Quotes about dream
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Rayssa Leal photo

“Since I started on social networks, it has always been a dream to gain my first million followers, and now I have two?”

Rayssa Leal (2008) Youngest Brazilian skateboarder and athlete to win a medal at the Olympics

Rayssa Leal. Mateus Baeta: Conto de fadas à brasileira: Rayssa Leal é prata no skate street http://rededoesporte.gov.br/pt-br/noticias/conto-de-fadas-a-brasileira-rayssa-leal-conquista-prata-no-skate-street, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Brazil https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/br/deed.en.

Dreams
Connie Willis photo

“One of the greatest difficulties I encounter in my research is that people want to believe that their dreams mean something, but all the research I’m doing seems to indicate just the opposite.”

Connie Willis book Lincoln's Dreams

Source: Lincoln's Dreams (1987), Chapter 4 (pp. 57-58)

People , Dreams
Michelle Yeoh photo

“Don't speak about diversity and just have us there because you want to make it look like it's diverse. Meaningful representation, that's what it's all about, where the characters have real hopes and dreams and lives and it's very sincere to the culture.”

Michelle Yeoh (1962) Malaysian-born actress of Chinese ethnicity

"Michelle Yeoh Hopes Crazy Rich Asians Will Turn the Trickle of Diversity in Hollywood "Into a Stream" " in Harper's Bazaar (27 August 2018) https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a22794930/michelle-yeoh-crazy-rich-asians-interview/

Sincerity , Dreams , Hope
Manny Pacquiao photo

“To the greatest fans and the greatest sport in the world, thank you! Thank you for all the wonderful memories. This is the hardest decision I’ve ever made, but I’m at peace with it. Chase your dreams, work hard, and watch what happens. Good bye boxing.”

Manny Pacquiao (1978) Filipino boxer, basketball player, singer and politician, dancer.

Manny Pacquiao announcing his retirement from boxing, September 29, 2021. https://twitter.com/MannyPacquiao/status/1443063035627651078

Sport , Decision , Memory , World

“I came through the fire, and I am so blessed to be with you today. My dream is that one day, all people will live without fear, in real peace, with no fighting and no hostility.”

Phan Thi Kim Phuc (1963) Child depicted in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1972

"In Napa, “napalm girl” Kim Phuc shares story of suffering and forgiveness in Vietnam and beyond" in Napa Valley Register https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/in-napa-napalm-girl-kim-phuc-shares-story-of-suffering-and-forgiveness-in-vietnam-and/article_4f9225b8-0938-5509-b69b-abe13479fd4d.html (24 February 2019)

Peace , Hostility , Dreams , People

“The time is now to do whatever you dream of. Don't wait for tomorrow coz you might be gone -Edy kasawuli”

Edykasawuli7
Time , Waiting , Dreams
Menotti Lerro photo

“Nothing belongs to us / but dreams / confused images of the night, / voices that we do not distinguish anymore.”

Menotti Lerro (1980) Italian poet

Source: The Poetry of Menotti Lerro, p. 52

Night , Dreams
Menotti Lerro photo

“And yet in no time they disappear, / perhaps to reappear in a dream… / But now they are dead, / deleted without having lived / because each man exists just for himself / and when he dies (did he live?) nobody knows / that once he breathed.”

Menotti Lerro (1980) Italian poet

Source: The Poetry of Menotti Lerro, p. 49

Time , Dead , Dreams
Menotti Lerro photo

“I’ve never been afraid to die. Death in my dreams is a walk, compared to what we call life. If I have to fall, I want to do it my way, without anybody supporting me or pushing me.”

Menotti Lerro (1980) Italian poet

Donna Giovanna, Act IV, scene iii.
Theater Quotes

Death , Support , Dreams , Way
Menotti Lerro photo

“We should never be afraid of our dreams, but only of who doesn’t want to make us dream.”

Menotti Lerro (1980) Italian poet

Dario, Act III, scene iV.
Theater Quotes

Dreams
Mwanandeke Kindembo photo

“Cut away all of those feelings that showcase your weakness and develop the strong character that you have always been dreaming since birth.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author
Strong , Dreams , Birth , Feeling
Mwanandeke Kindembo photo

“I have a vision and not a mere dream.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author
Dreams
Mwanandeke Kindembo photo

“If you still want to keep dreaming, then go back to sleep. But if you want to succeed then wake up and act.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author
Sleep , Dreams
Mwanandeke Kindembo photo

“You can only dream and breathe while you are asleep. But making money in your sleep, that is pure Capitalism at its highest form.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author
Money , Sleep , Dreams
Mwanandeke Kindembo photo

“: Don't be afraid nor too weak of doing, dreaming and hoping for the best. Even though you know that life will give you the worst outcomes at the end of the day. One day, the door of success will be widely open and patiently waiting for you to enter through it.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author
Life , Waiting , Success , Hope
Mwanandeke Kindembo photo

“All my dreams are in black and white. I believe this is the main reason why I can't be a racist in life.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author
Dreams , Life
Mwanandeke Kindembo photo

“Even those who kept chanting that nothing was impossible ended up dying with unfulfilled dreams.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author
Dreams
Theodore G. Bilbo photo

“This is a white man's country, with a white man's civilization and any dream on the part of the Negro race to share social and political equality will be shattered in the end.”

