Reality leaves a lot to the imagination. John Lennon
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will. George Bernard Shaw
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.
An idea is salvation by imagination. Frank Lloyd Wright
An idea is salvation by imagination.
The imagination is never governed, it is always the ruling and divine power. John Ruskin
The imagination is never governed, it is always the ruling and divine power.
Imagination decides everything. Blaise Pascal
Imagination decides everything.
There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. Albert Einstein
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. Albert Einstein
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for them everything is possible. Alexander Chase
The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for them everything is possible.
Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the most pernicious gift to the individuals who compose the talkers instead of the writers in society. Marguerite Blessington
Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the most pernicious gift to the individuals who compose the talkers instead of the writers in society.
The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power. Toni Morrison
The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.
There is an astonishing imagination, even in the science of mathematics... We repeat, there was far more imagination in the head of Archimedes than in that of Homer. Voltaire
There is an astonishing imagination, even in the science of mathematics... We repeat, there was far more imagination in the head of Archimedes than in that of Homer.
Imagination is like a lofty building reared to meet the sky - fancy is a balloon that soars at the wind's will. Frank Gelett Burgess
Imagination is like a lofty building reared to meet the sky - fancy is a balloon that soars at the wind's will.
Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive. Antisthenes
Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.
Imagination, industry, and intelligence - "the three I s" - are all indispensable to the actress, but of these three the greatest is, without doubt, imagination. Kitty O'neill Collins
Imagination, industry, and intelligence - "the three I s" - are all indispensable to the actress, but of these three the greatest is, without doubt, imagination.
Memory feeds imagination. Amy Tan
Memory feeds imagination.
There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new reality, that it makes things happen. Sean O'Faolain
There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new reality, that it makes things happen.
You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. Mark Twain
You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
Imagination is a very precise thing, you know-it is not fantasy; the man who invented the wheel while he was observing another man walking-that is imagination! Jacques Lipchitz
Imagination is a very precise thing, you know-it is not fantasy; the man who invented the wheel while he was observing another man walking-that is imagination!
The life of man is the true romance, which when it is valiantly conduced, will yield the imagination a higher joy than any fiction. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The life of man is the true romance, which when it is valiantly conduced, will yield the imagination a higher joy than any fiction.
Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending. Jim Henson
Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.
Political image is like mixing cement. When it's wet, you can move it around and shape it, but at some point it hardens and there's almost nothing you can do to reshape it. Walter F. Mondale
Political image is like mixing cement. When it's wet, you can move it around and shape it, but at some point it hardens and there's almost nothing you can do to reshape it.
Imagine that the blackboard is an N-dimensional manifold. Hal Varian
Imagine that the blackboard is an N-dimensional manifold.
To regard the imagination as metaphysics is to think of it as part of life, and to think of it as part of life is to realize the extent of artifice. We live in the mind. Wallace Stevens
To regard the imagination as metaphysics is to think of it as part of life, and to think of it as part of life is to realize the extent of artifice. We live in the mind.
There are moments when a man's imagination so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny. Edith Wharton
There are moments when a man's imagination so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny.
Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success on the stage. Ellen Terry
Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success on the stage.
Imagination is a quality given to man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humaor is provided to console him from what he is. Oscar Wilde
Imagination is a quality given to man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humaor is provided to console him from what he is.
Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake? Leonardo da Vinci
Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?
The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led. Edgar Allan Poe
The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.
Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination. John Dewey
Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.
Fools act on imagination without knowledge, pedants act on knowledge without imagination. Alfred North Whitehead
Fools act on imagination without knowledge, pedants act on knowledge without imagination.
There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder. Ronald Reagan
There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.
The function of the imagination is not to make strange things settled, so much as to make settled things strange. G. K. Chesterton
The function of the imagination is not to make strange things settled, so much as to make settled things strange.
The opportunities of man are limited only by his imagination. But so few have imagination that there are ten thousand fiddlers to one composer. Charles F. Kettering
The opportunities of man are limited only by his imagination. But so few have imagination that there are ten thousand fiddlers to one composer.
The power of imagination makes us infinite. John Muir
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
Life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves. Bill Hicks
Life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves.
True change takes place in the imagination. Thomas Moore
True change takes place in the imagination.
Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. Gloria Steinem
Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
I think the fun part of the show is, every hour is completely different. There's no formula by any stretch of imagination. Bertram Van Munster
I think the fun part of the show is, every hour is completely different. There's no formula by any stretch of imagination.
Put off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory. Put it on again, as you put on your overcoat, when you leave. Claude Bernard
Put off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory. Put it on again, as you put on your overcoat, when you leave.
