“Oh man. If I had magic powers... I would hope that I would use them for good. I think I would. But I would do something pretty trivial like making traffic disappear.”

“Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting.”

“I've had nine of my books adapted to film, and almost all were enjoyable. I've been very lucky with Hollywood, and look forward to more movies being adapted. But I don't get involved in that process. I know nothing about making movies and I stay away from it and hope for the best.”

“Never deprive someone of hope it might be all they have.”

“Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer, because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem.”

“Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life.”

“I wish you a tolerable Thursday. That's all any of us can hope for.”

“I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.”

“The Middle East is hopeful. There's hope there.”

“As for gun control advocates, I have no hope whatever that any facts whatever will make the slightest dent in their thinking - or lack of thinking.”

“The other day I got a text from a boy, but it wasn't hot. I mean, if you're going to text me every day, you haven't seen me for months and you're trying to seduce me, you'd better spice up that text and make it more exciting than 'How was your day? I hope you're having a beautiful one.' Sadly, I haven't been doing a lot of kissing lately.”

“I'm going home now. I apologize for what I said. I hope you can forget it, but I'm going home right now.”

“You probably found 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising' in the humor section. Let's just hope that is where it belongs.”

“I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.”

“A mission is a place where you ask nonbelievers to come and find faith and hope and feel love.”

“I have learned from my experiences in this industry that there is absolutely no way to control people's opinions on your performance in your movie. You go out there, promote your film and hope people like the work you did.”

“My greatest desire is that the hope that has overcome fear in my country will help vanquish it around the world.”

“For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.”

“I hope my music sets up the platform for me to be able to do lots of things - to have a cowboy-boot line, maybe, or do a perfume or makeup deal.”

“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.”

“A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.”