Famous Quotes

"We control the content of our dreams."

Thom Gunn on Dreams

More quotes about Dreams

• "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

  Eleanor Roosevelt on Dreams

• "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."

  Walt Disney on Dreams

• "All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible."

  T. E. Lawrence on Dreams

• "Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."

  Harriet Tubman on Dreams

• "Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."

  James Dean on Dreams

More quotes by Thom Gunn

• "Deep feeling doesn't make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help."

• "My old teacher's definition of poetry is an attempt to understand."

• "There have been two popular subjects for poetry in the last few decades: the Vietnam War and AIDS, about both of which almost all of us have felt deeply."

• "It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the '50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of having a gay poet of a certain minor fame. It was a very satisfactory change!"

• "My old teacher's definition of poetry is an attempt to understand."