Theodore G. Bilbo (1877–1947) American politician

In a statement arguing that would have been practically impossible to prevent Hartfield's lynching
1919

Country , Dreams , Parting
James Branch Cabell photo

“Nothing ... nothing in the universe, is of any importance, or is authentic to any serious sense, except the illusions of romance. For man alone of animals plays the ape to his dreams. These axioms — poor, deaf and blinded spendthrift!”

James Branch Cabell (1879–1958) American author

are none the less valuable for being quoted.
The Gander, in Book Seven : What Saraïde Wanted, Ch. XLV : The Gander Also Generalizes
The Silver Stallion (1926)

Universe , Dreams , Animals , Sense

“If night were a thief, it would be steal my happiness or my dreams of life. Maybe she doesn't know that I don't have anything special that she can steal. He finds nothing under my pillow except my sorrows.
If she looks around, she would have found a shining chest kept in a dark corner, when she open it, she would find nothing but my loneliness. she had to go empty handed with remorse.”

Shabdon Ka Jahan
Happiness , Loneliness , Night , Dreams
Ming-Na Wen photo

“I'm not one of those actresses that's going to feel like I never achieved my dreams and goals and just get disgruntled and hate everything about the business. I've had so much fun.”

Ming-Na Wen (1963) Macau-born American actress

From ‘Street Fighter’ to ‘ER’ : After ‘Joy Luck Club,’ Actress Ming-Na Wen Finds Diversity in Career Roles https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-20-ca-11142-story.html (December 20, 1994)

Hate , Business , Dreams , Feeling

“Do not limit yourself because no dream is too big.”

Kadda Sheekoff

This quotation is commonly attributed to Kadda Sheekoff, but actually appeared on social networking websites, with no clear author.
Misattributed

Dreams

“My dream participation would be to make as much money as humanly possible for doing nothing whatsoever.”

Fred Dekker (1959) American film director and writer

‘The Monster Squad’ Was Released 25 Years Ago Today: Fred Dekker Talks About the Film’s Reception and Anniversary https://www.slashfilm.com/the-monster-squad-was-released-25-years-ago-fred-dekker-talks/2/ (August 14, 2012)

Money , Dreams
Alfred Noyes photo

“A thousand creeds and battle-cries,
A thousand warring social schemes,
A thousand new moralities,
And twenty thousand thousand dreams!

Each on his own anarchic way,
From the old order breaking free, —
Our ruined world desires, you say,
License, once more, not Liberty.”

Alfred Noyes (1880–1958) English poet

Forward
The Lord of Misrule and Other Poems (1915)

War , World , Dreams , Way
Alfred Noyes photo

“It mocks me as it flies, I know:
All too soon the gleam will go;
Yet I love it and shall love
My dream that brooks no narrower bars
Than bind the darkening heavens above,
My Jack o'Lanthorn of the stars:
Then, I'll follow it no more,
I'll light the lamp: I'll close the door.”

Alfred Noyes (1880–1958) English poet

Apologia
The Flower of Old Japan and Other Poems (1907), Forest of Wild Thyme

Light , Star , Dreams , Love
Alfred Noyes photo

“Critics, you have been so kind,
I would not have you think me blind
To all the wisdom that you preach;
Yet before I strictlier run
In straiter lines of chiselled speech,
Give me one more hour, just one
Hour to hunt the fairy gleam
That flutters through this childish dream.”

Alfred Noyes (1880–1958) English poet

Apologia
The Flower of Old Japan and Other Poems (1907), Forest of Wild Thyme

Dreams , Thinking , Wisdom
Alfred Noyes photo

“Descend, descend, Urania, speak
To men in their own tongue!
Leave not the breaking heart to break
Because thine own is strong.
This is the law, in dream and deed,
That heaven must walk on earth!
O, shine upon the humble creed
That holds the heavenly birth.”

Alfred Noyes (1880–1958) English poet

"The Secret Inn : 'The Kingdom is Within You'" in Master Mind Magazine, Vol. VII, No. 3 (December 1914), p. 99

Strong , Birth , Law , Dreams
Alfred Noyes photo

“Enough of dreams! No longer mock
The burdened hearts of men!
Not on the cloud, but on the rock
Build thou thy faith again;O range no more the realms of air,
Stoop to the glen-bound streams;
Thy hope was all too like despair:
Enough, enough of dreams.”

