“Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.” BelieveEnoughMarriageImagineFieldsActivityDeserveFoolishImagine ThatCongratulationsAnniversaryGreat Success Author:Sydney J. Harris
“It is unwise to equate scientific activity with what we call reason, poetic activity with what we call imagination. Without the imaginative leap from facts to generalisation, no theoretic discovery in science is made. The poet, on the other hand, must not imagine but reason--that is to say, he must exercise a great deal of consciously directed thought in the selection and rejection of his data: there is a technical logic, a poetic reasoning in his choice of the words, rhythms and images by which a poem's coherence is achieved.” MadeReasonFactsHandsSciencePoetryChoicesImaginationDealsImaginePoetExerciseActivityDiscoveryLogicRhythmDataRejectionReasoningPoeticLeapSelectionImaginativeUnwiseCoherenceDiscovery In ScienceGeneralisation Author:Cecil Day-Lewis
“I can't even imagine going through life without my relationship with Jesus. So much of it is me relying on Him and me needing Him, not just in those crazy circumstances but in the day-to-day activities.” I CanJesusImagineCrazyCircumstancesActivityDay To Day Author:Tobin Heath
“The Sudanese have delighted me, not only in their generosity and simplicity, but also in their tendency to take tea with milk and not to hesitate to dunk biscuits in it. As an Englishman, you can imagine the feeling of fraternal closeness that this activity has generated.” FeelingsImagineActivitySimplicityTendenciesTeaGenerosityMilkDelightedEnglishmenClosenessBiscuitsFraternal Author:Tom Allen
“South Korea is one of the worst countries when it comes to opportunity for women in social activities and employment. To my disgust, in certain communities in Korea, you cannot even imagine how severe sex discrimination is.” CountryCertainOpportunitySocialSexCommunityImagineWorstActivitySouthDiscriminationEmploymentDisgustingSevereKoreaSouth KoreaSex Discrimination Author:Kim Hyesoon
“I sometimes imagine a great writer as a sort of God-surrogate: the writer is doing his or her human-best to emulate what God might think of is, if God was inclined to observe some human beings and present their activities in the form of a narrative.” IfsThinkingHumansSometimesMightFormHuman BeingsImagineActivityNarrativeGreat WritersEmulateSurrogates Author:George Saunders