Quotes about imagination
imagination expectations arrogance
No cause more frequently produces bashfulness than too high an opinion of our own importance. He that imagines an assembly filled with his merit, panting with expectation, and hushed with attention, easily terrifies himself with the dread of disappointing them, and strains his imagination in pursuit of something that may vindicate the veracity of fame, and show that his reputation was not gained by chance. Samuel Johnson
imagination decision comedy
I do as much comedy as I possibly can but I’m basically limited by the imagination of the secretaries who make the decisions, Rufus Sewell
imagination protein modernism
Modernism is the protein of our cultural imagination. Robert Hughes
imagination fancy judgment
It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract; and therefore this must be as far above the other as judgment is a greater and nobler faculty than fancy or imagination.
imagination worry waste
Worry is a waste of imagination. Walt Disney
imagination satisfied resent
I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.
imagination stories use
I like something where I can really use my imagination and be an active participant in the construction of the monster and usually that's in the world of the supernatural or the world of the fantastic, so that's why those kinds of stories about demons and the supernatural appeal to me or maybe I'm really interested in that subject. Sam Raimi
imagination memorization students
Students are rewarded for memorization, not imagination or resourcefulness. Sugata Mitra
imagination enemy
There is nothing worse than an enemy with imagination. Sharon Kay Penman
imagination soul mind
Form is burden. Sometimes being part of the system enslaves the mind and greatly limits the imagination by enslaving it to form. Form is a burden to the mind that sees no limits. Form is a prison for the soul who sees possibilities outside the lines and wishes to test them. Suzy Kassem
imagination willpower ten
Our # imagination is ten times more potent than our # willpower . Tony Robbins
imagination revolution doe
Anger or revolt that does not get into the muscles remains a figment of the imagination. Simone de Beauvoir
imagination suffering facts
We have to endure the discordance between imagination and fact. It is better to say, “I am suffering,” than to say, “This landscape is ugly. Simone Weil
imagination trust-in-god possession
He who hopes in God trusts God, Whom he never sees, to bring him to the possession of things that are beyond imagination. Thomas Merton
imagination kind obscure
We refuse love, and reject society, in so far as it seems, in our own perverse imagination, to imply some obscure kind of humiliation
imagination certain should
The imagination should be allowed a certain amount of time to browse around.
imagination understanding matter
Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding. Thomas Carlyle
imagination creative important
All my life I've had the privilege to make my living with my imagination, and the most important thing has been to see my creative life grow. I was educated to do that and have lived accordingly. Tommy Lee Jones
imagination giving bigger
It's not just that reporting gives you a bigger slice of life, gives - lends verisimilitude to what you are doing - it's that it feeds the imagination. Tom Wolfe
imagination use fiction
It [science fiction] really is the only genre that lets you use your imagination without limitations. Steven Spielberg
imagination alive dinosaurs
Dinosaurs may be extinct from the face of the planet, but they are alive and well in our imaginations. Steve Miller
imagination pistols shots
Politics in the middle of things of the imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert. Stendhal
imagination facts sometimes
Sometimes, surely, truth is closer to imagination or to intelligence, to love than to fact? To be accurate is not to be right. Shirley Hazzard
imagination reader wraps
I do like to wrap things up and leave some things to the readers' imagination. Rick Riordan
imagination cages beast
Imagination is a beast that has to be put in a cage. Timothy Spall
imagination killers
Imagination is a killer. Tim O'Brien
imagination my-friends my-imagination
I just have a relationship with my imagination. It's like my friend, almost. Steven Wright
imagination trying wish
How exquisitely human was the wish for permanent happiness, and how thin human imagination became trying to achieve it. Toni Morrison
imagination important looks
Imagination is more important than information. Einstein said that, and he should know. And they come. And they look. And we push. And they fly. We to stay and die on our beds. They to go and die howsoever, yet inspiring those who come after them to find their own edge. And fly. Robert Fulghum
imagination people secret
Maybe we should develop a Crayola bomb as our next secret weapon. A happiness weapon. A Beauty Bomb. And every time a crisis developed, we would launch one... And people would smile and get a little funny look on their faces and cover the world with imagination.
imagination reason
Reason is nothing without imagination. Rene Descartes
imagination murder commit
Everyone is entitled to commit murder in the imagination once in a while, not to mention lesser infractions. Thomas Nagel
imagination limits probability
The scientific imagination always restrains itself within the limits of probability. Thomas Huxley