Alfred Noyes (1880–1958) English poet

"The Secret Inn : 'The Kingdom is Within You'" in Master Mind Magazine, Vol. VII, No. 3 (December 1914), p. 99

Despair , Faith , Dreams , Hope
William Styron photo

“’Neath cold sand I dreamed of death / but woke at dawn to see / in glory, the bright, the morning star.”

William Styron book Sophie's Choice

Sophie's Choice (1979)

Star , Dreams , Death
Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie photo

“I cannot control even the dreams that I have made.”

Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie book Purple Hibiscus

Purple Hibiscus (2003)

Dreams

“The compulsion to possess and hold on to things is not unique. Everyone who wants to follow the warrior's path has to rid himself of this fixation in order not to focus our dreaming body on the weak face of the second attention.”

Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998) Peruvian-American author

Source: The Eagle's Gift, (1981)

Dreams
Jack Conte photo

“The growth of the creator economy has accelerated much faster than I ever could have dreamed of when we began this journey eight years ago. We are at a critical inflection point and I’m excited to partner closely with Tiffany to scale our teams to power our next phase of growth.”

Jack Conte (1984) American musician and entrepreneur

Source: Patreon chief: IPO “on the table” but not all creators will benefit https://www.verdict.co.uk/patreon-ipo/ (October 22, 2021)

Dreams
HoYeon Jung photo

“I was just so happy that I got a role and could give a performance. I still feel nervous at the thought of meeting an audience through the screen. I never dreamed that the show would become such a global sensation.”

HoYeon Jung (1994) South Korean model, actress

Source: "Exclusive: How Squid Game’s Hoyeon Jung Went from Model to Star of Netflix’s Biggest Hit" in Vogue https://www.vogue.com/article/squid-game-star-hoyeon-jung-interview (7 October 2021)

Happiness , Dreams , Feeling

“When you are pursuing your dreams and trying to leave a legacy, you will find help.”

Ibukun Awosika (1962) Nigerian business magnate

https://punchng.com/i-live-on-the-plane-ibukun-awosika/During a Punch Newspaper Interview in 2016

Dreams , Help
Liu Wen (model) photo

“I was studying tourism at college and wanted to travel the world as a tour guide – that was my dream! But actually sometimes modeling feels quite similar, because I travel so much – probably even more than tour guiding.”

Liu Wen (model) (1988) Chinese model

Source: "Liu Wen Talks Style, Diversity And What It Means To Be China’s First Supermodel" in Marie Claire https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/fashion-news/liu-wen-interview-china-s-first-supermodel-talks-style-diversity-and-her-mango-campaign-15375 (3 March 2016)

Study , World , Dreams , Feeling
Geling Yan photo

“My dream is to write with both pens, in English and Chinese. I want to be more truthful and more straightforward when I write in English.”

Geling Yan (1958) Chinese writer and screenwriter

Source: "Chinese writer finds freedom in English" in Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-literature-yan-interview/chinese-writer-finds-freedom-in-english-idUSTRE53M00D20090423 (22 April 2009)

Truth , Dreams
Bill Maher photo

“America may not be the country of your faculty lounge and Twitter dreams, but no one here tries to escape by hanging on to an airplane. No, we wait ‘til we get inside the plane to fight — and only because they cut off the beverage service.”

Bill Maher (1956) American stand-up comedian

Source: The Lesson of Afghanistan', (2021)

Waiting , Country , Dreams , Fight
Henry Miller photo

“Words, sentences, ideas, no matter how subtle or ingenious, the maddest flights of poetry, the most profound dreams, the most hallucinating visions, are but crude hieroglyphs chiseled in pain and sorrow to commemorate an event which is untransmissible.”

Henry Miller (1891–1980) American novelist

Source: Henry Miller on Writing (1964), p. 23

Pain , Idea , Dreams
Oscar Niemeyer photo

“Humanity needs dreams to endure misery, even if just for an instant.”

Oscar Niemeyer (1907–2012) Brazilian architect

Original: (pt) Quoted in Ciro Faro, De volta para a terra
Original: A humanidade precisa de sonhos para suportar a miséria, nem que seja por um instante.

Dreams
Adenike Oyetunde photo

“The identity integrity and gift to dream again people saw and learn from my life especially as a person living with disability NOW.”

Adenike Oyetunde (1986) Nigerian founder of amputees united

Source: https://www.hernetwork.com.q-a-adenikeoyetunde Adenike Oyetunde on question and answer section at Her Network.

Personality , People , Learning , Dreams
Rita Dominic photo

“I will marry the man of my dreams and not the man society dreams for me.”

