of human progress, but human progress itself.”
Karl Pearson (1857–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Down the ages / they conduct their long monologue: / can'y you hear? / They hope for it from others, / wait for ones like themselves, / they were born that way. / And so has the world been arranged / that those others grow weary / and begin to take care of the chores.”
Mirkka Rekola (1931–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He suddenly remembered Prince John Maurice’s assessment of the situation in a recent letter: The government lost its head, the people its heart, the country its hope.”
Melinda M. Snodgrass (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After that, the book will fade, the way all books fade in your mind. But I hope you will remember this: A man walking fast down a dark lonely street. Quick steps and hard breathing, all wonder and need. A bell above a door and the tinkle it makes. A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time.”
Robin Sloan (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’ve lived here for 20 years and I have been a citizen for 10 years. I hope I am a good one. I know I don’t take it for granted. I feel I am an awfully lucky person to be an American and I think that every naturalized American and every person born in this land should kneel on his knees every morning and utter a prayer for being an American.”
Bela Lugosi (1882–1956) first seen 1939 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview for the Broadway Newsreel (April 5, 1939)
“On this planet there are people who are suffering beyond description. They are innocent people, they didn’t bring this upon themselves. They are the victims of the sins of other people. And while it’s hard to see, it’s important to understand that these people exist. I’m talking to you now because they can’t and I hope to be a voice for them. They need support.”
Mia Farrow (born 1945) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On human rights, quoted in MSNBC piece (August 28, 2013)
“I hope the public can calm down and use dialogue instead of violence (opponents of pension reform who allegedly broke two of his ribs).”
Cheng Wen-tsan (born 1967) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cheng Wen-tsan (2017) cited in "Taoyuan Mayor says no charges for protesters", Taipei Times, 26 April 2017.
“The great teachers fill you up with hope and shower you with a thousand reasons to embrace all aspects of life.”
Pat Conroy (1945–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think to look in the future, to plan another one, it's not realistic right now. But I don't close any doors. I'm very open for what comes up. At the moment, we are so happy with this one. I really hope people will like it as much as we do.”
Agnetha Fältskog (born 1950) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On planning her next album after 'A'; her thoughts on her 2013 solo album, 'A'
“A state law, the one on transplants, voted by a very large majority in the incumbent parliament, has been overturned by obtuse and irresponsible statements. Superficial statements dictated by ignorance of the issue that risk jeopardizing the work done so far to give thousands of sick citizens hope for life and to relieve their families of heavy daily anguish.”
Umberto Veronesi (1925–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[We doctors] Wear the mask of conviviality on our faces –to reassure, encourage, give hope– and carry within us the nihilism of the helpless witness in the face of tragedy. (p. 104)”
Umberto Veronesi (1925–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It would be against (Mainland) China's hope of a rapprochement in Cross-Strait relations if it continues to ignore Taiwan's rights and suppress Taiwan's participation in international organizations.”
Lin Cheng-yi first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lin Cheng-yi (2017) cited in "Taiwanese officials ready to work from WHA sidelines" on Taipei Times, 11 May 2017.
“With no king to protect them, for centuries they restored demolished temples and deities, till not a glimmer of hope remained...”
Meenakshi Jain (born 2000) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was walking down by the river. I lay down under a tree. I was broke. I felt pretty low. Then I looked up at the sky—all blue except for one little, white, fleecy cloud. The words came to me for the song—quicker than it's taking me to tell it to you. I got up—and I had new hope. That was the turning point in my life.”
Johnnie Ray (1927–1990) first seen 1952 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On writing "The Little White Cloud That Cried", The Chicago Tribune (16 March 1952)
“Most responses I have seen to the present crisis are polarized, either dismissing violent jihad as irrelevant to Islam or asserting that all Muslims should be treated as potential threats. In this book, I hope to clarify both the reality of violent jihad in Islam and a compassionate approach to our Muslim neighbors.”
