Quotes by Imagination I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do what they were most afraid of doing, to widen their horizons of action. James Broughton riskimaginationenthusiasm Governments and citizens blend together only in the imaginations of political theorists. Government is, and always will be, an alien power over private citizens. There is no magic in a ballot box that makes government any less coercive. James Bovard politicalgovernmentimagination Imagination is a force that can actually manifest a reality.Don't put limitations on yourself.Others will do that for you. James Cameron forceimaginationreality Your imagination can create a reality James Cameron imaginationreality An island always pleases my imagination, even the smallest, as a small continent and integral portion of the globe. I have a fancyfor building my hut on one. Even a bare, grassy isle, which I can see entirely over at a glance, has some undefined and mysterious charm for me. Henry David Thoreau mysteriousimaginationislands The most stupendous scenery ceases to be sublime when it becomes distinct, or in other words limited, and the imagination is no longer encouraged to exaggerate it. The actual height and breadth of a mountain or a waterfall are always ridiculously small; they are the imagined only that content us. Henry David Thoreau mountainsublimeimagination As we looked up in silence to those distant lights, we were reminded that it was a rare imagination which first taught that the stars are worlds, and had conferred a great benefit on mankind. Henry David Thoreau starslightimagination Comparatively, we can excuse any offense against the heart, but not against the imagination. The imagination knows--nothing escapes its glance from out its eyry--and it controls the breast. Henry David Thoreau excuseimaginationheart Men cannot conceive of a state of things so fair that it cannot be realized. Henry David Thoreau optimismimaginationmen The dwarves of course are quite obviously, couldn't you say that in many ways they remind you of the Jews? Their words are Semitic obviously, constructed to be Semitic. Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects (in general) the small reach of their imagination - not the small reach of their courage or latent power. J. R. R. Tolkien dwarvesimaginationpeople If your first Christmas tree is a wilting eucalyptus and if you're normally troubled by heat and sand... then, to have just at the age when imagination is opening out, suddenly find yourself in a quiet Warwickshire village, I think it engenders a particular love of what you might call central Midlands English countryside. Based on good water, stones and elm trees and small quiet rivers and so on, and of course, rustic people about. J. R. R. Tolkien imaginationriversthinking To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication. Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have. Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done. James Dean dedicationimaginationmen It's about human imagination and curiosity. What's out there? What's in the great beyond? What exists at levels we can't see with our five senses? James Cameron five-sensescuriosityimagination Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have. James Dean being-alonelonelinessimagination If all you want to do is make money, the very last thing you need is imagination. James A. Baldwin imaginationwantneeds He leaned up a little and watched her face. Her face would now be, forever, more mysterious and impenetrable than the face of any stranger. Strangers' faces hold no secrets because the imagination does not invest them with any. But the face of a lover is an unknown precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself. It is a mystery, containing, like all mysteries, the possibility of torment. James A. Baldwin imaginationsecretforever On the human imagination events produce the effects of time. James F. Cooper eventsimaginationtime On the human imagination, events produce the effects of time. Thus, he who has travelled far and seen much, is apt to fancy that he has lived long; and the history that most abounds in important incidents, soonest assumes the aspect of antiquity. James F. Cooper imaginationtimelong Of course, a culture as manically and massively materialistic as ours creates materialistic behavior in its people, especially in those people who've been subjected to nothing but the destruction of imagination that this culture calls education, the destruction of autonomy it calls work, and the destruction of activity it calls entertainment. James Hillman imaginationculturepeople Love alone is not enough. Without imagination, love stales into sentiment, duty, boredom. Relationships fail not because we have stopped loving but because we first stopped imagining. James Hillman boredomimaginationlove«6566676869707172737475»
