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“A dream will fly The moment that you open up your eyes. A dream is just a riddle, Ghosts from every corner of your life.”
Elton John (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What we in Iran had in common with Fitzgerald was this dream that became our obsession and took over our reality, this terrible, beautiful dream, impossible in its actualization, for which any amount of violence might be justified or forgiven.”
Azar Nafisi (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A new day. Calm as seldom the beginning of such a one. Did I dream? No! Dream and contented pure was the night.. .It is the sure certainty of having found unity with nature, this calm causes one of the strongest experiences. Man, air, trees, world are laid bare and are one! Contented sleep releases the limbs. We await full moon. Await the dance!”
Emil Nolde (1867–1956) first seen 1918 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: c. 1918; in Aus dem Palau-Tagebuch, 'Das Kunstblatt 2', no. 6, p. 179; as quoted in 'The Revival of Printmaking in Germany', I. K. Rigby; in German Expressionist Prints and Drawings - Essays Vol 1.; published by Museum …
“A new day. Calm as seldom the beginning of such a one. Did I dream? No! Dream and contented pure was the night..”
Max Pechstein (1881–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“At a certain point, a point already long past, the farmer’s attempt at the perfect control of nature evolved into the control of the farmer by the corporations that promoted that dream in the first place. It is only because that dream is so elusive that the control of farmers by its merchants became so inescapable.”
Michael Pollan (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This year, once again, the seasons have passed. Memories have faded. The border between my blurry dream and reality has become blurred. Even so, the dream I once told you of did not have a single lie.”
Ayumi Hamasaki (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have never looked for dream in reality or reality in dream. I have allowed my imagination free play, and I have not been led astray by it.”
Gustave Moreau (1826–1898) said by 1898 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "The Many Faces of Gustave Moreau" by Bennett Schiff in Smithsonian magazine (August 1999)
“Your dreamers may dream it The shadow of a dream, Your sages may deem it A bubble on the stream; Yet our kingdom draweth nigher With each dawn and every day, Through the earthquake and the fire "Love will find out the way.”
Alfred Noyes (1880–1958) said by 1958 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Keep in mind that the practice of dream interpretation is not generally useful for spiritual advancement. [...] People codify things and events as positive or negative based on culture. Even within a culture there can be variations of codification. Thus, dream analysis by the average person often can lead to confusion due to personal speculation and mental gymnastics.”
Bhakti Tirtha Swami (1950–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What makes us dream of some things and not others? Why might we pick up on a trivial event from the day and not something more important? Would it be possible to have someone dream of specific subjects by subtly suggesting those ideas?”
Derren Brown (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In my opinion, dream interpretation as practiced by most Freudian psychiatrists, including some of mine at the Institute, is nothing more than a fancy system of guessing. I think trying to understand the ‘real’ meaning of a dream without reference to the physical state of the dreamer is as pointless as trying to understand what a fever ‘means’ without studying the body.”
Connie Willis (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Vikram Sarabhai had dream to conquer the space is no more now but his dream is in fact a prime matter of research in the ISRO even today.”
Vikram Sarabhai (1919–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I dream of India becoming one of four most powerful economies of the world. I believe this dream can be made a reality within our life times.”
Mukesh Ambani (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My father had a magnificent dream, but it still is only a dream. It is easier to build monuments than make a better world. If we choose to honor him in words alone, it will be a grotesque farce.”
Yolanda King (1955–2007) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks at interfaith breakfast with Mayor Harold Washington (January 16, 1986)
“India is an old country, but a young nation; and like the young everywhere we are impatient. I am young, and I too have a dream. I dream of an India strong, independent and self-reliant and in the front rank of the nations of the world in the service of mankind.”
Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his vision of India, in his address to the Joint meeting of the US Congress in Washington on 13 June 1985, in Emotional Impact: Passionate Leaders and Corporate Transformation (8 November 2000), p. 97
“I'm sure that there are many Israelis who dream of waking up one day to find the Palestinians gone. And there are many Palestinians who dream of going to bed at night and waking up the next morning to find the Israelis gone.”
Daniel Barenboim (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poetry is a sort of truancy, a dream within the dream of life, a wild flower planted among our wheat.”
Michael Oakeshott (1901–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Pardon me, if I'm sentimental When we say goodbye , Don't be angry with me should I cry. When you're gone, yet I'll dream A little dream as years go by… Now and then there's a fool such as I.”
Bill Trader (1922–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One of the most important ways of understanding the unconscious—indeed, as Freud saw it, the royal road to discovering the nature of its contents—is the dream. And what is a dream but a series of images that tell a story?”
