Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected. Robert Frank on hope
Well, Judy, I would hope in the new year, we could start thinking about politics not like it was the Super Bowl, where you always have to have one team that wins and the other team has to be a loser. John Breaux on hope
I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and it's pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living. Harry Nilsson on hope
Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating. Samuel Richardson on hope
I think what coaching is all about, is taking players and analyzing there ability, put them in a position where they can excel within the framework of the team winning. And I hope that I've done that in my 33 years as a head coach. Don Shula on hope
The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient's hopes are the physician's secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription. Norman Cousins on hope
Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope those problems will have gone away. Bono on hope
I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and you laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom. Clarissa Pinkola Estes on hope
I too hope in this short reign to be a man of peace. Pope Benedict XVI on hope
The difficulty of IVF or of any fertility issues is the hope and the shattered hope, the dream that it might happen this time and then it doesn't happen. Brooke Shields on hope
I hope that Facebook and other Internet technologies were able to help people, just like we hope that we help them communicate and organize and do whatever they want to every single day, but I don't pretend that if Facebook didn't exist, that this wouldn't even be possible. Of course, it would have. Mark Zuckerberg on hope
I hope I die before I get old. Roger Daltrey on hope
Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best. Loretta Lynn on hope
Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition. Edward Gibbon on hope
To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope. Miguel de Cervantes on hope
Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity. Herman Melville on hope
Good news doesn't necessarily have to be a positive thing. Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man. Patti Smith on hope
All non-incumbent campaigns promise hope and change, but Obama took the promise to a new level of absurdity. He suggested that a vote for him would literally transform the Earth. John Podhoretz on hope
We are all serving a life sentence, and good behavior is our only hope for a pardon. Douglas Horton on hope
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. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. Barbara Kingsolver on hope