When I first heard about this, my imagination wasn't big enough to handle it. But it looks like we have another product we can be proud of. Mark Anderson
When I first heard about this, my imagination wasn't big enough to handle it. But it looks like we have another product we can be proud of.
I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive. Man Ray
I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination. Voltaire
Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need. Jerry Gillies
You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need.
It's not a trunk song by any stretch of the imagination. Martin Charnin
It's not a trunk song by any stretch of the imagination.
He is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
He is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts.
Imagination is the true magic carpet. Norman Vincent Peale
Imagination is the true magic carpet.
For now, unfortunately, we're going to leave that up to your imagination. Tony White
For now, unfortunately, we're going to leave that up to your imagination.
Takes a lot of imagination, and frankly, my imagination was pretty much absorbed by my children. Jill Clayburgh
Takes a lot of imagination, and frankly, my imagination was pretty much absorbed by my children.
Faith is spiritualized imagination. Henry Ward Beecher
Faith is spiritualized imagination.
We just have to basically hope that we don't have a hurricane come back into the Gulf of Mexico this summer. We haven't fixed yet, by any stretch of the imagination, everything that got broken. Matt Simmons
We just have to basically hope that we don't have a hurricane come back into the Gulf of Mexico this summer. We haven't fixed yet, by any stretch of the imagination, everything that got broken.
This has gone absolutely way beyond our imagination or expectations ever. Hadi Jawad
This has gone absolutely way beyond our imagination or expectations ever.
Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art. Austin O'Malley
Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art.
You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. Mark Twain
You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
Imagination... its limits are only those of the mind itself. Rod Serling
Imagination... its limits are only those of the mind itself.
The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless. Jean jacques Rousseau
The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
Art requires imagination. It requires Creativity. Creativity requires experience and experience comes from your life. And your life is expressed in your art. Bruce Lee
Art requires imagination. It requires Creativity. Creativity requires experience and experience comes from your life. And your life is expressed in your art.
To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination. George Jean Nathan
To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.
It's all based on the facts, but there are some things that are unknown, ... It's animated by its own sense of imagination. Douglas Mcgrath
It's all based on the facts, but there are some things that are unknown, ... It's animated by its own sense of imagination.
The quantity of civilization is measured by the quality of imagination. Victor Hugo
The quantity of civilization is measured by the quality of imagination.
Death is the tyrant of the imagination. Barry Cornwall
Death is the tyrant of the imagination.
Enthusiasm is that temper of the mind in which the imagination has got the better of the judgment. William Warburton
Enthusiasm is that temper of the mind in which the imagination has got the better of the judgment.
Man is free in his imagination, but bound by his reason. Israel Lipkin
Man is free in his imagination, but bound by his reason.
Yes, it does fire the imagination just being able to imagine. Alfred Bea
Yes, it does fire the imagination just being able to imagine.
The only war is the war against the human imagination. All other wars are subsumed in it. Paul Jacob
The only war is the war against the human imagination. All other wars are subsumed in it.
Very few authors manage to keep selling that well. This is an author that clearly caught the imagination of their generation and then managed to keep capturing the imagination of generations. Nick James
Very few authors manage to keep selling that well. This is an author that clearly caught the imagination of their generation and then managed to keep capturing the imagination of generations.
Science does not know its debt to imagination. Goethe did not believe that a great naturalist could exist without this faculty. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Science does not know its debt to imagination. Goethe did not believe that a great naturalist could exist without this faculty.
Never in my wildest imagination would I have figured this, but we played every game to this intensity level. Kermit Carolina
Never in my wildest imagination would I have figured this, but we played every game to this intensity level.
Reason respects the differences, and imagination the similitudes of things. Percy Bysshe Shelley
Reason respects the differences, and imagination the similitudes of things.
It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent. Marcus Valerius Martialis
It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
It takes as much imagination to create debt as to create income. Leonard Orr
It takes as much imagination to create debt as to create income.
Vision - It reaches beyond the thing that is, into the conception of what can be. Imagination gives you the picture. Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own. Robert Collier
Vision - It reaches beyond the thing that is, into the conception of what can be. Imagination gives you the picture. Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own.
We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality. Judy Garland
We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.
It leaves it to the audience's imagination at the end [as the bomb goes off]. It goes blank white. We're living in the blank white and it's definitely not paradise. Ron Kehrmann
It leaves it to the audience's imagination at the end [as the bomb goes off]. It goes blank white. We're living in the blank white and it's definitely not paradise.
