“Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.”
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“But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world. There's incredible acts of kindness and bravery, and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope.”
“When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.”
“My hope is that gays will be running the world, because then there would be no war. Just a greater emphasis on military apparel.”
“One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.”
“I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.”
“Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.”
“If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope of money at the end of it, it means they really want to be a musician. And if someone is writing now, there is no hope for money at the end of it.”
“It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later everything is touched by it, despite our naive and senseless hope that just this time we will be spared its cold hand on our heart.”
“Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.”
“A lot of people, because of my contempt for the false consolations of religion, think of me as a symbolic public opponent of that in extremis. And sometimes that makes me feel a bit alarmed, to be the repository of other people's hope.”
“There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.”
“I hope I'm wrong, but I am afraid that Iraq is going to turn out to be the greatest disaster in American foreign policy - worse than Vietnam, not in the number who died, but in terms of its unintended consequences and its reverberation throughout the region.”
“One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.”
“We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord.”
“I hope that women everywhere will wear this jewelry and feel the passion and love that is, to me, the real spirit of True Harmony.”
“Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.”
“One of my favorite people is Gypsy Rose Lee. She bears out the Biblical promise that he who has, gets. And I hope she gets a lot more.”
“If you use your imagination, you can look at any actress and see her nude... I hope to make you use your imagination.”
“Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.”
“Truth is not a matter of fact but a state of harmony with progress and hope. Enveloped only in its wings will we ever soar to the promise of our greater selves.”
“All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.”
“Hope is patience with the lamp lit.”
“I hope to be scaring children for the rest of my life.”