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Dream Quotes

"God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame."

"God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English Poet

Dream, Dreams, God, Gifts, Man

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"Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking."

"Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking."

Black Elk, American Leader

Dream, Dreams, Waking

28

"Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes."

"Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes."

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Leader

Dream, Dreams, Peace

28

"Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream."

"Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream."

George Foreman, American Athlete

Dream, Confidence

28

"Southern California, where the American Dream came too true."

"Southern California, where the American Dream came too true."

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American Poet

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"I was always someone who lived in the future all the time, it was always the next thing - dreams of escape."

"I was always someone who lived in the future all the time, it was always the next thing - dreams of escape."

Julie Walters, British Actress

Dream, Dreams, Time, Future

28

"I'll see you in my dreams."

"I'll see you in my dreams."

Gus Kahn, American Lyricist

27

"The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth"."

"The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth"."

Dan Rather, American Journalist

27

"Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer."

"Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer."

Giorgio Armani, Italian Designer

Dream, Dreams, Idea, Fashion

27

"Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine."

"Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

Dream, Ambition

27

"I like to dream, but I like to make things happen."

"I like to dream, but I like to make things happen."

Heidi Klum, German Model

27

"Having said that, I'm a huge Jack Nicholson fan because he just goes nuts in everything he does. Having Jack in his heyday would also be a dream come true."

"Having said that, I'm a huge Jack Nicholson fan because he just goes nuts in everything he does. Having Jack in his heyday would also be a dream come true."

Paul Kane, English Writer

27

"Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live."

"Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live."

Douglas MacArthur, American Soldier

Dream, Americans, Country

27

"It would be a dream come true if I could just go from studio to studio and play solos."

"It would be a dream come true if I could just go from studio to studio and play solos."

Michael Schenker, German Musician

27

"Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life."

"Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Dream, Dreams, Life, Flying, Right

27

"Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears."

"Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears."

Les Brown, American Businessman

Dream, Dreams, Living

27

"People are learning to feel more comfortable hearing one another's dreams. It used to be that if you told a dream in public, someone had to make a joke to relieve the tension introduced by that alternative reality."

"People are learning to feel more comfortable hearing one another's dreams. It used to be that if you told a dream in public, someone had to make a joke to relieve the tension introduced by that alternative reality."

Henry Reed, English Writer

Dream, Dreams, People, Hearing, Learning

26

"There are those, I know, who will reply that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is. It is the American Dream."

"There are those, I know, who will reply that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is. It is the American Dream."

Archibald MacLeish, American Poet

Dream, Freedom, Humanity

26

"What is a television apparatus to man, who has only to shut his eyes to see the most inaccessible regions of the seen and the never seen, who has only to imagine in order to pierce through walls and cause all the planetary Baghdads of his dreams to rise from the dust."

"What is a television apparatus to man, who has only to shut his eyes to see the most inaccessible regions of the seen and the never seen, who has only to imagine in order to pierce through walls and cause all the planetary Baghdads of his dreams to rise from the dust."

Salvador Dali, Spanish Artist

Dream, Dreams, Cause, Eyes, Man

26

"Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex."

"Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex."

Pamela Stephenson, Australian Actress

Dream, Dreams, Sex

26

"What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough; for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams."

"What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough; for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams."

Pedro Calderon, Spanish Dramatist

Dream, Dreams, Life, Illusion, Madness

26

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."

J. K. Rowling, English Author

Dream, Dreams, Forget

26

"Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice."

"Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice."

Adlai E. Stevenson, American Politician

Dream, Communism, Corruption, Justice

26

"So, I think that Marilyn, what she gave the world, and in many ways Kennedy too, was that they had dreams and they didn't allow anybody to take away their dreams."

"So, I think that Marilyn, what she gave the world, and in many ways Kennedy too, was that they had dreams and they didn't allow anybody to take away their dreams."

Sally Kirkland, American Actress

Dream, Dreams, World

26

"Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth, would be to have been young and never dreamed at all."

"Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth, would be to have been young and never dreamed at all."

Jean Genet, French Dramatist

Dream, Dreams, Youth

26

"The man who never dreams, goes slowly mad."

"The man who never dreams, goes slowly mad."

Thomas Dolby, English Musician

Dream, Dreams, Man

26

"Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream."

"Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream."

Anatole France, French Novelist

Dream, Existence

26

"Youth is in a grand flush, like the hot days of ending summer; and pleasant dreams thrall your spirit, like the smoky atmosphere that bathes the landscape of an August day."

"Youth is in a grand flush, like the hot days of ending summer; and pleasant dreams thrall your spirit, like the smoky atmosphere that bathes the landscape of an August day."

Donald G. Mitchell, American Essayist

Dream, Dreams, Day, Ending, Spirit

26

"As you look back at your life, there are just a million different things that have happened, just in the right way, to allow you to make your dreams come true. And you know, someone has all that under control."

