Quotes by Imagination I don't know if we ever have enough distance to "see" our own trajectory. We're in the muddled middle of it. Who knows what will last, what poems will take hold of the imaginations of the future. Dorianne Laux distancelastsimagination Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit Doris Day vulgarityexplicitimagination The turn of the century was the age of the banker, so much so that the leading bankers of the day had become legendary figures in the public imagination-vast, overshadowing behemoths whose colossal power seemed to reach everywhere. Doris Kearns Goodwin imaginationagebankers And habits are hell's own substitute for good intentions. Habits are the ruin of ambition, of initiative , of imagination. They're the curse of marriage and the after-bane of death. Dorothy Dunnett ruinsambitionimagination Facts are the soil from which the story grows. Imagination is a last resort. Dorothy Dunnett lastsimaginationstories You don't have to know anything about a subject as long as you use common sense and imagination, plus enthusiasm! I use all periods of design in my work, for, after all, decorative styles are simply indications of a manner of living. Dorothy Draper common-senseimaginationlong When I started the Imagination Library in my hometown, I never dreamed that one day we would be helping Scottish kids. Dolly Parton one-dayimaginationkids Good conversation can leave you more exhilarated than alcohol; more refreshed than the theater or a concert. It can bring you entertainment and pleasure; it can help you get ahead, solve problems, spark the imagination of others. It can increase your knowledge and education. It can erase misunderstandings, and bring you closer to those you love. Dorothy Sarnoff sparksalcoholimagination The thought of how far the human race would have advanced without government simply staggers the imagination. Doug Casey governmentimaginationrace What really fascinates me is this need that is so strong now that if you read a work of the imagination you instantly have to say, 'Oh, what this really is is so-and-so,' reducing it to a simple formula. Doris Lessing strongimaginationsimple Narrative nonfiction was not my forte. I always wanted to let my imagination run free, and the facts sometimes got in the way. At one point I wanted to illustrate Jack Prelutsky's enchanting poems. Unable to do that, I started devising and improvising my own poems, very raw at first. I immersed myself in verse, writing reams of stuff until it gelled. Douglas Florian imaginationwritingrunning Compared to Nature we suffer a poverty of imagination; it is thus much easier for us to uncover than to invent. Douglas Lenat povertyimaginationsuffering I don't think I've reached perfection by any stretch of the imagination, but maybe someday I'll become a perfectionist. Douglas Booth imaginationperfectionthinking Well-bred English people never have imagination. Dorothy L. Sayers englandimaginationpeople Many will tell you with mockery and ridicule that the abolition of war can only be a dream . . . But we must go on or we will all go under. And the great criticism that can be made is that the world lacks a plan that will enable us to go on . . . We must have sufficient imagination and courage to translate the universal wish for peace - which is rapidly becoming a universal necessity - into actuality. Douglas MacArthur imaginationdreamwar I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see. Duane Michals visionimaginationbelieve The simple truth is that interstellar distances will not fit into the human imagination. Douglas Adams distanceimaginationsimple Look at life through the wrong end of the telescope. Dr. Seuss cellsimaginationbrain Space and time are figments of you're imagination, unless the guy you're flying next to won't shut up. Dov Davidoff guyspaceimagination I wouldn't say that I've had a tough life by any stretch of the imagination. Duncan Sheik tough-lifetoughimagination«3334353637383940414243»
