In forming a bridge between body and mind, dreams may be used as a springboard from which man can leap to new realms of experience lying outside his normal state of consciousness and enlarge his vision not only of himself, but also of the universe in which he lives.
—Ann Faraday
I don't use drugs; my dreams are frightening enough.
—M.C. Escher
Just a week before he was assassinated, Abraham Lincoln had a dream that he discussed with several people. It seemed that he was walking through the silent White House toward the sound of sobbing. When he entered the East Room, he was confronted by the sight of a catafalque covered in black. He asked the guard on duty there who was dead. "The president," said the soldier.
—The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes
People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.
—Max Beerbohm
One can write, think, and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric.
—Evelyn Waugh
Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives.
—William Dement
All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
—Jack Kerouac
What could it be like to find out, in a matter of minutes, that the person you believed the sun rose and set on was not the person you'd thought?
—Jodi Picoult in The Pact
Life is such a miracle, a series of small miracles. It really is, if you learn how to look at it with the right perspective.
—James Patterson in Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
I let myself have feelings for you despite not knowing how this would end.
—Siobhan Vivian in Not That Kind Of Girl
Try not to be a man or woman of success, but rather a man or woman of inspiration. If you're successful, they will flock to you for money or fame, but if you're inspirational, they will flock to you because they love your soul and how you change theirs.
—Shannon L. Alder
If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners.
—Johnny Carson
You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature.
—George W. Bush
We don't bother much about dress and manners in England, because as a nation we don't dress well and we've no manners.
—George Bernard Shaw
The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.
—Peter Drucker