One hopes to achieve the zero option, but in the absence of that we must achieve balanced numbers.
Margaret ThatcherHope is such a bait, it covers any hook
Ben JonsonI hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.
Benjamin BannekerThus Dante's motto over Inferno applies with equal force to marriage: 'Ye who enter here leave all hope behind.'
Emma GoldmanThe Americans are optimistic by their nature. And they are hopeful.
Chaka FattahI shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of sufficient moment to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind.
Edward JennerFriends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.
Henry David ThoreauGood hope is often beguiled by her own augury
OvidIf I manage to skin a crocodile for my new pair of stilettos I hope everyone will be impressed and know that I’m a chip off the old block
Carol ThatcherA poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.
Georges BernanosI hope that my experiences in my life have actually helped me understand that I do want crime tackled [on smoking cannabis]
Jacqui SmithI am a hopeless romantic and I love to spoil my girlfriends.
Orlando BloomHopefully when this blows over after a while we can have a few beers over it. [on Thomas Bjorns' sour grapes]
Ian WoosnamMaybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.
Arthur MillerYou cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.
Marie CurieOverall his period in office can only be characterised as a decade of missed opportunities in which the hopes of the British people for a new kind of politics were shattered [on Tony Blair]
Sir Menzies CampbellArthur hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realised there was a contradiction there and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.
Douglas AdamsHope springs eternal in the human breast:
Man never Is, but always To be blest (An Essay on Man Epistle 1)
Alexander PopeI hope they don't let Brett Lee anywhere near it [a portrait of himself] with a black pen because I might end up with a moustache like Merv Hughes's
Shane WarneIt had dimly been in my mind that I would like to teach, but I simply gave up the hope because it seemed utterly impossible.
John HawkesAll the Saints of God are there to protect me, to sustain me and to carry me. And your prayers, my dear friends, your indulgence, your love, your faith and your hope accompany me.
Pope Benedict XVII think he was an angry man [Rafa Benitez]. He must have been disturbed for some reason. I think you have got to cut through the venom of it and hopefully he'll reflect and understand what he said was absolutely ridiculous
Sir Alex FergusonHere there is no hope, and consequently no duty, no work, nothing to be gained by praying, nothing to be lost by doing what you like. Hell, in short, is a place where you have nothing to do but amuse yourself.
George Bernard ShawUnfortunately we couldn't pull through with the win but I enjoyed it very much and hopefully I'll play for many years to come. [on losing to England in 2005]
AB De VilliersTo cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.
Wendell BerryHope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.
Lin YutangAnd even though we don’t have the professional relationship anymore, the love and friendship we have for each other will remain. He is like a father to me and I hope we both keep succeeding in our careers. [on coach Larri Passos]
Gustavo KuertenI think reincarnation is possible. Hopefully, we all get recycled.
Christina RicciThe screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle.
Stanley KubrickWhen people tell you they saw your last picture - well, the way they say it sounds like they hope it was!
Broderick CrawfordWalk on, walk on, with hope in your heart; and you'll never walk alone; you'll never walk alone.
Oscar Hammerstein III really, totally, hand-on-heart hope he wins it [on wanting Jim Broadbent to win an award... great acting, Andy!]
Andy SerkisI want to keep making positive music that not only inspires me but everyone else out there to have hope in what they want to strive for.
Bryan WhiteLoss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
B H Liddell HartThere's nothing more nasty than giving kids hope and then snatching it away as fast as you can.
Brad SilberlingWhen your garden is finished, I hope it will be more beautiful than you anticipated, require less care than you had expected, and have cost only a little more than you had planned.
Thomas ChurchHope nothing from foreign governments. They will never be really willing to aid you until you have shown that you are strong enough to conquer without them.
Giuseppe MazziniMy great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
Maya AngelouTo do something, however small, to make others happier and better, is the highest ambition, the most elevating hope, which can inspire a human being.
Sir John LubbockI have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all.
Lord ByronSomeday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
Clarence DarrowI really feel like life will dictate itself. You should allow it to unfold as naturally as possible. Just go with the flow. When you're really desperate, you say a few prayers and hope for the best. That's the way I've always lived my life.
Shania TwainUnless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.
Peter F DruckerHopefully my personality will shine through and people will not think I am just a pretty face or whatever. I think I still have a few good years in me yet.
Michelle MarshApproach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with. You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation.
Bernard BaruchWe are plain people from Tennessee, called here for a little time by a nation's calamity, and I hope too much will not be expected of us
Eliza JohnsonFor he who has health has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
Owen ArthurTake hope from the heart of man and you make him a beast of prey.
OuidaThe trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.
Will DurantI've moved on and, hopefully, so has everyone else.
Nick Leeson
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