Nabeel Qureshi (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The individual artist plays the role of a kind of "damaged" vessel into which subjectivity flees in its attempt to escape the reifying effects of bourgeois practice. Artists embody the last outpost of subjectivity, they are neurotic Messiahs, as it were, who represent for all humankind the final hope for salvation from the wholly administered and rationalized world.”
Richard T. Gray (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is a high goal, a mountain peak, a star that shines in the darkness, beckoning above the horizon. Its mere existence gives you hope—and that is the meaning without which you cannot live.”
Jordan Peterson (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Beauty leads you back to what you have lost. Beauty reminds you of what remains forever immune to cynicism. Beauty beckons in a manner that straightens your aim. Beauty reminds you that there is lesser and greater value. Many things make life worth living: love, play, courage, gratitude, work, friendship, truth, grace, hope, virtue, and responsibility. But beauty is among the greatest of these.”
Jordan Peterson (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O Canada! Where pines and maples grow. Great prairies spread and lordly rivers flow. How dear to us thy broad domain, From East to Western Sea, Thou land of hope for all who toil! Thou True North, strong and free!”
Robert Stanley Weir (1856–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have also been working on the large canvas for a few months. and it has turned into a cavalry charge, which I hope for sure to be able to exhibit in Spring. (translation from the original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek)”
George Hendrik Breitner (1857–1923) first seen 1883 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Breitner in his letter to A.P. van Stolk, 6 Oct. 1883; from RKD-Archive, The Hague; as cited in the master-thesis Van Gogh en Breitner in Den Haag, Helewise Berger, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, p. 57
“I do hope that karma is the keystone of the universe—even if I have to come back as a banana slug myself.”
“We are not really a godless bunch. We are just the sort who ignore the gods—probably in the unconscious hope that the gods will not notice us.”
“Project managers who believe that closing down a project will wreck their careers are tempted to carry on in the hope they will have a slight chance of saving their reputations. Both courses carry the risk of disaster for those responsible for a project, but one—abandonment—is often far better for the company.”
David Davis (born 1948) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: New Projects: Beware of False Economies", published in (March 1985)
“The rationale is that if infidels are eating this pork, they aren't eating it, so as long as they're preparing this pork for infidels, it helps send 'em to hell and it'll make Allah happy. I don't want people doing my pork that won't eat it. Let alone hope I'll go to hell for eating pork chops.”
Steve King (born 1949) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: June 22, 2018 on Breitbart Radio (; ; )
“If a beginning, on lines proposed by me in all humility and love, is made with faith, I hope that all the necessary reforms will follow, as night is followed by the day, and the progeny of the ancient Aryans will once more step forward to give salvation to humanity.”
Swami Shraddhanand (1856–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope to have the satisfaction of seeing the renovation of liberty and justice resting on the British government, to vindicate the honour of our common nature.”
Olaudah Equiano (1745–1797) said by 1797 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope, without friends, without books, even without music, as long as he can listen to his own thoughts and to the singing of a bird outside his window and to the far-away voice of the sea.”
Axel Munthe (1857–1949) first seen 1928 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Preface, 1928
“In the lonelier and perhaps even more disheartening moments which come to any national leader, I hope there will be a corner of your mind and heart which takes cheer from the fact that you have an admiring friend, a staunch ally that will be all the way with LBJ.”
Harold Holt (1908–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I cannot describe myself except to say that I am either very vain or very beautiful, and that I hope I am the latter, while suspecting I may be the former.”
John C. Wright (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yes, I prayed. Why not? The advantage of being an agnostic over being an atheist is that I always had the possibility of being wrong, and could still entertain the hope that the universe was better organized than it appeared to be.”
John C. Wright (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What can you do?” “I can bring you in dream to one who dreams of you.” “Will that help me?” “No. But you will come, because you will hope that it will.”
