Quotes about Dreams

“It's when children are 15, 16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor, an engineer, a politician or go to the Mars or moon. That is the time they start having a dream, and that's the time you can work on them. You can help them shape their dreams.”

“Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy.”

“The words come from here. From memories, from dreams, from people I've known. I'm always writing and reflecting on life. I want to suck it all in.”

“Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.”

“Dreams become reality when we put our minds to it.”

“With my charity Big Dreams For Kids, I believe the more you give, the more you receive.”

“Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written, we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours when we are not busy manipulating the outside world.”

“Thankfully, dreams can change. If we'd all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses.”

“I'm a big believer in living out your dreams and facing your fears.”

“Everyone dreams of living in Paris.”

“Memories have huge staying power, but like dreams, they thrive in the dark, surviving for decades in the deep waters of our minds like shipwrecks on the sea bed.”

“People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams.”

“The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams, the way the whites are taking care of the Indians: killing their dreams, their magic, their familiar spirits.”

“But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false?”

“The man who never dreams, goes slowly mad.”

“Paris. City of love. City of dreams. City of splendor. City of saints and scholars. City of gaiety. Sink of iniquity.”

“Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.”

“We had common interests in the beauty of the French language. We both had a tremendous love of jazz. We shared dreams of getting married and having a family, living in the country, leading an idyllic life.”

“I mean, I'm 48 years old and I've been through a lot in my life - you know, loss, whether it be death, illness, separation. I mean, the failed expectations... We all have dreams.”

“Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsiblity to be equal members of society.”

“We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here.”