Top 1200 Just A Dream Quotes & Sayings - Page 12

The 'American dream' ... means an economy in which people who work hard can get ahead and each new generation lives better than the last one. The 'American dream' also means a democratic political system in which most people feel they can affect public decisions and elect officials who will speak for them. In recent years, the dream has been fading.

The dream might have been more than a dream. It was as if a door in the wall of reality had come ajar... and now all sorts of unwelcome things were flying through.

They won't give peace a chance, that's just a dream some of us had

You dream about being in the shotgun and letting your receivers go to work, and making plays with no time left. That's definitely been a dream of mine my whole life.

There's a thing that just as you go to sleep, if you keep your elbows elevated that you will never go below the dream stage. And I've used that quite a lot and it keeps me dreaming much longer than if I just relaxed.

I will! I am! I can! I will actualize my dream. I will press ahead. I will settle down and see it through. I will solve the problems. I will pay the price. I will never walk away from my dream until I see my dream walk away: Alert! Alive! Achieved!

We all dream dreams of unity, of purity; we all dream that there's an authoritative voice out there that will explain things, including ourselves. If it wasn't for our longing for these things, I doubt the novel or the short story would exist in its current form. I'm not going to say much more on the topic. Just remember: In dictatorships, only one person is really allowed to speak. And when I write a book or a story, I too am the only one speaking, no matter how I hide behind my characters.

If nothing is the way it seems, then this life is just a haunted dream.

My serve was there, everything was just clicking. Those are the days you dream about, especially in a final.

I don't really have any dream roles. It's just things, which come up.

The American Dream is still alive and well… it’s just no longer in the United States.

Imagine all of us living in peace, it's too beautiful to just be a dream.

I'm just a little bit tired If you know what I mean Don't want to be in a crowd When I can be in a dream.

Just to be on set with Amy Poehler, who's one of my heroes, was a total dream come true.

To be able to design for the plus-sized consumer, for me, that's just beyond. It's a dream.

I won the belt in DREAM, I won the belt in Strikeforce, every fight was just a fight, it wasn't something special, it just was getting in the ring and fighting.

Life is a very beautiful dream. I'm so glad I chose not to wake up from it just yet

Just to have the opportunity to play an American in America is a dream come true for me.

I've always been working just to be a world champion and it's a dream come true.

I'm just a normal kid who lives to play baseball. I'm living my dream.

You know a dream is like a river Ever changing as it flows. And a dreamer's just a vessel That must follow where it goes. Trying to learn from what's behind you And never knowing what's in store Makes each day a constant battle Just to stay between the shores.

But I couldn't ever make that dream happen. It just came on its own, the way dreams do.

Dream and love are just words - until you decide to experience them

It's every lawyer's dream to help shape the law, not just react to it.

Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.

God can dream a bigger dream for me, for you, than you could ever dream for yourself. When you've worked as hard and done as much and strived and tried and given and pled and bargained and hoped... Surrender. When you have done all that you can do, and there's nothing left for you to do, give it up. Give it up to that thing that is greater than yourself, and let it then become a part of the flow.

I still believe in the American Dream. I see it in terms of freedom, and a government that trusts its people to exercise freedom, that this is not a government that allows you to give, that allows you to explore, and doesn't dampen your own creativity - in the broadest sense - with a lot of dictums or dogmas or restraints. So, insofar as we can remain a free country that allows for the interplay of personal energies. I think this is still a country that is not only working towards a dream, but actually is the dream in action.

In visions of the dark night I have dreamed of joy departed- But a waking dream of life and light Hath left me broken-hearted. Ah! what is not a dream by day To him whose eyes are cast On things around him with a ray Turned back upon the past? That holy dream- that holy dream, While all the world were chiding, Hath cheered me as a lovely beam A lonely spirit guiding. What though that light, thro' storm and night, So trembled from afar- What could there be more purely bright In Truth's day-star?

The holy grail for me is just stand-up - It's always been that. If I can just tour and headline in stand-up, that's the dream. But I'll do anything that looks like fun, y'know?

I've always just done ballet, and I feel like I'm sort of living the dream.

I'm blessed just making it to the NBA. That was my first goal and dream. Playing with Kobe and Shaq and for a coach like Phil Jackson, and then going to play with guys like Jordan and Jerry Stackhouse, it's just a crazy experience.

When I was a little boy, my first memory was a flying dream. In my dream, I flew - and I also fell. I always wondered as I got older if it was some premonition of me falling to my death.

You can't just dream about what you want and leave things to chance. You have to get it yourself.

The American Dream may be slipping away. We have overcome such challenges before. To recover the Dream requires knowing where it came from, how it lasted so long and why it matters so much.

It is always good to have dreams, chase them, and work hard. But you should know when the dream is sucking you in and you become such a slave of your dream that you can't see what is right and wrong and that is disastrous.

If anyone has a dream out there, just know that I'm living proof that they do come true.

I'm just a boy with a dream from Queens. Just a queen from Queens.

You just need the freedom to dream big and a whole lot of hard work.

It's always been my dream to have a monster rhythm section that's just all groove and pocket.

It is my childhood dream to have a Christian-style wedding, just like the fairy tales.

I knew the beginning and the end – I just had to dream up a convincing middle.

When I walk out on that stage, I just want America to know, that this is what I'm supposed to do. This is my dream.

My dream is to be with AC Milan - I just hope to put them back on top.

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning. Dream is also just a word until you decide to fight for it with all your enthusiasm and commitment

Why do you dream? - because there are so many desires unfulfilled, and to live with unfulfilled desires is painful. In dream you try to fulfill them; in dream you create a false feeling of fulfillment. Hence your dreams show much about you: what your desires are, what you want to become. But if you want to become anything in life, you are asleep.

When I was a kid, thinking of just being near a Beatle was an unattainable dream.

The Dream couldn't tell you the vibe in the NXT locker room, because, quite frankly, I have my own. When you are a Superstar as high up on the totem pole as The Velveteen Dream, you have those luxuries.

All of the buildings, all of those cars Were once just a dream In somebodys head.

The world is this incredibly blurry, crazy dream that I'm just sort of stumbling through.

Just to be a part of that Laker tradition is really a dream come true.

I think my rookie, I was just having fun. I was 18, and I was living the American dream.

I never had the dream to be a great designer. My focus was just to do beautiful things.

Although they only give gold medals in the field of athletics, I encourage everyone to look into themselves and find their own personal dream, whatever that may be - sports, medicine, law, business, music, writing, whatever. The same principles apply. Turn your dream into a goal and learn how to attack that goal systematically. Break it into bite-size chunks that seem possible, and then don't give up. Just keep plugging away.

Dream on it. Let your mind take you to places you would like to go, and then think about it and plan it and celebrate the possibilities. And don't listen to anyone who doesn't know how to dream.

Songwriting is kind of like a craft. It's not something that just comes in a dream. You've got to work at it.

I just love architecture, and I just love the idea of being someone who sees the world differently and doing everything you can do in order to actualize that dream. And really sticking to your guns when everyone else is telling you that you're crazy.

I never wanted to be famous; that was not my dream. I just like being creative.

Most kids probably dream of becoming an astronaut. I was just the one that never grew out of it.

Never give up and always keep fighting, because though times may be tough, the sacrifices do pay off, so just keep pushing towards your dream and just love it at the same time and enjoy it.

The trouble for most people is they don't decide to get wealthy, they just dream about it.