John C. Wright (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is a war, you know, between Cosmos and Chaos, between order and entropy, between reason and unreason. This forms the fundamental basis of existence; I do not see how any victory or lasting peace is possible. The most one can hope for is temporary compromises, temporary armistice. You are not the first victim of this terrible conflict.”
John C. Wright (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I miss my friends in Paris. Holland is fine to paint, but Paris is the only place to follow one's studies. One can find judges there who will encourage you, who wil tell one what is necessary and what is missing. My great hope is to return as soon as the weather and luck are on my side for he journey.”
Johan Jongkind (1819–1891) first seen 1856 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Jongkind in his letter, Oct. 1856 from The Netherlands, to Martin Beugniet in Paris; as cited by Victorine Hefting, in Jongkinds's Universe, Henri Scrépel, Paris, 1976, p. 46
“Hope being the greatest of all blessings, it is necessary, in order to be happy, to sacrifice the present to the future.”
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796–1832) said by 1832 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Being part of a rock band takes a lot of energy. That is one reason I became a vegetarian. I feel better physically, I have a lot more energy and I feel better emotionally knowing that I am not contributing to the suffering of animals worldwide. Remember, every time you sit down to eat you have a choice to make. I hope you choose to make a difference.”
J.D. Fortune (born 1973) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: J.D. Fortune GoVeg.com Public Service Announcement,” video ad for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (16 July 2008).
“'To hope for [immortality],' said the Patriarch, 'would be like trying to fish the moon out of the water.' 'There you go again!' said Monkey. 'What pray do you mean by fishing the moon out of the water?' 'When the moon is in the sky,' said the Patriarch, 'it is reflected in the water. It looks just like a real thing, but if you try to catch hold of it, you find it is only an illusion.'”
Arthur Waley (1889–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The revolutionary days I have been outlining are days in which hope is no longer fixed on the future: it becomes an electrifying force in the present. (p108)”
Rebecca Solnit (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Resistance is first of all a matter of principle and a way to live, to make yourself one small republic of unconquered spirit. You hope for results, but you don't depend on them. ("When We Lost" in 2016 edition)”
Rebecca Solnit (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...as Freire points out, struggle generates hope as it goes along. Waiting until everything looks feasible is too long to wait. ("When We Lost" in 2016 edition)”
Rebecca Solnit (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine act of insurrection. ("False Hope and Easy Despair" in 2016 edition)”
Rebecca Solnit (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Your opponents would love you to believe that it's hopeless, that you have no power, that there's no reason to act, that you can't win. Hope is a gift you don't have to surrender, a power you don't have to throw away.”
Rebecca Solnit (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The hope of the social reformer is to open wide the gates of opportunity, so that every creature, from the least to the greatest, may make his life a moral adventure and a joy, and exhaust his possibilities in the thing he can best do.”
George D. Herron (1862–1925) said by 1925 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Being a part of the show, is nothing less than a compliment. This show has taken us all to a new height; we will miss each other a lot and hope to work with each other in the future as well. The show is going off air but something new will definitely come up for our fans.”
Sukirti Kandpal (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was sick these days here is what prevented me from delivering my stones last Friday as I promised you I am in the purgations it is better and I hope to send my stones Tuesday at the latest.. .Bien a vous, - h. Daumier”
Honoré Daumier (1808–1879) first seen 1850 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote from an undated letter of Daumier [c. 1850's] to Pierre Véron from website Daumier
“By exposing myself, I hope to expose others to the many benefits of a vegetarian diet.”
Traci Bingham (born 1968) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: About her ad for PETA, "All animals have the same parts—have a heart, go vegetarian", as quoted in "Traci Bingham Gets to the Meat of the Matter", PETA.org (2002).
“I hope to represent the people of the United States, not the president.”
Lindsey Vonn (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In this story, there is no other place actually known to human beings, except this world as it is—the place where life is at once being lived; there are no other places for which to search or yearn or hope—no utopia, no paradise, no otherworldly afterlife.”
William Stringfellow (1928–1985) said by 1985 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source