Genius is an African who dreams up snow.
We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex – but Congress can.
Make sure you visualize what you really want, not what someone else wants for you.
Great ideas originate in the muscles.
He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.
There are no shortcuts in life – only those we imagine.
I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.
There is a boundary to men’s passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.
I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.
An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.
The realities of the world seldom measure up to the sublime designs of human imagination.
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.
A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind.
Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love.
I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It’s just a characteristic.
I imagine, therefore I belong and am free.
A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.
Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.
Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity.
I do not ‘get’ ideas; ideas get me.
I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting.
A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.
Girls are capable of doing everything men are capable of doing. Sometimes they have more imagination than men.
