---
title: "1 Imagine Better Quotes By John Forbes Nash, Jr"
description: "1 Imagine Better quotes by John Forbes Nash, Jr. Plus more from John Forbes Nash, Jr and more Imagine Better sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/john-forbes-nash-jr-27420_better_if-things-are-not-so-good-you-may-be-one_1695961.jpg"
---

> [If things are not so good, you may be one to imagine something better. For me, I was able to imagine myself as in a role of greater importance than I would seem to be ordinarily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-forbes-nash-jr/if-things-are-not-so-good-you-may-be-one-to-imagine-something-better/)

[John Forbes Nash, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-forbes-nash-jr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/john-forbes-nash-jr-27420_better_if-things-are-not-so-good-you-may-be-one_1695961.jpg)

## More by John Forbes Nash, Jr

> [I can observe the game theory is applied very much in economics. Generally, it would be wise to get into the mathematics as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-forbes-nash-jr/i-can-observe-the-game-theory-is-applied-very-much-in-economics/)

[John Forbes Nash, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-forbes-nash-jr/)

> [I was on the mathematics faculty at M.I.T. from 1951 through until I resigned in the spring of 1959.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-forbes-nash-jr/i-was-on-the-mathematics-faculty-at-m-i-t-from-1951-through-until-i/)

[John Forbes Nash, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-forbes-nash-jr/)

> [I don't think exactly like a professional economist. I think about economics and economic ideas, but somewhat like an outsider.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-forbes-nash-jr/i-don-t-think-exactly-like-a-professional-economist-i-think-about/)

[John Forbes Nash, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-forbes-nash-jr/)

> [I went to M.I.T. in the summer of 1951 as a 'C.L.E. Moore Instructor.' I had been an instructor at Princeton for one year…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-forbes-nash-jr/i-went-to-m-i-t-in-the-summer-of-1951-as-a-c-l-e-moore-instructor-i/)

[John Forbes Nash, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-forbes-nash-jr/)

> [Of course, the American education system is very inefficient in many ways compared to other countries in Europe or Japan, but it works in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-forbes-nash-jr/of-course-the-american-education-system-is-very-inefficient-in-many/)

[John Forbes Nash, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-forbes-nash-jr/)

> [It is easy to say that there are the rich and the poor, and so something should be done. But in history, there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-forbes-nash-jr/it-is-easy-to-say-that-there-are-the-rich-and-the-poor-and-so/)

[John Forbes Nash, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-forbes-nash-jr/)

> [As a graduate student I studied mathematics fairly broadly, and I was fortunate enough, besides developing the idea which led to 'Non-Cooperative Games,' also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-forbes-nash-jr/as-a-graduate-student-i-studied-mathematics-fairly-broadly-and-i-was/)

[John Forbes Nash, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-forbes-nash-jr/)

> [I think mental illness or madness can be an escape also. People don't develop a mental illness because they are in the happiest of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-forbes-nash-jr/i-think-mental-illness-or-madness-can-be-an-escape-also-people-don-t/)

[John Forbes Nash, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-forbes-nash-jr/)

> [If things are not so good, you may be one to imagine something better. For me, I was able to imagine myself as in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-forbes-nash-jr/if-things-are-not-so-good-you-may-be-one-to-imagine-something-better/)

[John Forbes Nash, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-forbes-nash-jr/)

> [I would finally renounce my delusional hypotheses and revert to thinking of myself as a human of more conventional circumstances and return to mathematical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-forbes-nash-jr/i-would-finally-renounce-my-delusional-hypotheses-and-revert-to/)

[John Forbes Nash, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-forbes-nash-jr/)

> [I can see there's a connection between not following normal thinking and doing creative thinking. I wouldn't have had good scientific ideas if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-forbes-nash-jr/i-can-see-there-s-a-connection-between-not-following-normal-thinking/)

[John Forbes Nash, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-forbes-nash-jr/)

> [The ideas I had about supernatural beings came to me the same way that my mathematical ideas did. So I took them seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-forbes-nash-jr/the-ideas-i-had-about-supernatural-beings-came-to-me-the-same-way/)

[John Forbes Nash, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-forbes-nash-jr/)

> [It has had a tremendous impact on my life, more than on the life of most Prize winners, because I was in an unusual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-forbes-nash-jr/it-has-had-a-tremendous-impact-on-my-life-more-than-on-the-life-of/)

[John Forbes Nash, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-forbes-nash-jr/)

> [I was the most important person of the world, and people like the Pope would be just like enemies, who would try to put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-forbes-nash-jr/i-was-the-most-important-person-of-the-world-and-people-like-the-pope/)

[John Forbes Nash, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-forbes-nash-jr/)

> [I did have strange ideas during certain periods of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-forbes-nash-jr/i-did-have-strange-ideas-during-certain-periods-of-time/)

[John Forbes Nash, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-forbes-nash-jr/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagine-better/john-forbes-nash-jr/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Imagine Better Quotes By John Forbes Nash, Jr",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "If things are not so good, you may be one to imagine something better. For me, I was able to imagine myself as in a role of greater importance than I would seem to be ordinarily.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "John Forbes Nash, Jr"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-forbes-nash-jr/if-things-are-not-so-good-you-may-be-one-to-imagine-something-better/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/john-forbes-nash-jr-27420_better_if-things-are-not-so-good-you-may-be-one_1695961.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/john-forbes-nash-jr-27420_better_if-things-are-not-so-good-you-may-be-one_1695961.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/john-forbes-nash-jr-27420_better_if-things-are-not-so-good-you-may-be-one_1695961.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“If things are not so good, you may be one to imagine something better. For me, I was able to imagine myself…” — John Forbes Nash, Jr",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagine-better/john-forbes-nash-jr/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagine-better/john-forbes-nash-jr/",
            "name": "Imagine Better Quotes by John Forbes Nash, Jr",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagine-better/john-forbes-nash-jr/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/john-forbes-nash-jr-27420_better_if-things-are-not-so-good-you-may-be-one_1695961.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 Imagine Better quotes by John Forbes Nash, Jr. Plus more from John Forbes Nash, Jr and more Imagine Better sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagine-better/john-forbes-nash-jr/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagine-better/john-forbes-nash-jr/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Imagine Better",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagine-better/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "John Forbes Nash, Jr",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagine-better/john-forbes-nash-jr/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```