PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic.… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Like all mystics (and many novelists, not least the present one) he is baffled, a child, before the real now; far happier… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
We may learn from children how large a part of our grievances is imaginary. But the pain is just as real. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Suppose you could be hooked up to a hypothetical 'experience machine' that, for the rest of your life, would stimulate your brain… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
Blending consensus historical events and personages with imaginary occult forces is a strong recipe for counterfactual storytelling goodness that combines the best… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
However spontaneous it seems, laughter always implies a kind of secret freemasonry, or even complicity, with other laughers, real or imaginary. — Henri Bergson Copy Share Image
We cannot forbear suggesting one practical result which it appears to us must be greatly facilitated by the independent manner in which… — Ada Lovelace Copy Share Image
“Where's your dog?" Peter's voice came from within the gushing stream of water. Justin thought he must have misheard. "Pardon?" "Your dog."… — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
I've studied a technique called the Sanford Miesner technique, that teaches you how to focus. It's mainly about daydreaming. And the technique's… — Sam Rockwell Copy Share Image
During a fight with Anderson Silva, I slipped on an imaginary banana peel. — Forrest Griffin Copy Share Image
Human misery is so appalling nowadays that if we allowed ourselves to dwell on it we should only add imaginary miseries of… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there is going… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
When war is waged, it is for the purpose of safeguarding or increasing one's capacity to make war. International politics are wholly… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Haven't got a girl, but I can wish. So I'll take me down to Main Street and that's where I'll select my… — Dean Martin Copy Share Image
She thinks, I failed twice. If I failed twice I'm going to fail forever. No! That is not the law of life.… — Cesar Millan Copy Share Image
I used the imaginary kingdom not as a sentimentalized fairyland but as an opening wedge to express what I hoped would be… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
I wish to put together an imaginary nation. It is my belief that no other nation is possible, or rather, I believe… — Robin Blaser Copy Share Image
Lonely children often have imaginary playmates but I was never lonely; rather, I was solitary, and wanted no company at all other… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
... imaginary gardens with real toads in them ... ... if you demand on one hand, the raw material of poetry in… — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
The number and richness of man's signifiers always surpasses the set of defined objects that could be termed signifieds. The symbolic function… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
Even a simple imaginary exercise can change your mood: Close your eyes, and take yourself back to your last holiday where there… — Liz Miller Copy Share Image
I'm extremely moved by the loving, caring relationship the President always seems to have with his imaginary son. — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
“The modern mind is forced towards the future by a certain sense of fatigue, not unmixed with terror, with which it regards… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't. But you can't tell the difference when you have no real information. Fear can create… — Barbara Sher Copy Share Image