"As you look back at your life, there are just a million different things that have happened, just in the right way, to allow you to make your dreams come true. And you know, someone has all that under control."

Michael P. Anderson, American Astronaut

Dream, Dreams, Life, Control, Right

26

"To the degree we're not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves."

"To the degree we're not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves."

Peter McWilliams, American Writer

Dream, Dreams, Control, Comfort, Living

26

"This city can be kind of brutal, so you see your dreams from every different angle, but ultimately it's about acting and if you enjoy acting, you will always enjoy acting."

"This city can be kind of brutal, so you see your dreams from every different angle, but ultimately it's about acting and if you enjoy acting, you will always enjoy acting."

Radha Mitchell, Australian Actress

Dream, Dreams, Acting, Will

26

"What upset me the most was not that I would die, but that I was letting down my parents. I felt very guilty for chasing this dream career of mine, at the expense of my parents."

"What upset me the most was not that I would die, but that I was letting down my parents. I felt very guilty for chasing this dream career of mine, at the expense of my parents."

Linda Vester, American Entertainer

Dream, Career, Parents

26

"I had this dream, and I really wanted to be a star. And I was almost a monster in the way that I was really fearless with my ambitions."

"I had this dream, and I really wanted to be a star. And I was almost a monster in the way that I was really fearless with my ambitions."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

26

"I dream that someday the step between my mind and my finger will no longer be needed. And that simply by blinking my eyes, I shall make pictures. Then, I think, I shall really have become a photographer."

"I dream that someday the step between my mind and my finger will no longer be needed. And that simply by blinking my eyes, I shall make pictures. Then, I think, I shall really have become a photographer."

Alfred Eisenstaedt, American Photographer

Dream, Eyes, Mind, Will

26

"All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams."

"All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams."

Elias Canetti, Swiss Author

Dream, Dreams, Help

26

"The human imagination... has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist practice or philosophy. It dreams, like a dog in its basket, of hares in the open."

"The human imagination... has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist practice or philosophy. It dreams, like a dog in its basket, of hares in the open."

John Berger, English Artist

Dream, Dreams, Imagination, Difficulty, Living

25

"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."

"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."

Michael Phelps, American Athlete

25

"Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch."

"Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch."

Tim Berners Lee, English Inventor

Dream, Dreams, Time, Computer

25

"The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams."

"The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams."

Gaston Bachelard, French Philosopher

Dream, Dreams, Poetry

25

"Football is a passion that she holds dear to her heart. She's really going for her dream and there are obstacles in the way, but deep down she knows what she wants, and she pursues that."

"Football is a passion that she holds dear to her heart. She's really going for her dream and there are obstacles in the way, but deep down she knows what she wants, and she pursues that."

Parminder Nagra, English Actress

Dream, Heart, Deep, Football

25

"The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois."

"The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

Dream, Democracy, Stupidity

25

"I'd forget the piece just before I went out to do the concerto, the panic was too great. This was not anything that gave me pleasure. This was fulfilling somebody else's dream."

"I'd forget the piece just before I went out to do the concerto, the panic was too great. This was not anything that gave me pleasure. This was fulfilling somebody else's dream."

Linda Lavin, American Actress

Dream, Forget, Pleasure

25

"I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds."

"I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds."

Mike Tyson, American Athlete

Dream, Clouds, Stars

25

"When I see these young girls who are dreaming the dream that I'm living, it's very very exciting and it puts a big smile on my face."

"When I see these young girls who are dreaming the dream that I'm living, it's very very exciting and it puts a big smile on my face."

Sue Wicks, American Athlete

Dream, Girls, Living, Smile

25

"When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness."

"When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness."

Tecumseh, American Leader

Dream, Dreams, Greatness, End, Legends

25

"As a child our dreams got scattered all about and all our future prospects got scattered to so many places, and we spend our lives trying to find the little pieces that make up our lives and make up the dreams that we had as a child that got blown away in the windstorm."

"As a child our dreams got scattered all about and all our future prospects got scattered to so many places, and we spend our lives trying to find the little pieces that make up our lives and make up the dreams that we had as a child that got blown away in the windstorm."

Terrence Howard, American Actor

Dream, Dreams, Future, Trying

25

"A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams."

"A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams."

John Barrymore, American Actor

Dream, Dreams, Man, Old

25

"It was just like a dream. I could have ended up with an album that's not all that different from anything else coming out of Nashville. Mutt made the difference. He took these songs, my attitude, my creativity, and colored them in a way that is unique."

"It was just like a dream. I could have ended up with an album that's not all that different from anything else coming out of Nashville. Mutt made the difference. He took these songs, my attitude, my creativity, and colored them in a way that is unique."

Shania Twain, Canadian Musician

Dream, Attitude, Creativity, Difference

25

"A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement."

"A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement."

Bo Bennett, American Businessman

Dream, Achievement, Action, Goal

25

"Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them."

"Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Dream, Now, Worry

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