Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dag Hammarskjold

In a dream I walked with God through the deep places of creation; past walls that receded and gates that opened through hall after hall of silence, darkness and refreshment--the dwelling place of souls acquainted with light and warmth--until, around me, was an infinity into which we all flowed together and lived anew, like the rings made by raindrops falling upon wide expanses of calm dark waters.

John Powell

I have to be honest in asking myself: Do I really want to know and do God's will? Or is it rather that I want God to do my will? Do I go to God with the assurance that I want only to know and do his will? Or do I rather first make my own plans and then insist that God make my dreams come true?

William Shakespeare

Dreams, indeed, are ambition; for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. And I hold ambition of so airy and light a quality that it is but a shadow's shadow.

William Shakespeare

I have not slept. Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream: The Genius and the mortal instruments Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.

William Shakespeare

When I waked, I cried to dream again

William Shakespeare

I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was.

William Shakespeare

Things base and vile, holding no quantity, Love can transpose to form and dignity. Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. Nor hath Love's mind of any judgment taste; Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.

William Shakespeare

Love is the greatest of dreams, yet the worst of nightmares.

Ben Roethlisberger

To play receiver and not play quarterback until my senior year, I never thought I'd be in this situation. I always wanted to be here and dreamt about it as a kid, but I never thought it would happen.

Michael Andretti

Very exciting times for us ... and me personally, obviously, with everything that's going on. I think with the team that we have, it's just been a dream these last three years.

Dmitri Mendeleev

I saw in a dream a table where all the elements fell into place as required. Awakening, I immediately wrote it down on a piece of paper.

Djuna Barnes

Dreams have only the pigmentation of fact.

Dick Armey

In my view, immigrants today aren't any different from immigrants who have come to America throughout our nation's history. They bring new ideas, an entrepreneurial spirit and close family ties. They place a high value on education. And they are eager to achieve the American Dream. ... It's to our benefit to keep our doors open, and to keep enriching our economy and culture. I'd like to see America continue to do so.

Diane Wakoski

I had been dreaming a complicated dream about helping poets revise their poems, so that each ending would open like a flower. I was not arguing, but engaged in a rousing discussion.

Diane von Furstenberg

Passion and persistence are what matter. Dreams are achievable and you can make your fantasy come true, but there are no shortcuts. Nothing happens without hard work.

Diane von Furstenberg

It's the woman you should remember, not the dress, ever.

Diane von Furstenberg

I was 26 when I invented the wrap dress. It was just a nothing little printed dress made out an jersey, and before I know it, I lived an American Dream making more than 25,000 dresses a week.

Diane von Furstenberg

The important thing is to believe in what you do. Have a big dream and take small steps.

Diane von Furstenberg

Feel like a woman, wear a dress!

Diane von Furstenberg

I don't like to talk about my dreams. I like to make them happen. I prefer to talk about them when they're done.

Diane von Furstenberg

You only regret what you don't do! Go for it, live your dreams and enjoy it all!

Dhirubhai Ambani

Growth has no limit at Reliance. I keep revising my vision. Only when you dream it you can do it.

Dhirubhai Ambani

Our dreams have to be bigger. Our ambitions higher. Our commitment deeper. And our efforts greater. This is my dream for Reliance and for India.

Dhirubhai Ambani

Only when you dream it you can do it.

Dhirubhai Ambani

For those who dare to dream, there is a whole world to win.

David Almond

Maybe we're all in somebody's dream. Maybe everything's a dream, and nothing else.

David Almond

Truth and dreams are always getting muddled,

Dave Freudenthal

Our citizens and those who have gone before us charted the broad outlines of where we need to go, and they would envy our opportunity to translate those dreams into action. And I believe they will judge us very harshly should we fail to act.

David Sedaris

During episodes of unemployment I find it rewarding to sleep as much as possible-anything from twelve to fourteen hours a day is a good starting point. Sleep spares you humiliation and saves money at the same time: nothing to eat, nothing to buy, just lie back and dream your life away.

Bobby Valentine

We started in spring training with a dream to be here for the last game. We wanted to win the last game and we did.

Ella Wilcox

Why sit ye idly dreaming all the day,While the golden, precious hours flit away?See you not the day is waning, waning fast?That the morn's already vanished in the past?

Katie Couric

When you thought about getting married, was there a particular dress you had in mind?

William Shakespeare

Oh, I have passed a miserable night, so full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams!