“I enjoy comedy and I hope that people enjoy watching me do it.”
Hope is not naive — it is a strategy. These quotes explore optimism in the face of difficulty, the refusal to give up, and the quiet stubbornness of believing that tomorrow might be better than today, even when the evidence is thin.
“I hope I'm in a position to make stuff that I really want to make as opposed to stuff that I just have to make for money reasons, or to sustain a certain marquee value.”
“I enjoy comedy and I hope that people enjoy watching me do it.”
“You hope that your teenage self would like and forgive your 50-year-old self.”
“To not be self-conscious of your appearance is huge, and something that I desperately hope to carry into film at some point in my useless life - to not be thinking, 'My ear looks weird from this angle, why is the camera over there?'”
“Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.”
“Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope.”
“Hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women are deployed across the world in the war on terror. By bringing hope to the oppressed, and delivering justice to the violent, they are making America more secure.”
“I think films have to reach people and really grab them. That's what I hope to do when I make a film - to get under your skin and really make you think about something, and have a transporting time that takes you somewhere.”
“What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?”
“I just hope that the democratic will of the Zimbabwean people prevails. If it does we must move quickly to help restore stability and prosperity.”
“To my great disappointment, it appears that the politics of division are making a big comeback. Many Americans share my disappointment - especially those who were filled with great hope a few years ago, when then-Senator Obama announced his candidacy in Springfield, Illinois.”
“The myth of the liberal media empowers conservatives to control debate in the United States to the point where liberals cannot even hope for a fair shake anymore.”
“What we hope to achieve is a society that doesn't value a white man because he's a white man, but also doesn't value a woman because she's a woman, or a black because he's a black.”
“The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope.”
“I wish I could know everything ever, like that would be my wish - that's what I hope heaven is, that they tell you who shot JFK and all that stuff.”
“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.”