I am amazed to live in such a beautiful country. It is beyond my wildest imagination that it happened so quickly. Bruce Walker
I am amazed to live in such a beautiful country. It is beyond my wildest imagination that it happened so quickly.
I can't comprehend it, it's something beyond imagination. Shaul Goldstein
I can't comprehend it, it's something beyond imagination.
It is out of your imagination that the seeds of your success are sown. Zephyr Bloch jorgensen
It is out of your imagination that the seeds of your success are sown.
[Poetry] is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake. Lord Byron
[Poetry] is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake.
How much are they able to capture your imagination and your heart? Being tall doesn't necessarily do it. Cesar Pelli
How much are they able to capture your imagination and your heart? Being tall doesn't necessarily do it.
It's not an uncommon occurrence by any stretch of the imagination. Sharon Gamble
It's not an uncommon occurrence by any stretch of the imagination.
The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity. George Santayana
The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity.
It seems that this much-ballyhooed information campaign of the opposition exists only in the imagination of its leaders. Raul Lambino
It seems that this much-ballyhooed information campaign of the opposition exists only in the imagination of its leaders.
You cannot condemn a man for what may only be a figment of your own imagination. Stephen King
You cannot condemn a man for what may only be a figment of your own imagination.
It is here [in mathematics] that the artist has the fullest scope of his imagination. Henry Ellis
It is here [in mathematics] that the artist has the fullest scope of his imagination.
It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the imagination. Martha Gellhorn
It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the imagination.
You're only limited by your imagination. Donna Dow
You're only limited by your imagination.
When temptation knocks, imagination usually answers. Dan Bennett
When temptation knocks, imagination usually answers.
To some extent, placebos are about the effect of the human imagination. Ted Kaptchuk
To some extent, placebos are about the effect of the human imagination.
Imagination helps bring out the realism of every detail and only sees the beauties of the work. Honore De Balzac
Imagination helps bring out the realism of every detail and only sees the beauties of the work.
Worry is a misuse of imagination. Dan Zadra
Worry is a misuse of imagination.
Every man loves two women;the one is the creation of his imagination and the other is not yet born. Kahlil Gibran
Every man loves two women;the one is the creation of his imagination and the other is not yet born.
There are a lot of kids out there that have great talent and we want to help spark their imagination through this. Catrina Cormell
There are a lot of kids out there that have great talent and we want to help spark their imagination through this.
We never had any doubt that Harry Potter and his world came from the rich and extraordinary imagination of J.K. Rowling. Barbara Marcus
We never had any doubt that Harry Potter and his world came from the rich and extraordinary imagination of J.K. Rowling.
With your imagination you can wear (them) from the morning to night. Issey Miyake
With your imagination you can wear (them) from the morning to night.
What is going to build up the party are new ideas, creativity and imagination. Jerry Meek
What is going to build up the party are new ideas, creativity and imagination.
Everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it and the imagination to improvise. Sylvia Plath
Everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it and the imagination to improvise.
You know, working as an actor, I'm always working within my own imagination. Charles Keating
You know, working as an actor, I'm always working within my own imagination.
Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love. Gilbert Parker
Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love.
I listen constantly to classical music and I find that stretches my imagination. I listen to some contemporary and even cutting-edge things. Bobby Short
I listen constantly to classical music and I find that stretches my imagination. I listen to some contemporary and even cutting-edge things.
The artist must bow to the monster of his own imagination. Richard Wright
The artist must bow to the monster of his own imagination.
I don't think that by any stretch of the imagination you can say that the cap has contributed to lower prices. In fact, it has led to higher prices. Jack Suyderhoud
I don't think that by any stretch of the imagination you can say that the cap has contributed to lower prices. In fact, it has led to higher prices.
Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. Jules de Gaultier
Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.
That was a wonderful void to let imagination work. Geraldine Brooks
That was a wonderful void to let imagination work.
There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness. William Godwin
There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness.
By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment. Dorothea Brande
By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment.
Yes, in terms of the total football and imagination, ... I had asked for more from certain players and we got that. The front six were fantastic. John Hartson
Yes, in terms of the total football and imagination, ... I had asked for more from certain players and we got that. The front six were fantastic.
Being an actor's about imagination and you have to keep extending your imagination. Dominic Monaghan
Being an actor's about imagination and you have to keep extending your imagination.
The Robin Hood Motel. Use your imagination - it probably was as bad as it sounds. We're really low-budget. Simon Hauger
The Robin Hood Motel. Use your imagination - it probably was as bad as it sounds. We're really low-budget.
