We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheI’m dying to be a great dad one day, whenever that day comes.
DrakeIt’s every girl’s dream to be a cover girl!
RihannaThere is nothing better than getting shot at and missed. It’s really great.
Jim MattisUpon the farm of the uncle with whom I lived, we did know of the mortgage as some dreadful damper on youthful hopes of things that could not be bought. I do have a vivid recollection that the major purpose of a farm was to produce a living right on the spot for the family.
Herbert HooverI used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, ‚There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me dreaming of being a movie star.‘ But I’m not going to worry about them. I’m dreaming the hardest.
Marilyn MonroeOur words have wings, but fly not where we would.
George EliotFlying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.
Amelia EarhartOne of the huge imbalances in life is the disparity between your daily existence, with its routines and habits, and the dream you have within yourself of some extraordinarily satisfying way of living.
Wayne DyerIf I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I’m still waiting, it’s all been to seduce women basically.
Jean-Paul SartreThe challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don’t meet strangers anymore. And strangers are where we have our anonymity. And I believe it’s essential for the soul to be anonymous, especially if you’re going to be an actor.
Matthew McConaugheyI have met 18 million youth, and each wants to be unique.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamThere have to be reasons that you get up in the morning and you want to live. Why do you want to live? What’s the point? What inspires you? What do you love about the future? If the future does not include being out there among the stars and being a multi-planet species, I find that incredibly depressing.
Elon MuskProbably because I’m from a middle class family, I have that nature in me that I don’t get too excited with big things.
Virat KohliEvery artist wants something different out the game.
Nipsey HussleI wanted to be in a punk band before I had even heard any punk music.
Kurt CobainMy demo was terrible, I sounded like a chipmunk. I was so young.
Bruno MarsThe danger sensation is exciting. The challenge is to find new dangers.
Ayrton SennaI remember when my mother, Shyamala Harris, bought our first home. I was thirteen. She was so proud, and my sister and I were so excited. Millions of Americans know that feeling of walking through the front door of their own home for the first time – the feeling of reaching for opportunity and finding it.
Kamala HarrisI just wanted to be a composer; I became an actor by default, really. I got a scholarship to a college of music and drama, hoping to take a scholarship in music. But I ended up as an acting student, so I’ve stuck with that for the last 50-odd years.
Anthony HopkinsI never dreamed of being a pop star when I was a child.
AuroraIn high school I wanted to be a rock star and was in a lot of bands.
Adam SandlerI’d say it’s been my biggest problem all my life… it’s money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.
Walt DisneyIt is really very important while you are young to live in an environment in which there is no fear. Most of us, as we grow older, become frightened; we are afraid of living, afraid of losing a job, afraid of tradition, afraid of what the neighbours, or what the wife or husband would say, afraid of death.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiThe barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, ‚Thus far and no farther.‘
Ludwig van BeethovenI got started as an actor when I was 12.
Ray BradburyThe fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.
J. K. RowlingI want to try something different in Hollywood, to tell the audience I am not just an actor star – I am an actor, too.
Jackie ChanMarch is a month without mercy for rabid basketball fans. There is no such thing as a ‚gentleman gambler‘ when the Big Dance rolls around. All sheep will be fleeced, all fools will be punished severely… There are no Rules when the deal goes down in the final weeks of March. Even your good friends will turn into monsters.
Hunter S. ThompsonAs a comedian, I found this thing, this profession, that suits my mind and life force. To drop it to do something else? I just don’t get that.
Jerry SeinfeldThe most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.
Khalil GibranWhen I was a young kid, I did not even dream about playing for my country. It was such a farfetched thing to play for India.
Sunil ChhetriIt is natural to want to have a future.
Alice WalkerThere is a need for aloneness, which I don’t think most people realise for an actor. It’s almost having certain kinds of secrets for yourself that you’ll let the whole world in on only for a moment, when you’re acting. But everybody is always tugging at you. They’d all like sort of a chunk of you.
Marilyn MonroeI’ve known Ben Stiller for a minute. One of my first movies was ‚Along Came Polly.‘
Kevin HartAt the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
Salvador DaliI’m very excited about having the Internet in my den.
Steve JobsI’ve experienced great things, I’ve experienced great tragedies. I’ve done almost everything I could possibly ever imagine doing, but I just know that there’s more.
Dave GrohlI have an immense amount of respect for acting. I’ve always loved movies and was always fascinated by movie-making. But to become an actor, I wanted to commit myself.
Dwayne JohnsonI always wanted a family.
Kevin GatesIf you look at my job, my union card, it says ‚actor.‘ It don’t say nothing about celebrity, movie star, nothing like that, and that’s one thing that keeps me humble.
Mr. TI always thought Johnny Carson was just brilliant, and I used to watch him and all the comics that would be on the show every night – and I’d dream about it being me.
Steven WrightI struggled with being a broke college graduate, and while all my friends were getting career jobs, I was working horrible part-time jobs. That’s why now, even when I get tired, I think, ‚This is what I asked for.‘
J. ColeI am confident I will set foot again in Tibet in my lifetime.
Dalai LamaIdeas excite me, and as soon as I get excited, the adrenaline gets going and the next thing I know I’m borrowing energy from the ideas themselves.
Ray BradburyHaving other comedians complimenting my work is the biggest accolade that I can get.
Kevin HartI enjoyed working with Stephen Merchant. He was wonderful. I’ve been such a big fan of his acting.
Dwayne JohnsonWe’re all dreamers.
Ray BradburyPolitics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.
Winston ChurchillGolf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.
B. C. ForbesMy real dream is to have a whole, like, buy a whole piece of land. Imagine, like, a long driveway. Like, a cul de sac-type street, with maybe, like, seven houses. Me be right here. Have my mom be able to be right here. My brother over here. My girl’s grandmother and family right here. Friends over there. That’s my real dream.
J. ColeI’m not Russell Crowe. I’m not going to do a period piece.
Kevin HartYou spend so much time in the world of virtual that the actual – which nothing is more actual than stand-up – it’s a painful experience for the audience, and the comedian a lot of time – we miss that.
Jerry SeinfeldThe more nobly a man wills and acts, the more avid he becomes for great and sublime aims to pursue. He will no longer be content with family, country, and the remunerative aspect of his work. He will want wider organisations to create, new paths to blaze, causes to uphold, truths to discover, an ideal to cherish and defend.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinYou can make a board for all the goals you want in your life with the pictures on it, and that’s great, daydreaming is wonderful, but you can never plan your future.
Taylor SwiftNothing is so discouraging to an actor than to have to work for long hours upon hours in brightly lighted interior sets.
John WayneI really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama.
Jackie ChanThere are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
Oscar WildeIf you ask people what they’ve always wanted to do, most people haven’t done it. That breaks my heart.
Angelina JolieI have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense… I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.
Anthony Hopkins