Imagination Quotes

4096 Imagination quotes by 2387 unique authors

Imagination has the right to feast in the shade of the tree that it turns into a forest. — Karl Kraus
Imagination is a tree. It has the integrative virtues of a tree. It is root and boughs. It lives between earth and sky. It lives… — Gaston Bachelard
It is a juvenile notion that a society needs a lofty purpose and a shining vision to achieve much. Both in the market place and… — Eric Hoffer
The other, the other aspect when I say I'm an actor is that as an actor you make this imaginative leap into being somebody else,… — Simon McBurney
The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and we are forced to supply its deficiencies by recollection or… — Samuel Johnson
A statement of vision is the overarching purpose, the big dream, the visionary concept-something presently out of reach-so stated that it excites the imagination and… — Robert K. Greenleaf
I can change. I can live out of my imagination instead of my memory. I can tie myself to my limitless potential instead of my… — Stephen Covey
What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and in the human imagination, when love, worship, and all that… — Thomas Carlyle
God was created by evolution, inside the imagination of a primate. — Steve Fowler
Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering around the edges without any… — John F. Kerry
All you need to do is hold on tight...and believe. — Stephen King
It's important to read because it's really good for your vocabulary. It's really good for your imagination. I enjoy reading because I find it relaxing. — Emma Watson
When human power becomes so great and original that we can account for it only as a kind of divine imagination, we call it genius — Unknown Author
A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with. — James Anthony Froude
I no longer needed a reason for my existence, just a reason to live. And imagination, free will, love, humor, fun, music, sports, beer, and… — Ricky Gervais
One of the weaknesses in the cooperative is that it has never been sufficiently leavened by the imagination. This is a quick-silver faculty, and likely… — Edward Dahlberg
He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: it fascinated people, they sometimes bought books full of complicated recipes and interesting pictures, and sometimes… — Terry Pratchett
And one of the things that I've always loves about children is their vivid, unrestrained, and far-reaching imaginations - the depth and breadth of their… — Kevin Clash
Success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude. It calls for love, joy, optimism, confidence, serenity, poise, faith, courage, cheerfulness, imagination, initiative, tolerance, honesty, humility, patience, and… — Wilferd Peterson
Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against his will, whose notion of Beauty always differs from yours and whose means (strength, imagination, technique) are often too… — Alexander Alekhine
Chess truly uncovers whether or not someone has imagination and takes initiative. — Christian Morgenstern
Next to the intellectual stimulation of chess, the educational value is of great importance. Chess teaches logic, imagination, self-discipline, and determination. — Garry Kasparov
Chess is a game that benefits people of all ages, especially kids, in any area of life, business, problem solving, and social skills. Chess has… — Dustin Diamond
They whose activity of imagination is often shifting the scenes of expectation, are frequently subject to such sallies of caprice as make all their actions… — Samuel Johnson
If the winds of fortune are temporarily blowing against you, remember that you can harness them and make them carry you toward your definite purpose,… — Napoleon Hill

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