Rita Dominic (1975) Nigerian actress

Source: https://dailypost.ng/2020/09/02/nollywood-actress-rita-dominic-reveals-why-her-marriage-plans-didnt-work-out/%3famp=1 Speaking during an interview with TVC.

Dreams
Bisola Aiyeola photo

“Do not give up on your dreams but rather stay positive.”

Bisola Aiyeola (1986) Nigerian Actress

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20190527120634/https://www.concisenews.global/2018/08/14/bisola-aiyeola-inspires-fans-with-lessons-from-mistakes/ Bisola Aiyeola on how hard she had tried before coming into limelight.

Dreams
Isaac Herzog photo

“We have to continue dreaming of peace.”

Isaac Herzog (1960) Israeli politician

Source: Isaac Herzog (2021) cited in " On 'Gassing the Arabs' and other diseases: Is Israel a 'Sick Society'? https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20211206-on-gassing-the-arabs-and-other-diseases-is-israel-a-sick-society/" on Middle East Monitor, 6 December 2021.

Peace , Dreams
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez photo

“Although I dreamed of flying from childhood, that was utterly unthinkable. I had to start work early, a shoeshine boy — a poor man's profession — or selling vegetables.”

Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (1942) Cuban cosmonaut

Source: Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (2021) cited in " Cuba’s Only Cosmonaut: Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez https://aldianews.com/articles/leaders/cubas-only-cosmonaut-arnaldo-tamayo-mendez/68439" on Al Día News, 7 December 2021.

Childhood , Dreams , Boy , Flying
Mikheil Saakashvili photo

“We must create the Georgia that our ancestors dreamed of, the Georgia that we dream of.”

Mikheil Saakashvili (1967) Georgian-Ukrainian politician, President of Georgia and Governor of Odessa

Source: As quoted in "Selling the Georgian Dream" http://old.themoscowtimes.com/sitemap/free/2012/11/article/selling-the-georgian-dream/471822.html (23 November 2012), by Luka Oreskovic, The Moscow Times

Dreams
Vladimir Putin photo

“As we ring in the New Year, we hope that it will bring new opportunities for us. Of course, we hope luck will be on our side, but we understand that making our dreams reality primarily depends on us, on what we prioritise in our daily lives, on our ability to commit to our projects and achieve concrete, tangible results.”

Vladimir Putin (1952) President of Russia, former Prime Minister

2021

Dependency , Understanding , Dreams , Hope
Dolly Parton photo

“Do not confuse dreams with wishes. There is a difference. Dreams are where you visualize yourself being successful at what's important to you to accomplish. Now, dreams build convictions because you work hard to pay the price to make sure that they come true. Wishes are are hoping good things will happen to you, but there's no fire in your gut that causes you to put everything forth to overcome all the obstacles. So you have to dream more and never, ever, ever blame somebody else if it doesn't happen. That is in your department.”

Dolly Parton (1946) American singer-songwriter and actress

Source: " Dolly Parton Delivers Commencement Address at the University of Tennessee 2009 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuOm2lLIOoU&t=6m35s" (at 6m35s), University of Tennessee, Knoxville on YouTube.

Success , Dreams , Hope
Kate Bush photo

“Could be in a dream
Our clothes are on the beach
These prints of our feet
Lead right up to the sea
No one, no one is here
No one, no one is here
We stand in the Atlantic
We become panoramic...”

Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer

Source: Song lyrics, Aerial (2005), A Sky of Honey (Disc 2)

Clothes , Dreams , Sea
Kate Bush photo

“Feel your hair come tumbling down
Feel your feet start kissing the ground
Feel your arms are opening out
And see your eyes are lifted to God
With no words, with no song
I'm gonna dance the dream
And make the dream come true...”

Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer

Source: Song lyrics, The Red Shoes (1993)

God , Dreams , Kiss , Dance
Ivan Kozhedub photo

“My life is forever connected with aviation. I cannot live without the sky. I continue to improve my flying skills on modern domestic aircraft, I dream that, perhaps, I will have to lift a peaceful aircraft into space.”

Ivan Kozhedub (1920–1991) Soviet aviator, thrice hero of the Soviet Union

Source: As quoted in his memoirs in 1969, ""Без боя не уйду". Как летчик-ас Кожедуб сбивал вражеские самолеты" https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/8658487

Flying , Peace , Dreams , Life
Jay Samit photo

“Fear kills more dreams than failure ever will.”

Jay Samit (1961) American businessman

Future Proofing You (2021)

Fear , Dreams , Failure
Jay Samit photo

“Most of your life you have been told to get the safe and steady job by people who had given up on their dreams years before you came along.”

