“As the idea imparted by the term Cataclysm, Catastrophe, or Revolution, is extremely vague, and may comprehend any thing you choose to imagine, it answers for the time very well as an explanation; that is, it stops further inquiry. But it also has had the disadvantage of effectually stopping the advance of science, by involving it in obscurity and confusion.” WellsMayIdeasScienceTermImaginationAnswersImagineRevolutionConfusionExplanationYou ChooseVagueCatastropheStoppingInquiryObscurityDisadvantagesInvolving Author:George Julius Poulett Scrope
“Some people will say, "Why read a comic book? It stifles the imagination. If you read a novel you imagine what people are like. If you read a comic, it's showing you." The only answer I can give is, "You can read a Shakespeare play, but does that mean you wouldn't want to see it on the stage?” PeopleIfsWantGivingMeanDoeI CanBookPlayImaginationAnswersNovelImagineStageComicComic BookShakespeare Play Author:Stan Lee
“Letter-writing I imagine is counted as 'work' from which you must abstain, and I scribble this letter simply from the self-satisfied notion that you will like to hear from me. You see, I have asked no questions, which are the torture-screws of correspondence. Hence you have nothing to answer.” WritingSelfAnswersImagineLettersNotionSatisfiedTortureScrewsCorrespondenceScribblesLetter Writing Book:Life and letters Source: Life and letters
“I'm interested in the murky areas where there are no clear answers - or sometimes multiple answers. It's here that I try to imagine patterns or codes to make sense of the unknowns that keep us up at night. I'm also interested in the invisible space between people in communication; the space guided by translation and misinterpretation.” PeopleTryingSometimesNightSpaceAnswersClearImagineCommunicationAreasPatternsInvisibleMake SenseCodeMultipleTranslationsSpace BetweenMisinterpretation Author:Taryn Simon
“Conflict acting on intelligence creates imagination. Faced with conflict, creatures are forced to imagine what will happen, where the next threat will come from. If there has never been conflict, imagination never develops. Wits arise in answer to danger, to pain, to tragedy. No one ever got smarter eating easy apples.” IfsHappensPainNextEasyImaginationAnswersActingImagineDangerConflictCreaturesEatingTragedyThreatTheatreWitAriseApplesSmarter Book:Sheri S Tepper SF Gateway Omnibus: After Long Silence, Shadow's End, Six Moon Dance Source: Sheri S Tepper SF Gateway Omnibus: After Long Silence, Shadow's End, Six Moon Dance
“Obama's got a great sense of humor, but mainly he has a great thinking presence, which is uncommon. It's hard to imagine being able to do, think over answers and deliver them on television. If I were president I would constantly be spluttering.” IfsThinkingHardAblePresidentAnswersImagineTelevisionSense Of HumorUncommon Author:Roy Blount, Jr.
“We can look at the way of improving the key biochemical processes like photosynthesis itself. A lot of energy is lost to keep the plant cool. So maybe we can think of building plants which are more resistant to heat. Genetically modified plants can be one answer and we can imagine more efficient plants, call them 'energy plants'. And I believe, contrary to what ecologists think, they can still be beautiful plants.” ThinkingWayBelieveLooksStillsBeautifulEnergyLostI BelieveProcessAnswersImagineBuildingKeysPlantContraryHeatEfficientImprovingGenetically ModifiedPhotosynthesis Author:Jean-Marie Lehn
“If you were to hire household staff to cook, clean, drive, stoke the fire, and answer the door, can you imagine suggesting that they not talk to each other, not see what each other is doing, not coordinate their functions?” IfsAnswersFireImagineDoorsFunctionCleanCooksHouseholdStaffSuggestingCoordinatesStoke Author:Nicholas Negroponte
“When one works and imagines and dreams of nothing else than the search for answers that God has posed, it is difficult to be so still.” StillsDreamDifficultAnswersImagine Author:Louis Pasteur
“Do you imagine the universe is agitated? Go into the desert at night and look out at the stars. This practice should answer the question..... The master settles her mind as the universe settles the stars in the sky. By connecting her mind with the subtle origin, she calms it. Once calmed, it naturally expands, and ultimately her mind becomes as vast and immeasurable as the night sky.” ShouldMindLooksNightUniverseStarsAnswersPracticeImagineSkyMastersCalmDesertSettlingSubtleConnectingNight SkyStars In The Sky Author:Laozi
“I like newspaper stories that are incomplete, that give me room to imagine the rest. It's no good to me reading about something that's all neatly solved and wrapped up. That's why so many of my stories revolve around human psychology, around why someone commits a certain crime, or series of crimes. I don't profess to know the answers but I like to explore the possibilities.” KnowsGivingHumansStoriesCertainReadingAnswersRoomsPsychologyImagineCrimePossibilityGive MeSeriesNewspapersCommitIncomplete Author:Peter Robinson
“Imagine you owe on five credit cards, you owe five debts. So which debt should you pay first? And the answer is very simple: You should pay the one with the highest interest rate first. But that's not what people do.” PeopleShouldFirstsInterestSimpleAnswersPayFiveImagineHighestRateCreditDebtCardsCredit CardInterest Rate Author:Dan Ariely
“And my dad's answer would be usually something to the affect of, A, it came out better than he imagined, but also, he said, "No, it would be impossible for me to imagine the way it will come out." He said, "Yes, I story-boarded it, I had a plan, but then I work with an army of great artists and I want all of them to create inside that creation."” WayWantSaidStoriesWould BeArtistAnswersImaginePlansImpossibleCreationDadArmyMy DadGreat ArtGreat Artist Author:Brian Henson
“So if we can't express it or repress it, what do we do when we feel angry? The answer is to recognize the anger, but choose to respond to the situation differently. Easier said than done, right? Can you actually imagine trying to strong-arm your anger into another, more amicable feeling? It would never work. Determination alone won't work. It takes a new intelligence to understand and manage our emotions. By getting your head and heart in coherence and allowing the heart's intelligence to work for you, you can have a realistic chance of transforming your anger in a healthy way.” IfsWayFeelsTryingHeartSaidDoneFeelingsStrongChanceAnswersEmotionSituationImagineArmsEasierHealthyDeterminationAngerManagementAngryManageWorking ItAllowingRealisticTransformingAnger ManagementCoherenceHead And HeartStrong ArmsEasier Said Than Done Author:Doc Childre
“The debate [in Undeniable] was nominally about creationism as a "viable" explanation for what we observe around us. For my side, the debate went very well; I'm not sure what I would change, although I can imagine shortening my answers during the rebuttals, perhaps.” WellsI CanSidesAnswersImagineDebateExplanationNot SureCreationismRebuttal Author:Bill Nye