Imaginary Quotes

524 Imaginary quotes by 412 unique authors

The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are purely imaginary. — Franklin P. Adams
The word 'pure' has never revealed an intelligent meaning to me. I can only use the word to quench an optical thirst for purity in… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Our real nature is not our imaginary, limited ego. Our true nature is vast, all-comprehensive, and intangible as empty space. — Anagarika Govinda
When real nobleness accompanies that imaginary one of birth, the imaginary seems to mix with real, and becomes real too. — Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
When I talk about the realm of spirit, happiness, nirvana, enlightenment, I'm not talking about something ideal or imaginary. There are realms of light that… — Frederick Lenz
With this imaginary mandate from God, men have not allowed women to be given the educational, religous and social freedoms that are necessary for women… — Frederick Lenz
Just remember, loss is imaginary. Nothing ever disappears in the universe; it only changes form. If there is something that still wounds you, it's because… — Tony Robbins
What the Negro wants - and will not stop until he gets - is absolute and unqualified freedom and equality here in this land of… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love.. is seeing the unity under the imaginary diversity. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
What are the hallmarks of a competent writer of fiction? The first, it seems to me, is that he should be immensely interested in human… — H. L. Mencken
More than any other contemporary British playwright, Tom Stoppard populates his plays -- from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead to The Invention of Love (his… — Mel Gussow
The best vacation is still a book, a renewable ticket to places real and imaginary. — Charles McGrath
Human misery is so appalling nowadays that if we allowed ourselves to dwell on it we should only add imaginary miseries of our own to… — George Bernard Shaw
Lonely children often have imaginary playmates but I was never lonely; rather, I was solitary, and wanted no company at all other than books and… — Gore Vidal
The only excuse for a novelist, aside from the entertainment and vicarious living his books give the people who read them, is as a sort… — John Dos Passos
I think sometimes I get carried away, like I'm speaking to an imaginary audience rather than just trying to figure something out for myself. Ideally,… — David Byrne
I think the written word is my first love. I was just a very imagination - centered child and a big part of that imaginary… — Zoe Kazan
This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are imaginary, excepting only certain of the fairy folk, whom it… — Neil Gaiman
You reduce illegal immigration by making it harder to get jobs here, or easier to get jobs south of the border. This idea that we… — Gail Collins
The first-born in every family is always dreaming for an imaginary older brother or sister who will look out for them. — Bill Cosby
The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an imaginary line from my bed to our house over in… — Roald Dahl
Growing up as a chubby kid with a ton of imaginary friends and a Cyndi Lauper obsession, I learned about rejection early on and was… — Beth Ditto
It is a queer thing, but imaginary troubles are harder to bear than actual ones. — Dorothy Dix
Imaginary evils are incurable. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Captain Cook discovered Australia looking for the Terra Incognita. Christopher Columbus thought he was finding India but discovered America. History is full of events that… — Umberto Eco

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