I Hoped Quotes

130 quotes by 113 authors

When Prohibition was introduced, I hoped that it would be widely supported by public opinion and the day would soon come when the evil effects… — John D. Rockefeller
In the early days all I hoped was to make a living out of what I did best. But, since there's no real market for… — Les Claypool
I dreamed about these moments, and I think I hoped I would have them, but you don't know. So when the lucky break hits, it's… — Katherine Heigl
You didn't see me on television, you didn't see news stories about me. The kind of role that I tried to play was to pick… — Ella Baker
It's been a great adventure, everything I hoped for. But it's time to go home. I miss my family. I miss the Earth. — John Phillips
I hoped that my weary pilgrimage in the world would be short; and that it would not be long before I should be brought to… — David Brainerd
In my youth I hoped to do great things; now I shall be satisfied to get through without scandal. — Walter Bagehot
Each time my mother went psychotic, I hoped it would be the last time. Afterward she would tell me, 'I think that was the final… — Augusten Burroughs
Films were never in my budget. Didn't occur to me till much later. I hoped for a long, good life, which I've had and I'm… — Peter O'Toole
At the end of each therapy session, I waited for an evaluation, a clinical judgment, some kind of pronouncement on "my condition." I hoped I… — Unknown Author
To be honest, when I was writing these stories a million years ago, I never thought about movies at all one way or another. It… — Stan Lee
At first I hoped that such a technically unsound project would collapse but I soon realized it was doomed to success. Almost anything in software… — Tony Hoare
When I wrote 'Fast Food My Way' in 2004, I hoped that my friends would prepare my recipes. Now, more people cook from that book… — Jacques Pepin
I didn't expect the book to sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of reviewers… — Harper Lee
I suppose, I hoped, by setting a particularly brutal ancient rite in the present and in my own village to shock the story's readers with… — Shirley Jackson
I remember once going to see him [Ramanujan] when he was lying ill at Putney. I had ridden in taxi-cab No. 1729, and remarked that… — G. H. Hardy
I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had… — Charles Van Doren
I hoped that the trip would be the best of all journeys: a journey into ourselves. — Shirley MacLaine
I hoped there would be a better process. But it is final -- I will not participate . — Unknown Author
I love bookshelves, and stacks of books, spines, typography, and the feel of pages between my fingertips. I love bookmarks, and old bindings, and stars… — Laini Taylor

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