famous quotes about dreams

Princess Edane... heard a voice singing on a May Eve like this, and followed half awake and half asleep, until she came into the Land of Faery, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue. ~William Butler Yeats, "The Land of Heart's Desire," 1894



What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb



An artist, in giving a concert, should not demand an entrance fee but should ask the public to pay, just before leaving as much as they like. From the sum he would be able to judge what the world thinks of him - and we would have fewer mediocre concerts. ~Kit Coleman, Kit Coleman: Queen of Hearts



When one of my plants dies, I die a little inside, too. ~Linda Solegato



You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. ~Jack London



He who buys what he does not need steals from himself. ~Author Unknown



It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion. ~Horace It is sweet to serve one's country by deeds, and it is not absurd to serve her by words. ~Sallust



If one wants to get a boat ride, one must be near the river. ~Anchee Min, Becoming Madame Mao



He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind, and who has not seen enough of the world to feel that all people are in some sense his own kind. ~Willa Cather



When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. ~Author Unknown



In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them. ~Aldo Leopold



Love me and the world is mine. ~David Reed



How orderly philosophical is the landscape, are all the inhabitants of this World! It is the creation of a god who "ever plays the geometer." ~Aldous Huxley, "Music at Night"



To a man whose mind is free there is something even more intolerable in the sufferings of animals than in the sufferings of man. For with the latter it is at least admitted that suffering is evil and that the man who causes it is a criminal. But thousands of animals are uselessly butchered every day without a shadow of remorse. If any man were to refer to it, he would be thought ridiculous. And that is the unpardonable crime. ~Romain Rolland, Nobel Prize 1915



Never dull your shine for somebody else. ~Tyra Banks, America's Next Top Model, "The Girl Who Is Afraid of Heights," original airdate 17 October 2007



Don't tell your friends about your indigestions: "How are you!" is a greeting, not a question. ~Arthur Guiterman, A Poet's Proverbs



He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie. ~Anais Nin



There's nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with chocolate. ~Linda Grayson, "The Pickwick Papers"



For every "Drive Safely" sign, shouldn't there be a "Resume Normal Driving" sign? ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



Beauty's sister is vanity, and its daughter lust. ~Author Unknown