Jay Samit (1961) American businessman

Future Proofing You (2021)

Dreams , People , Life
Alfred Austin photo

“My virgin sense of sound was steeped
In the music of young streams;
And roses through the casement peeped,
And scented all my dreams.”

Alfred Austin (1835–1913) British writer and poet

"Prelude", stanza XI; p. ix., At the Gate of the Convent (1885)

Dreams , Music , Sense
Gilbert O'Sullivan photo

“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 (1946) Irish singer-songwriter

"What's in a Kiss?" (song)
Gilbert O'Sullivan, "What's in a Kiss?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouajeMalTcw (song on YouTube)
Gilbert O'Sullivan, "What's in a Kiss?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-C3LsISY6Q (A 1981 live performance, with other material. On YouTube)
Song lyrics

Dreams , Kiss
Gilbert O'Sullivan photo

“Where to begin?
The pain I am in,
hard to know when to stop.
Out of the blue
a dream came true,
only to see it drop.
I'm no genius where love's concerned,
more fool me to pretend.
Whatever it takes, while my heart aches
I'll never love again.”

Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946) Irish singer-songwriter

"I'll Never Love Again" (song)
Gilbert O'Sullivan, "I'll Never Love Again" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IIlAUIwQdc (song on YouTube)
Song lyrics

Pain , Dreams , Fools , Heart
Prevale photo

“Don't turn your thoughts into fears. Turn your dreams into actions and your actions into successes.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Non trasformare i tuoi pensieri in paure. Trasforma i tuoi sogni in azioni e le tue azioni in successi.
Source: prevale.net

Success , Dreams , Fear
Edgar Guest photo

“We have room for the man with an honest dream,
With his heart on fire and his eyes agleam;
We have room for the man with a purpose true,
Who comes to our shores to start life anew,
But we haven't an inch of space for him
Who comes to plot against life and limb.
We have room for the man who will learn our ways,
Who will stand by our Flag in its troubled days;
We have room for the man who will till the soil,
Who will give his hands to a fair day's toil,
But we haven't an inch of space to spare
For the breeder of hatred and black despair.”

Edgar Guest (1881–1959) American writer

Source: When Day is Done (1921), No Room for Hate, stanzas 1 and 2

Despair , Life , Learning , Dreams
Edgar Guest photo

“It is better as it is: I have failed but I can sleep;
Though the pit I now am in is very dark and deep
I can walk to-morrow's streets and can meet to-morrow's men
Unashamed to face their gaze as I go to work again.I have lost the hope I had; in the dust are all my dreams,
But my loss is not so great or so dreadful as it seems;
I made my fight and though I failed I need not slink away
For I do not have to fear what another man may say.”

Edgar Guest (1881–1959) American writer

Source: When Day is Done (1921), The Loss Is Not So Great, stanzas 1 and 2.

Sleep , Fear , Loss , Dreams
Gilbert O'Sullivan photo

“When I'm alone with you it seems all my dreams come true
It makes me feel so good I just can't help loving you
Cos you're everything I could hope for:
that's why I love you
Sometimes I tell myself this girl don't love you no more
and that some day with someone new she'll walk from your door
But if you did, my world would break in two,
that's why I love you
And any time I see your face
something very unusual takes place:
all my inhibitions disappear
now that you are here”

Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946) Irish singer-songwriter

"That's Why I Love You" (song)
Song lyrics
Source: Gilbert O'Sullivan, "That's Why I Love You" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zpN5iej40E (song on YouTube)

Girl , World , Time , Dreams
John Wesley photo

“Beware you are not a fiery, persecuting enthusiast. Do not imagine that God has called you (just contrary to the spirit of Him you style your Master) to destroy men’s lives, and not to save them. Never dream of forcing men into the ways of God. Think yourself, and let think. Use no constraint in matters of religion. Even those who are farthest out of the way never compel to come in by any other means than reason, truth, and love.”

John Wesley book Sermons on Several Occasions

1770s, Sermons on Several Occasions (1771)
Source: Sermon 37 "The Nature of Enthusiasm"

Imagination , Thinking , Love , Men

“I often dream about falling. Such dreams are commonplace to the ambitious or those who climb mountains. Lately I dreamed I was clutching at the face of a rock but it would not hold. Gravel gave way. I grasped for a shrub, but it pulled loose, and in cold terror 1 fell into the abyss. Suddenly I realized that my fall was relative; there was no bottom and no end. A feeling of pleasure overcame me. I realized that what I embody, the principle of life, cannot be destroyed. It is written into the cosmic code, the order of the universe. As I continued to fall in the dark void, embraced by the vault of the heavens, I sang to the beauty of the stars and made my peace with the darkness.”

