„I hope I will live to see a final meeting of the minds between Puerto Rico and statehood, but [even] if I don't live that long, I am certain it will happen.“

„I hope I will be able to paint as long as I live.“

—  Margrethe II of Denmark Queen of Denmark 1940

Unsourced

„Well? I hope the people in the United States are sitting, enjoying this game. Because, they will never see a World Cup semi-final like this. For the rest of their lives. I am shell-shocked!“

—  Steve McManaman English footballer 1972

2010s, 2014 FIFA World Cup, Brazil v. Germany (2014)

„I don't need any support, advice, or compassion, because even if I am the most ruinous man, I still feel so powerful, so strong and fierce. For I am the only one that lives without hope.“

—  Emil M. Cioran Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911 - 1995

On the Heights of Despair (1934)

„I am finally ready for the world. I hope it’s ready for me.“

—  Tarik Gunersel Turkish actor 1953

Oluşmak (To Become) Aphorisms (Pan Publishing House, Istanbul, 2011)

„He gets hurt by the smallest touch. It'll be okay, as long as there will finally be a day. Eventually, one day. It will be good if all our burdens would finally be released. I really hope you can do it. I hope you two can both live happily.“

—  Natsuki Takaya Manga artist 1973

„In the wild, an elephant mother and daughter stay in close proximity their whole lives; I hope I am that lucky.“

—  Jodi Picoult Author 1966

Source: Leaving Time

„As long as I have laughter, I am not without hope“

—  Dean Koontz American author 1945

„I love you," he whispered. "I hope you don't mind.“

—  Garth Nix, livre Abhorsen

Source: Sabriel

„I am hopeful, though not full of hope, and the only reason I don't believe in happy endings is because I don't believe in endings.“

—  Edward Abbey American author and essayist 1927 - 1989

Source: Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast

„i hope i die
warmed
by the life that i tried
to live“

—  Nikki Giovanni American writer and academic 1943

Source: The Collected Poetry, 1968-1998

„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 Brazilian racing driver 1960 - 1994

Interview, January 1994 http://bleacherreport.com/articles/20702-ayrton-senna-fourteen-years-later

„I work a lot but don't seem to finish. That is, I hope what I am doing means something because I don't know what I am doing. It's strange and terrible but I feel calm. Today I worked non-stop for six hours on a sculpture and I don't know what the result is... Planes upon planes, sections of muscles, of a face and then? And the total effect? Does what I create live? Where will I end up?“

—  Umberto Boccioni Italian painter and sculptor 1882 - 1916

Boccioni's quote, from an undated letter to Gino Severini (probably July or August 1912, or November); as quoted in Futurism, ed. Didier Ottinger; Centre Pompidou / 5 Continents Editions, Milan, 2008.
1912

„People say that where there’s life, there’s hope, and I have no quarrel with that, but I also believe the reverse.
There is hope, therefore I live.“

—  Stephen King, livre Revival

Source: Revival

„I live on hope and that I think do all
Who come into this world.“

—  Robert Seymour Bridges British writer 1844 - 1930

Sonnet LXXIII.
Poetry

„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 American politician from Kentucky 1777 - 1852

Speech on the Line of the Perdido, Senate (25 December 1810).

„I love to live in the past, with a little hope for the future… “

—  Alexander Rybak Norwegian singer, actor, violinist, composer, pianist 1986

„I have lived as plain Mr. Jinnah and I hope to die as plain Mr. Jinnah. I am very much averse to any title or honours and I will be more than happy if there was no prefix to my name.“

—  Muhammad Ali Jinnah Founder and 1st Governor General of Pakistan 1876 - 1948

As quoted in Plain Mr. Jinnah : Selections from Quaid-e-Azam's Correspondence (1976)

„I am a Muslim and I am an Indian, and I see no distinction between the two. I don't know why should I fear the nuclear deal. It is a deal between two countries which, I hope, will become two equals in the future. The enemies of Indian Muslims are not America or deals like these. The enemies are the same as the enemies of all those who are poor—poverty, hunger, lack of development and the absence of a voice.“

—  Omar Abdullah Indian politician 1970

22 July 2008, Lok Sabha Give us a voice, says NC’s Omar Abdullah, floors House with own http://www.indianexpress.com/story/339280.html Indian Express, 23 July 2008.

„I'm a better actor now than I ever was, I wish I could have hurried that up, but there's no way. Anyway, I always wanted to be around for a long time. Like a European actor, I hope I live a long time and that I'm acting until I finish.“

—  Christopher Walken American actor 1943

Associated Press (February 4, 1993) "Christopher Walken shows charming side", The Toronto Star, p. F7.