E. J. Hughes Quotes
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
I'm so tired of waiting, aren't you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind?
The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll finish it.
A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the Earth And every man is free.
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed - Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.
I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.
I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind.
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? ... Or does it explode?
Good morning, Revolution: You're the very best friend I ever had. We gonna pal around together from now on
An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.
That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are wise: Her bandage hides two festering sores That once perhaps were eyes.
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
I was born when you kissed me. I died when you left me. I lived a few weeks while you loved me.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Go home and write / a page tonight. / And let that page come out of you - / Then, it will be true.
I dream a world... where wretchedness will hang its head and joy, like a pearl, attends the needs of all mankind. Of such I dream, my world!
O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe.
Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying.
Gather quickly Out of darkness All the songs you know And throw them at the sun Before they melt Like snow.
I intend to be the greatest golfer in the world, the finest film producer in Hollywood, the greatest pilot in the world, and the richest man in the world.
The greater the artist, the greater the doubt; perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.
Although I'd first seen Senator Hart in Aspen, Colorado, at a New Year's Day party in 1987, we hadn't talked.
Gather out of star-dust, Earth-dust, Cloud-dust, Storm-dust, And splinters of hail, One handful of dream-dust, Not for sale.
What’s writing really about? It’s about trying to take fuller possession of the reality of your life.
Be careful with drinking this Christmas. I got so drunk last night I found myself dancing in a cheesy bar... Or, as you like to call it, delicatessen.
Once you consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things back the way they are.
If I have made a mistake in the design, then I'm the one who should pay for it. I certainly would not ask somebody else to fly a plane if I were afraid to do it myself.
Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.