Heinz R. Pagels (1939–1988) American physicist

Source: The Cosmic Code (1982), p. 312-313

Mountain , Star , Life , Pleasure
Prevale photo

“I'll dance all night, | then I'll dream of you again, | I want to fly next to you, | in this summer sky.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Cielo D'estate (Sun Mix)
Original: (it) Ballerò tutta la notte, | poi ti sognerò ancora, | io voglio volare accanto a te, | in questo cielo d'estate.
Source: Tarquini & Prevale – Cielo D'Estate (Sun Mix) https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Tarquini-Prevale/Cielo-D-estate-Sun-Mix, Musixmatch.com, June 22, 2017

Night , Dreams , Dance , Flying
Prevale photo

“You know you are never enough for me, | not close yet, | no more dreams I want you here with me, | don't leave yet.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Sognami
Original: (it) Sai che tu non mi basti mai, | non ancora vicina stai, | basta sogni ti voglio qui con me, | non andartene ancora.
Source: Tarquini & Prevale – Sognami https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Tarquini-Prevale/Sognami/, Musixmatch.com, June 16, 2016

Dreams
Prevale photo

“In my dream, | you can follow me, | everywhere, | I well go, | you be there for over time.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

In My Dreams

Time , Dreams
Tara Westover photo

“Suspended between fear of the past and fear of the future, I recorded the dream in my journal. Then, without any explanation, as if the connection between the two were obvious, I wrote, I don’t understand why I wasn’t allowed to get a decent education as a child.”

Tara Westover book Educated

Source: Educated (2018), Chapter 18, “Blood and Feathers” (p. 163)

Education , Fear , Understanding , Past
Louise Glück photo

“The soul is silent.
If it speaks at all
it speaks in dreams.”

Louise Glück (1943–2023) American poet

Source: "Child Crying Out", Ararat (1990)

Soul , Dreams
Billy Joel photo

“You can get just so much
From a good thing.
You can linger too long
In your dreams.
Say goodbye to the
Oldies but goodies.
You know the good ole days weren't always good,
And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.”

Billy Joel (1949) American singer-songwriter and pianist

Keeping the Faith.
Song lyrics, An Innocent Man (1983)

Dreams

“I remember wondering smokily whether anyone ever loves a person. People seem to love dreams instead, and for the lucky ones, the person is close to the dream. But it’s a dream all the same, a sticky dream. You unload the person, and the dream stays with you.”

Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985) American speculative fiction writer

Source: Short fiction, The Martian and the Moron (1949), p. 44

Personality , People , Dreams , Love
Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye photo

“Thou mourner for departed dreams!
On earth there is no rest
When grief hath troubled the pure streams
Of memory in thy breast!”

Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (1807–1867) British songwriter, composer, poet and author

"Disenchanted!", line 41; p. 139.
Songs, Poems, & Verses (1894)

Dreams , Memory
Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye photo

“Oh, Bay of Dublin! How my heart you're troublin',
Your beauty haunts me like a fever dream;
Like frozen fountains, that the sun sets bubblin'
My heart's blood warms when I but hear your name.”

Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (1807–1867) British songwriter, composer, poet and author

"The Bay of Dublin", line 1; p. 124.
Songs, Poems, & Verses (1894)

Sun , Beauty , Dreams , Heart
Clark Ashton Smith photo

“Bow down: I am the emperor of dreams;
I crown me with the million-colored sun
Of secret worlds incredible, and take
Their trailing skies for vestment when I soar,
Throned on the mounting zenith, and illume
The spaceward-flown horizons infinite.”

Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961) American author

Opening lines of "The Hashish Eater; or, the Apocalypse of Evil" (1920)

Secret , World , Sun , Dreams

“Discouragement slowly but tenaciously strangles the greatest longings of the soul. Don't let the dreams God has put in your hearts be stolen. And never lose hope of achieving a better country.”

Jorge Eduardo Lozano (1955) Catholic archbishop

Source: “Don’t allow the dreams God put into your hearts to be stolen,” Argentinean bishop says https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/10471/dont-allow-the-dreams-god-put-into-your-hearts-to-be-stolen-argentinean-bishop-says (24 September 2007)

Soul , God , Country , Dreams

“I see nightmares when I sleep and I dream about you when I'm awake.”

Rymin

This quote is from "Pink" by "Rymin" and the original words are in Persian.
Source: https://soundcloud.com/rymiin/pink

Sleep , Dreams
Marlene Schmidt photo

“In Hollywood, I quickly realized that life there with him wasn't for me - I dreamed of sitting on a bench with my partner by a lake with a boat on it, a forest house in the background.”

Marlene Schmidt (1937) German actress

https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/marlene-schmidt-die-anti-miss-von-1961-a-131280.html

Housing , Dreams , Life
Ron English photo

“Memories remake the past, dreams remake the future.”

