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Quotes About Dreams

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
Janie stood where he left her for unmeasured time and thought. She stood there until something fell off the shelf inside her. Then she went inside there to see what it was. It was her image of Jody tumbled down and shattered. But looking at it she saw that it never was the flesh and blood figure of her dreams. Just some thing she had grabbed up to drape her dreams over.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
It is so easy to be hopeful in the day time when you can see the things you wish on.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
Jump at the sun. You might not land on the sun, but at least you'll get off the ground.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men. Now, women forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
he did not represent sun-up and pollen and blooming trees, but he spoke for far horizon.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
But nothin' can stop you from wishin'.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
After all the imagination is a beautiful thing.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
Ships at a distance have every man's wish onboard.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
I dreamt of traversing the globe in fancy boots, only to discover I was a mouse on a treadmill.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
Ships at a distance have every mans' wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, ever landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
Janie's first dream was dead, so she became a woman.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men [and women].
~ Zora Neale Hurston
He had given Israel back the notes to songs. The words would be according to their own dreams, but they would sing. They had songs and singers. They might not be absolutely free inside, but anyway he had taken from them the sorrow of serving without will, and had given them the strife of freedom. He had called to their memories the forgotten words of love and family. They had the blessing of being responsible for their own.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
There is something about poverty that smells like death. Dead dreams dropping off the heart like leaves in a dry season and rotting around the feet; impulses smothered too long in the fetid air of underground caves. The soul lives in a sickly air. People can be slave-ships in shoes. This
~ Zora Neale Hurston
But looking at it she saw that it never was the flesh and blood figure of her dreams. Just something she had grabbed up to drape her dreams over. In a way she turned her back upon the image
~ Zora Neale Hurston
My favorite subject was English, and I wanted to study English abroad when I was young, when I was a kid, but my mom said 'No, it's too dangerous to go abroad by yourself.' So I gave up.
~ Bae Doona
With each dream accomplished, bigger ones are put in their place.
~ Gina Rodriguez
If I wasn't singing, I'd probably be, probably an accountant.
~ Janet Jackson
Did you ever hear of a kid playing accountant - even if they wanted to be one?
~ Jackie Mason
I've acted since I was 5 years old, so that's still something I want to do.
~ Matthew Lewis
I was always toying with the idea of acting.
~ Vijay Antony