Dreams Quotes

"People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around"

Barbara Kingsolver, Novelist

"All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the characters in your dreams are all formed by who you are"

Alice Hoffman, Author

"Never let your dreams go away"

Mike Piazza, Athlete

"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

"America is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations, politics is not merely a clash of interests, but a clash of dreams"

David Brooks, Politician

"Having achieved my own dreams, I want to give to kids who are less fortunate, who struggle with everyday obstacles. I want to give them something positive in their lives: support"

Kristi Yamaguchi, Athlete

"Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else"

Alphonse Karr, Critic

"I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life - people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.'"

Kevin Costner, Actor

"Rude contact with facts chased my visions and dreams quickly away, and in their stead I beheld the horrors, the corruption, the evils and hypocrisy of society, and as I stood among them, a young wife, a great wail of agony went out from my soul"

Victoria Woodhull, Activist

"We can bring to characters dark and bright sides that nobody even dreams about"

Sonia Braga, Actress

"We grew up founding our dreams on the infinite promise of American advertising. I still believe that one can learn to play the piano by mail and that mud will give you a perfect complexion"

Zelda Fitzgerald, Writer

"I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where I might be ruled by economic considerations. To overcome that, I started working with my dreams, because I'm not so censored when I use dream material"

Kathy Acker, Activist

"Dream small dreams. If you make them too big, you get overwhelmed and you don't do anything. If you make small goals and accomplish them, it gives you the confidence to go on to higher goals"

John H. Johnson, Businessman

"No man's brain is so dull, and no man's eye so blind, that they cannot catch food for dreams"

Donald G. Mitchell

"Perhaps, all writers walk such a line. In general - as we all do in our dreams - I believe I put something of myself into all the characters in my novels, male as well as female"

Rose Tremain, Novelist

"I heard my name associated with the Peter Pan syndrome more than once. But really, what's so wrong with Peter Pan? Peter Pan flies. He is a metaphor for dreams and faith"

Mark Burnett, Businessman

"My imagination completely controls me, and forever feeds the fire that burns with dark red light in my heart by bringing me the best dreams. I've always had a wild imagination, a big heart and a tortured soul so I feel that dark fantasy, love and horror are in my blood"

Kim Elizabeth

"We can escape the commonplace only by manipulating it, controlling it, thrusting it into our dreams or surrendering it to the free play of our subjectivity"

Raoul Vaneigem, Philosopher

"The man who never dreams, goes slowly mad"

Thomas Dolby, Musician

"Dreams are a scientific fact"

Robyn Hitchcock, Musician

"But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and such ideals, and dream such dreams of lofty purpose, that we can determine and know what manner of men we will be, whenever and wherever the hour strikes and calls to noble action"

Joshua Chamberlain, Soldier

"It is an everlasting desire to make my dreams come true. And it's getting to the point now where it's like, come on I want my dreams to come true so that I can get on with the rest of my life. Sometimes I think about the rest of my life when I'm done"

Picabo Street, Athlete

"One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are contributing to the conflict between East and West by our stupid desire to have more"

A. B. Yehoshua, Novelist

"There are many talented people who haven't fulfilled their dreams because they over thought it, or they were too cautious, and were unwilling to make the leap of faith"

James Cameron, Director

"Here's what I see all across this great city - people working together to make Boston a better place to live and to raise children, to grow and pursue dreams"

Thomas Menino, Politician

"Anderson Cooper every night dreams about getting my job permanently really"

Regis Philbin, Entertainer

"To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not, there is a Covenant, beyond the constitution, beyond sovereign guarantee, beyond the nation's sweetest dreams of itself"

Leonard Cohen, Musician

"I thin many people's deviant behavior starts with dreams because dreams are so non-linear... as if there's an assumption that everything has to be linear or has to be plotted"

Robyn Hitchcock, Musician

"That disturbs people when they know they didn't have the guts or integrity to stick to their dreams"

Sandra Bernhard, Actress

"Men are the dreams of a shadow"

Pindar, Poet

"A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence"

Pam Brown, Poet

"Things have gone beyond my wildest expectations and dreams, and I feel like I've been given so many blessings in my life, between my friendship with the guys in the band, our wonderful audience, being able to play this music, and then my family"

Trey Anastasio, Musician

"He's dreaming with his eyes open, and those that dream with their eyes open are dangerous, for they do not know when their dreams come to an end"

Hugo Pratt, Cartoonist

"I am a child of Hollywood and dreams. To me, to be on the red carpet is the best place in the world"

Steven Cojocaru, Critic

"People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need"

Tracy Chapman, Musician