A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache. Catherine The Great
A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.
I am certain of nothing but the Holiness of the Heart's affections and the Truth of the Imagination. John Keats
I am certain of nothing but the Holiness of the Heart's affections and the Truth of the Imagination.
He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart. Washington Irving
He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.
The response has been incredible. The idea just seems to have caught people's imagination. Alex Tew
The response has been incredible. The idea just seems to have caught people's imagination.
Imagination creates reality. Richard Wagner
Imagination creates reality.
Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination. Lily Tomlin
Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.
By no measure of the imagination did we have joint defenses. Rodney Barnes
By no measure of the imagination did we have joint defenses.
Your deeds exceed the power of human imagination. They are without equal in the history of mankind. How can we (the German people) ever thank you? Leni Riefenstahl
Your deeds exceed the power of human imagination. They are without equal in the history of mankind. How can we (the German people) ever thank you?
The price tag could be very little, or it could be beyond our wildest imagination. David Tokofsky
The price tag could be very little, or it could be beyond our wildest imagination.
The sky's the limit. There's no cap on the sky. So use your imagination. Trimaine Davis
The sky's the limit. There's no cap on the sky. So use your imagination.
We haven't seen the worst case scenario by any stretch of the imagination. Roger Pielke
We haven't seen the worst case scenario by any stretch of the imagination.
I've got research, I have my own life experience I can apply, and I have my imagination. Chris Cooper
I've got research, I have my own life experience I can apply, and I have my imagination.
Memory is so much a part of imagination, so plastic, so wonderfully plastic. Tracy Kidder
Memory is so much a part of imagination, so plastic, so wonderfully plastic.
Random words, heard by chance, turn to hard facts in the eyes of a man of imagination, if there's any fire burning in his heart. Friedrich von Schiller
Random words, heard by chance, turn to hard facts in the eyes of a man of imagination, if there's any fire burning in his heart.
It shows that we have a lot of activity, a lot of imagination and are doing things in an innovative way. Cyrus Reed
It shows that we have a lot of activity, a lot of imagination and are doing things in an innovative way.
We're offering them the world's imagination. Andrew Preis
We're offering them the world's imagination.
I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections and the truth of imagination. What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth - whether it existed before or not. John Keats
I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections and the truth of imagination. What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth - whether it existed before or not.
We have found no corruption by the secretary general, ... his behavior has not been exonerated by any stretch of the imagination. Paul A. Volcker
We have found no corruption by the secretary general, ... his behavior has not been exonerated by any stretch of the imagination.
Imagination is a beast that has to be put in a cage. Timothy Spall
Imagination is a beast that has to be put in a cage.
Perhaps what we sometimes call "genius" is simply a refusal to altogether let go of childhood imagination. Michael Cibenko
Perhaps what we sometimes call "genius" is simply a refusal to altogether let go of childhood imagination.
They need dress-up clothes, dolls, toy trucks, blocks and other things that get the imagination working. Rosalind Charlesworth
They need dress-up clothes, dolls, toy trucks, blocks and other things that get the imagination working.
The capacity you're thinking of is imagination; without it there can be no understanding, indeed no fiction. William Trevor
The capacity you're thinking of is imagination; without it there can be no understanding, indeed no fiction.
The moon develops the imagination, as chemicals develop photographic images. Sheila Ballantyne
The moon develops the imagination, as chemicals develop photographic images.
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life. Simone Weil
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young. W. Somerset Maugham
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination. Ellen Key
When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.
Everybody in their own imagination decides what scary is. Yvonne Craig
Everybody in their own imagination decides what scary is.
The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion. Elizabeth Drew
The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion.
Whoever it was that stole my bag — you were the inspiration for my imagination. Eli Reich
Whoever it was that stole my bag — you were the inspiration for my imagination.
The season is not over by any stretch of the imagination. If we didn't get anything it would be really rare. Eric Blake
The season is not over by any stretch of the imagination. If we didn't get anything it would be really rare.
That may play a role in creativity and imagination. Edward Vogel
That may play a role in creativity and imagination.
When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any exception. Emile Coue
When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any exception.
All it takes is imagination and not that much patience. It's fast. Evelyn Alemanni
All it takes is imagination and not that much patience. It's fast.
An art aims, above all, at producing something beautiful which affects not our feelings but the organ of pure contemplation, our imagination. Eduard Hanslick
An art aims, above all, at producing something beautiful which affects not our feelings but the organ of pure contemplation, our imagination.
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