--- title: "13 Imagine Different Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Imagine Different quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Imagine Different sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/linda-morris-41356_humor_your-problem-is-a-serious-lack-of-imagin_2804257.jpg" --- > [“Your problem is a serious lack of imagination. You can’t imagine being different than you are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-morris/your-problem-is-a-serious-lack-of-imagination-you-can-t-imagine-being/) [Linda Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/linda-morris-41356_humor_your-problem-is-a-serious-lack-of-imagin_2804257.jpg) > [“when she was able to imagine a different life that might have been hers, the kind of life she knew that she'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/when-she-was-able-to-imagine-a-different-life-that-might-have-been/) [Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/nicholas-sparks-93_amanda_when-she-was-able-to-imagine-a-different_1450214.jpg) > [It's a failure of imagination if you can only write what you know - we have to be able to imagine different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dee-rees/it-s-a-failure-of-imagination-if-you-can-only-write-what-you-know-we/) [Dee Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dee-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/dee-rees-4528_different-world_it-s-a-failure-of-imagination-if-you-can_568874.png) > [Just imagine how different the world could be if we all spoke to everyone with respect and kindness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-branson/just-imagine-how-different-the-world-could-be-if-we-all-spoke-to/) [Holly Branson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-branson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c68/holly-branson-17549_everyone_just-imagine-how-different-the-world-cou_2347198.jpg) > [I think no matter what kind of life you have, whether it looks one way to people or another way, you always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-wiig/i-think-no-matter-what-kind-of-life-you-have-whether-it-looks-one-way/) [Kristen Wiig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristen-wiig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/kristen-wiig-7223_another-way_i-think-no-matter-what-kind-of-life-you_198938.jpg) > [Imagine how different your life would be if you said literally everything that was on your mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/imagine-how-different-your-life-would-be-if-you-said-literally/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61a/anonymous-1_gossip_imagine-how-different-your-life-would-be_1595682.jpg) > [Imagine how different your life would be if you literally said everything that was on your mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horla/imagine-how-different-your-life-would-be-if-you-literally-said/) [Horla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b13/horla-18974_different-life_imagine-how-different-your-life-would-be_2766755.jpg) > [To imagine myself in different ways comes from my beginnings in the theatre. People are more accepting when you go 'apparently', 'wildly'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/to-imagine-myself-in-different-ways-comes-from-my-beginnings-in-the/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/meryl-streep-1078_accepting_to-imagine-myself-in-different-ways-come_591733.jpg) > [“Before the Wright brothers flew, flying was fantasy. Before the civil rights movement, people getting along together and the races being equal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/before-the-wright-brothers-flew-flying-was-fantasy-before-the-civil/) [Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ed/brandon-sanderson-112_change_before-the-wright-brothers-flew-flying-w_3169248.jpg) > [Can we imagine a different world? I can. That's a world where work is rational, it's in the common good, and we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/can-we-imagine-a-different-world-i-can-that-s-a-world-where-work-is/) [Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01a/bill-ayers-1848_common_can-we-imagine-a-different-world-i-can-t_1716105.png) > [Sometimes you imagine that everything could have been different for you, that if only you had gone right one day when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-brockmeier/sometimes-you-imagine-that-everything-could-have-been-different-for/) [Kevin Brockmeier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-brockmeier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82c/kevin-brockmeier-11982_different_sometimes-you-imagine-that-everything-co_2927863.png) > [“No matter what we have come through, or how many perils we have safely passed, or how imperfect and jagged our life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randolph-bourne/no-matter-what-we-have-come-through-or-how-many-perils-we-have-safely-2/) [Randolph Bourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randolph-bourne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47b/randolph-bourne-22053_fitness_no-matter-what-we-have-come-through-or-h_1320546.png) > [So now the challenge is to imagine a different world where our wealth is in human relations and the things we do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-suzuki/so-now-the-challenge-is-to-imagine-a-different-world-where-our-wealth/) [David Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/david-suzuki-1744_balance_so-now-the-challenge-is-to-imagine-a-dif_2766613.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagine-different/#itemlist", "name": "Imagine Different Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Your problem is a serious lack of imagination. 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