--- title: "12 Imaginary lines Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Imaginary lines quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Imaginary lines sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6d/paramahansa-yogananda-556_division_divisions-are-imaginary-lines-drawn-by-s_2756223.jpg" --- > [Divisions are imaginary lines drawn by small minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/divisions-are-imaginary-lines-drawn-by-small-minds/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6d/paramahansa-yogananda-556_division_divisions-are-imaginary-lines-drawn-by-s_2756223.jpg) > [From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-whitman/from-this-hour-i-ordain-myself-loos-d-of-limits-and-imaginary-lines/) [Walt Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-whitman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/128/walt-whitman-265_hours_from-this-hour-i-ordain-myself-loos-d-of_700266.png) > [The horizon is an imaginary line that recedes as you approach it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ginnifer-goodwin/the-horizon-is-an-imaginary-line-that-recedes-as-you-approach-it/) [Ginnifer Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ginnifer-goodwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/ginnifer-goodwin-8206_approach_the-horizon-is-an-imaginary-line-that-re_2800394.jpg) > [Place, time, life, death, earth, heaven are divisions and distinctions we make, like the imaginary lines we trace upon the surface of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-kemble/place-time-life-death-earth-heaven-are-divisions-and-distinctions-we/) [Fanny Kemble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-kemble/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff8/fanny-kemble-13000_death_place-time-life-death-earth-heaven-are-d_138360.jpg) > [History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/history-is-marked-by-alternating-movements-across-the-imaginary-line/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/herodotus-2844_east_history-is-marked-by-alternating-movemen_2630051.jpg) > [Boundary, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/boundary-n-in-political-geography-an-imaginary-line-between-two/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/757/ambrose-bierce-140_amusing_boundary-n-in-political-geography-an-ima_159031.jpg) > [From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines. Going where I list, my own master, total and absolute.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-whitman/from-this-hour-i-ordain-myself-loos-d-of-limits-and-imaginary-lines-2/) [Walt Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-whitman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fd/walt-whitman-265_absolutes_from-this-hour-i-ordain-myself-loos-d-of_2764056.png) > [I don't believe that just because one person is born on one side of some imaginary line and another person is born…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-cohen/i-don-t-believe-that-just-because-one-person-is-born-on-one-side-of/) [Ben Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-cohen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c8/ben-cohen-31715_believe_i-don-t-believe-that-just-because-one-pe_858916.jpg) > [You hate America, don't you?' That would be as silly as loving it,' I said. 'It's impossible for me to get emotional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/you-hate-america-don-t-you-that-would-be-as-silly-as-loving-it-i-said/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/332/kurt-vonnegut-41_america_you-hate-america-don-t-you-that-would-be_1890671.jpg) > [Those who first invented and then named the constellations were storytellers. Tracing an imaginary line between a cluster of stars gave them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/those-who-first-invented-and-then-named-the-constellations-were/) [John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/929/john-berger-1590_black_those-who-first-invented-and-then-named_1190570.jpg) > [Gods, religions and national boundaries are absolutely imaginary. They don't tend to exist. As soon as you pull back half a mile…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/gods-religions-and-national-boundaries-are-absolutely-imaginary-they/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/neil-gaiman-29_assuming_gods-religions-and-national-boundaries-a_980422.jpg) > [One might think this means that imaginary numbers are just a mathematical game having nothing to do with the real world. From…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/one-might-think-this-means-that-imaginary-numbers-are-just-a/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/stephen-hawking-389_able_one-might-think-this-means-that-imaginar_2679225.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imaginary-lines/#itemlist", "name": "Imaginary lines Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Divisions are imaginary lines drawn by small minds.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paramahansa Yogananda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/divisions-are-imaginary-lines-drawn-by-small-minds/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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That would be as silly as loving it,' I said. 'It's impossible for me to get emotional about it, because real estate doesn't interest me. It's no doubt a great flaw in my personality, but I can't think in terms of boundaries. Those imaginary lines are as unreal to me as elves and pixies. I can't believe that they mark the end or the beginning of anything of real concern to a human soul. Virtues and vices, pleasures and pains cross boundaries at will.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kurt Vonnegut" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/you-hate-america-don-t-you-that-would-be-as-silly-as-loving-it-i-said/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/332/kurt-vonnegut-41_america_you-hate-america-don-t-you-that-would-be_1890671.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/332/kurt-vonnegut-41_america_you-hate-america-don-t-you-that-would-be_1890671.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/332/kurt-vonnegut-41_america_you-hate-america-don-t-you-that-would-be_1890671.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You hate America, don't you?' That would be as silly as loving it,' I said. 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I just get fascinated by people who assume that things that are imaginary have no relevance to their lives.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Gaiman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/gods-religions-and-national-boundaries-are-absolutely-imaginary-they/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/neil-gaiman-29_assuming_gods-religions-and-national-boundaries-a_980422.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/neil-gaiman-29_assuming_gods-religions-and-national-boundaries-a_980422.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/neil-gaiman-29_assuming_gods-religions-and-national-boundaries-a_980422.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Gods, religions and national boundaries are absolutely imaginary. They don't tend to exist. 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