Morton Kelsey (1917–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Q: Is life a dream or a meditation? A: Life is a meditation when you know it is a dream.”
Baba Hari Dass (1923–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Art is nothing but the expression of our dream; the more we surrender to it the closer we get to the inner truth of things, our dream-life, the true life that scorns questions and does not see them.”
Franz Marc (1880–1916) first seen 1907 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quote from Franz Marc's note in 1907, he wrote down on his return from Paris; as cited by , in Expressionism; Praeger Publishers, New York, 1973, p. 126
“So age succeeds age, and dream succeeds dream, and of the joy of the dreamer no man knoweth but he who dreameth.”
Olive Schreiner (1855–1920) said by 1920 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To really die for your country you become a hero. He was most impressed by the King dream for peace and human rights and that is my dream for Rwanda.”
Kigeli V of Rwanda (1936–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love is of source unknown, yet it grows ever deeper. The living may die of it, by its power the dead live again. Love is not love at its fullest if one who lives is unwilling to die for it, or if it cannot restore to life one who has so died. And must the love that comes in dream necessarily be unreal? For there is no lack of dream lovers in this world.”
Tang Xianzu (1550–1616) said by 1616 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In The Peony Pavilion, trans. Cyril Birch (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2002), p. ix
“'Why so negative?' says the spider to the fly. 'Be objective, forget your prejudices'. But there is no way the fly can be objective, however much she may want to be: 'to look at the web objectively, from the outside - what a dream', muses the fly, 'what an empty, deceptive dream'. ... Any study of the web that does not start from the fly's entrapment in it is quite simply untrue.”
John Holloway (sociologist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are all responsible for our dream of storming the heavens. We cannot turn ourselves into dwarves now, after having dreamed, elbow to elbow, each feeling the others' heartbeats, of attacking and overthrowing the gods. This is the dream that makes power afraid.”
Alfredo M. Bonanno (1937–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t have a dream role. Every role I get is my dream role. Whatever the role… I have to commit to every time.”
David Zayas (born 1962) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On being open to any acting role in “David Zayas Talks 'Shut Eye' and Acting Career” in CINEMOVIE (2016 Dec 8)
“A dream like this not something you wish for A dream like this not something you ask for When it's a gift worth taking a chance for Then this is something you dance for”
Zendaya (born 1996) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To intentionally dream about the world in which the character lives is work which the actor must always do alone; it is then that he establishes the link between himself and the play. This is what I now recognize takes place in the actor’s personal dream space.”
John Strasberg (born 1941) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Excerpt from Accidentally on Purpose: Reflections on Life, Acting and the Nine Natural Laws of Creativity, The Sheila Variations (November 20, 2011)
“'We can make our own way in life but we can not even imagine how to make our own life colorful. A dream tells us the future of our arrival but the dream shows us future only one aspect of our future hope. It is heroic to say that you do not know what you can not do as well as to answer it as you know it is a great quality in you'.”
Miyuru Amarasiri (born 2002) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Goodreads, "Miyuru Amarasiri," March 15, 2021,
“There was always just that challenge of getting better, and every year having a new goal and getting a step closer to the ultimate dream. I really didn’t have the dream of the Olympics until I was maybe in middle school. And, at that point, it started to get a little harder. My life centered around skating—training before and after school. It was a huge time commitment for me and my family.”
Kristi Yamaguchi (born 1971) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Interview: Kristi Yamaguchi" in Nob Hill Gazette (1 February 2018)
“What's in a kiss? Have you ever wondered just what it is? More perhaps than just a moment of bliss? Tell me what's in a kiss. What's in a dream? Is it all the things you'd like to have been? All the places that you haven't yet seen? Tell me what's in a dream.”
Gilbert O'Sullivan (born 1946) first seen 1981 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Gilbert O'Sullivan, "What's in a Kiss?" (A 1981 live performance, with other material. On YouTube)
“Paris or New York? Both. Being raised in Paris, I dream of New York, but if I had been raised in New York, I would dream of Paris.”
Gaspard Ulliel (1984–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nothing is less faithful. Less real. Or more untrue than a dream... I will not spin and spin inside this skin. I will not mourn a future I never had... Choose to be the dream I am in right now. Maybe then it won't be so hard. Just to breathe right now.”
Tjawangwa Dema (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poets sing of a coming federation of the world, and we applaud. Idealists dream that in this commonwealth of all humanity the divine spark in man shall be the only test of citizenship, and we think of their dream and future history.”
