Dream Quotes
The specific things people actually dreamed of.
What stands out in these dream quotes is how concrete they get — not vague ambition but named companies, named roles, a specific uniform imagined in childhood. Read more in Dream Big for an even more determined tone.
I grew up watching 'Superman.' As a child, when I first learned to dive into a swimming pool, I wasn't diving, I was flying, like Superman. I used to dream of rescuing a girl I had a crush on from...
I had to leave my three-year acting course at Guildhall a little early to start filming Chris Nolan's 'Dunkirk.' It was an absolute dream come true.
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I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for our children and grandchildren.
I was not pushed into the business by anything other than my own ambition and my own dream of wanting to act.
Winning the overall is a dream I've had since being a young skier. It's everyone's dream.
'Studio 60' was a magical experience, as I directed six episodes, was a series regular and a producer... Dream job.
After a West End run, in which I was promoted to Laertes, I joined the RSC in 1972. I had fulfilled my dream.
When I was traded from the Oakland A's to the Atlanta Braves before the 2005 season, a childhood dream was realized. I grew up a Braves fan just a few hours south of Atlanta, and it was hard for me...
My dream is to try to reach as many kids and readers who might need an unlikely hero to connect to.
I didn't dream of being in television or film. But then I got married pretty young and had children, and I wanted to feed the children, so I worked a lot of film and television.
Working for Oprah is a dream come true. She was on my dream board for the longest time.
Being recognized by Hollywood is a dream true; it's really an amazing moment.
My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.
Young fighters dream of the future. Old fighters seek to recapture the past.
I started looking at small companies that were running a sort of virtual reality cottage industry: I had imagined that I would just put on a helmet and be somewhere else - that's your dream of what it's going to...
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One line reframes dreaming entirely, treating faith as a fight rather than a wish, which sits apart from the career-focused entries here. Explore Dream Life quotes or Suvichar for a different cultural lens on the same theme.