Ron English (1959) American artist

Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)

Future , Memory , Past , Dreams
Karl Popper photo

“Do not allow your dreams of a beautiful world to lure you away from the claims of men who suffer here and now.”

Karl Popper book Conjectures and Refutations

Source: Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (1963), p. 485

Beauty , Dreams , Suffering , World
Tsunetomo Yamamoto photo

“It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this.”

Tsunetomo Yamamoto book Hagakure

Hagakure (c. 1716)

Dreams , World
Daniel Salamanca photo

“What is not ephemeral in individual life, if life itself is fleeting like a dream.”

Daniel Salamanca (1863–1935) President of Bolivia (1863-1935)
Life , Dreams
Joe Biden photo

“All of those empty storefronts aren’t just shattered dreams, they’re warning lights that are going off and state and local budgets that are being stretched because of the lack of tax revenue.”

Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)

2021, March 2021, Remarks by President Biden Before Economic Briefing with Treasury Secretary Yellen

Light , Dreams
Sania Nehwal photo

“I am set to give my best. Yes, to win a medal for India in the Olympics is my dream. But I will go step by step; I will give my hundred percent and leave the rest to God.”

Sania Nehwal (1990) Indian badminton player

"Saina Nehwal Interview: Sportskeeda Exclusive" https://www.sportskeeda.com/badminton/saina-nehwal-interview-sportskeeda-exclusive (19 April 2012)

God , Dreams
Sania Nehwal photo

“I am a professional athlete and pressure is a part of every professional sport. It will be a dream come true for me if I could defeat the Chinese on my way to a medal, so if there’s pressure, there’s also incentive.”

Sania Nehwal (1990) Indian badminton player

"Saina Nehwal Interview: Sportskeeda Exclusive" https://www.sportskeeda.com/badminton/saina-nehwal-interview-sportskeeda-exclusive (19 April 2012)

Sport , Dreams , Parting , Way

“One thing I can't keep seem to say,
is I'm not done with you,
still can't get over you,
you don't wanna hear that,
you likely never will,
these dreams I have about you,
this brokenness I feel.”

Marian Renta

Music lyrics, Headfirst (2021) —"Fragments"

Dreams , Feeling
Gary Locke photo

“I like to encourage students to reach for the stars and go for their dreams. I tell them not to be afraid to pursue something different. I also tell them that it's very important to read as much and as often as they can and to work hard in school.”

Gary Locke (1950) American politician

"Questions and Answers for the Governor" https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/governorlocke/kids/questions.htm

Star , School , Reading , Dreams
Gary Locke photo

“I always wanted a job where I could help people. I never dreamed when I ran for a seat in the Legislature that I would end up in the Governor's office. At the time, I wanted to do something to improve education in the state. It's still my highest priority.”

Gary Locke (1950) American politician

"Questions and Answers for the Governor" https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/governorlocke/kids/questions.htm

People , Education , Time , Dreams
Ayaan Hirsi Ali photo

“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 (1969) Dutch feminist, author

Source: 2010s, Nomad: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations (2010), Chapter 15, “Dishonor, Death, and Feminists” (p. 235)

Courage , Dreams , Help
Stephen Antony Pillai photo

“If God so wills, I will bear fruit. I am a grown up plant of forty years in priesthood service. This is God's plan and His will. I never thought that, at the age of sixty-six, I would be made a bishop. God has fulfilled His own dream in this way. That's how I take it.”

Stephen Antony Pillai (1952) Roman Catholic bishop

My Priority Is Spiritual Awakening (28 February 2019) Light of truth http://lightoftruth.in/coverstory/priority-spiritual-awakening/

God , Dreams , Age , Way
Prevale photo

“Your dream will never end until you stop believing it.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Il tuo sogno non avrà mai fine finché non smetterai di crederci.
Source: prevale.net

Dreams
Sergei Korolev photo

“Today the dreams of the best sons of mankind have come true. The assault on space has begun.”

Sergei Korolev (1906–1966) Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer

As quoted in 1957, Red Star in Orbit by James Oberg (1981)

Dreams
Francisco Franco photo

“We do not believe in government through the voting booth. The Spanish national will was never freely expressed through the ballot box. Spain has no foolish dreams.”