Zitkala-Ša (1876–1938) said by 1938 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I see from the general mood in the country that Ukrainians share the dream to rebuild our country and our destroyed cities together. They are committed to the successful democratic transformation of our country after the war. This dream encourages all of us to continue our struggle.”
Oleksandra Matviichuk (born 1983) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: No time for reflection, emotions or crying”" in New Eastern Europe (25 March 2022)
“My first target in this team is to see to it that I get regular playing time and then secondly, I want to win the league title. It has been my dream always to win a title and with Besiktas, we have a chance. With that, we will qualify for the Champions League and this will be a dream come true for me”
Esse Akida (born 1992) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Akida eyes Champions League with BesiktasCapital FM Kenya(February 20,2020)
“Fifty years ago, it was utopian to dream of an eight-hour working day, as it is still a utopia to dream of a limitation of working hours in proletarian housekeeping. But utopias are invented to be realized, and as long as there is no demand for an improvement of living conditions, changing things is impossible.”
Milly Witkop (1877–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dream big, write it down and work towards your dream every day.”
Bonang Matheba (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Music is my passion, my dream. In fact, I am living my dream! I have been unable to stop it’,”
Miss Jojo (born 1983) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: , Her poise and grace in the music industry has earned her celebrity reputation. This is Josiane Uwineza aka Miss JoJo, has chosen to blaze. Her focus is undeterred, her mission is clear – sky is the limit for this budd…
“My childhood dream was definitely to be a singer, but as a little girl I thought it was just that, a dream. In the African culture, as you know, it’s very rare to encourage a child to become an artiste. Since I was always involved in the arts, I simply looked at it as a way to be better rounded.”
Laura Kabasomi Kakoma (born 1979) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Know yourself, listen to your heart, and take risks – singer Laura Kabasomi Kakoma The NewTimes, September 11, 2013
“My grandfather fleeing Ukraine in 1920s to Belgium, and fleeing Belgium to Brazil in 1940. It's a story of survival, of tenacity, of grit, as we like to call it. My mother migrated to the United States in search of the American Dream, as I said today, I am her American Dream.”
George Santos (born 1988) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Representative-Elect George Santos Speaks at Republican Jewish Coalition" C-SPAN (November 19, 2022)
“I noticed Asian actors were getting more opportunities, and I began to harbour this dream of getting back into acting, but it took a lot of courage to give voice to that dream. One day I decided: if I don’t do this, I will regret it.”
Ke Huy Quan (born 1971) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ‘I didn’t have a single audition for a year’: Goonies and Indiana Jones child star Ke Huy Quan on finding fame again" in The Guardian (14 November 2022)
“The Western is now a global fantasy. It’s hard to pin down what the myth means because the frontier is now so abstract. To dream of the frontier is to dream of progress. But there’s also the fantasy of the frontier as being lawless. There are no regulations that hamper the body; there is no superego in the frontier.”
Cathy Park Hong (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Stay true to your dream. Believe in your dream and keep pushing until you see it happen.”
Mamokgethi Phakeng (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's not always an upward journey; there are always ups and downs. But in order to maintain that passion, you have to maintain that dream and that drive, and the Olympics for me was that dream and drive. I'm certain that will be the same case for many other young athletes.”
Nathan Chen (born 1999) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: How gold medalist Nathan Chen hopes to inspire future Olympians with SLC 2030 bid" in KSL (18 May 2022)
“I am investing in you, this is where the children of successful and important people shop, this is where my grandchildren will shop as a matter of right because you will be able to bring them here. So, I held on to that. Kingsway, to me was a dream of economic empowerment. It was a dream of handing over a better future to my children.”
Oluwayemisi Oluremi Obilade (born 1958) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Inside my solo album, there was a bio of me. Under ‘what is your goal?’ I said: ‘to be an international sensation.’ That is so crazy. A 19-year-old who has just started out – who the heck are you to dream that big? But you’ve gotta dream big. When you have a big goal, you can surpass yourself trying to reach it. If you don’t, you never grow.”
Coco Lee (1975–2023) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (2014)
“I'm pro-union. I would not dream of voting for Sinn Fein, I wouldn't dream of voting for the SDLP.”
Kate Hoey (born 1946) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a LBC interview, as cited in "Watch: Former Labour MP Kate Hoey says she will vote DUP in General Election", Belfast Telegraph (13 November 2019).
“I left Old Trafford with pride, with my head up, because it was my dream team and not everybody’s dream comes to pass. Mine came to pass so every day of my life, I’m grateful.”
Odion Ighalo (born 1989) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I’ve no regrets playing for United –Ighalo. Punch Newspaper, 18 February 2022.