Francisco Franco (1892–1975) Spanish general and dictator

Statement during the civil war, cited in 1938 by Time magazine http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,915079,00.html, also cited in John A. Crittenden, Parties and elections in the United States, Prentice-Hall, 1982, (p.6).
1930s, 1938

Box , Dreams

“REMEMBER OLD TIM QUILL

In the moneylenders’ offices
The clocks are standing still
As leading the workers here in Cork
Is our old man Tim Quill

Known for his eloquent oration
When he heads the Cork Trades Council
He devises every selfless action
For the welfare of the nation

In ’22 democracy
Was promised to us all
Yet if it wasn’t for the Co-op
That dream it would just fall

Some say his Friesian herd
Is the most prolific of the lot
Yet the needs of the most desperate
Quill has not forgot

Under the present order
We’re left with debt and slums
Until then we follow Timothy Quill
And his marchers’ fine ol’ drums”

Sean O'Connor

Primary source
Source: Scrap print from Irish Labour history group

Democracy , Dreams
Ashley Eckstein photo

“I am an actress and I have performed in all types of mediums; live action film/television, theater, voice-over, hosting and it has been my dream for 14 years to continue to play Ahsoka Tano in all forms”

Ashley Eckstein (1981) American actress

quotes

Dreams
Isabella Rossellini photo

“I’m not there now to represent beauty; I’m there to represent a different dream. It may be defined as joyfulness; life goes on and there are many chapters. I think that’s why they keep me.”

Isabella Rossellini (1952) Italian actress and filmmaker

On what she feels like she symbolizes now for Lancôme in “Isabella Rossellini: ‘Ageing brings a lot of happiness. You get fatter – but there is freedom’” https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oct/13/isabella-rossellini-ageing-brings-a-lot-of-happiness-you-get-fatter-but-there-is-freedom in The Guardian (2020 Oct 13)

Beauty , Dreams , Thinking , Life
Prevale photo

“A dream? With the mind you imagine it, with the will you realize it.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Un sogno? Con la mente lo immagini, con la volontà lo realizzi.
Source: prevale.net

Imagination , Dreams
Emily Brontë photo

“But first a hush of peace, a soundless calm descends;
The struggle of distress and fierce impatience ends
Mute music sooths my breast — unuttered harmony
That I could never dream till earth was lost to me.

Then dawns the Invisible; the Unseen its truth reveals;
My outward sense is gone, my inward essence feels —
Its wings are almost free, its home, its harbour found;
Measuring the gulf, it stoops and dares the final bound —

O, dreadful is the check — intense the agony
When the ear begins to hear and the eye begins to see;
When the pulse begins to throb, the brain to think again,
The soul to feel the flesh and the flesh to feel the chain.

Yet I would lose no sting, would wish no torture less;
The more that anguish racks the earlier it will bless;
And robed in fires of Hell, or bright with heavenly shine
If it but herald Death, the vision is divine —”

Emily Brontë (1818–1848) English novelist and poet

The Prisoner (October 1845)

Home , Soul , Hell , Thinking
John Donne photo

“I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I
Did, till we loved? Were we not weaned till then?
But sucked on country pleasures, childishly?
Or snorted we in the Seven Sleepers’ den?
’Twas so; but this, all pleasures fancies be.
If ever any beauty I did see,
Which I desired, and got, ’twas but a dream of thee.

And now good-morrow to our waking souls,
Which watch not one another out of fear;
For love, all love of other sights controls,
And makes one little room an everywhere.
Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone,
Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown,
Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one.

My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears,
And true plain hearts do in the faces rest;
Where can we find two better hemispheres,
Without sharp north, without declining west?
Whatever dies, was not mixed equally;
If our two loves be one, or, thou and I
Love so alike, that none do slacken, none can die.”

John Donne Songs and Sonnets

Songs and Sonnets (1633), The Good-Morrow

Soul , Sea , Country , Love
Prevale photo

“Steal the moments from time, get excited, write the story leaving a footprint of your existence, have fun, forget the bad moments thinking about the future with optimism, have sex with the person who can give you pleasure at the mere thought and remember to live by daring, dreaming and loving. Life is one, take note!”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Ruba gli attimi al tempo, emozionati, scrivi la storia lasciando una traccia della tua esistenza, divertiti, dimentica i brutti momenti pensando al futuro con ottimismo, fai sesso con la persona che può darti piacere al solo pensiero e ricordati di vivere osando, sognando ed amando. La vita è una, prendi nota!
Source: prevale.net

Personality , Pleasure , Optimism , Time
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe photo

“The glow retreats, done is the day of toil;
It yonder hastes, new fields of life exploring;
Ah, that no wing can lift me from the soil
Upon its track to follow, follow soaring!
A glorious dream! though now the glories fade.
Alas! the wings that lift the mind no aid
Of wings to lift the body can bequeath me.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe book Faust

Source: Faust. Translation by Bayard Taylor

Dreams , Life
Douglas MacArthur photo

“The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point, and the hopes and dreams have long since vanished, but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular barrack ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that "old soldiers never die; they just fade away."
And like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty.”

Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964) U.S. Army general of the army, field marshal of the Army of the Philippines

Audio clip (ogg format)
1950s, Farewell address to Congress (1951)

God , Light , World , Time