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“Let us assume that the ideal were reached; let us imagine a state of international life in which the danger of war no longer exists. Then no one would dare to demand a penny for obviously completely superfluous armaments.”

War States Imagine Danger Demand Ideals Assuming International Dare Pennies Superfluous Armament

Author:Ludwig Quidde

“Global warming ... may be a plaintiff lawyer's dream. And it's interesting, in a perverse way, to imagine how a jury in 2050 might react to some of the recent industry-backed studies minimizing the dangers of global warming. I suspect future jurors will not be amused.”

Way May Dream Might Interesting Study Imagine Danger Industry Lawyer Global Warming Suspects Jury Amused Minimizing Jurors

Author:David Ignatius

“That's what torture does: it creates a miasma of unknowing, about as dangerous a situation in wartime as one can imagine. This hideous fate was made possible by an inexperienced president with a fundamentalist psyche and a paranoid and power-hungry vice-president who decided to embrace "the dark side" almost as soon as the second tower fell, and who is still trying to avenge Nixon. Until they are both gone from office, we are in grave danger the kind of danger that only torturers and fantasists and a security strategy based on coerced evidence can conjure up.”

“I am dead already. Physical death will make no difference in my case. I am timeless being. I am free of desire or fear, because I do not remember the past or imagine the future. Where there are no names and shapes, how can there be desire and fear? With desirelessness comes timelessness. I am safe, because what is not, cannot touch what is. You feel unsafe, because you imagine danger. Of course, your body as such is complex and vulnerable and needs protection. But not you. Once you realize your own unassailable being, you will be at peace.”

“Agriculture is in danger. The whole world is in danger. We need to learn to adapt. If we don't, we'll face catastrophic consequence on a scale you cannot imagine.”

Ifs World Needs Whole Faces Imagine Danger Consequence Scales Whole World Agriculture

Author:Cary Fowler

“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.”

Source: Sheri S Tepper SF Gateway Omnibus: After Long Silence, Shadow's End, Six Moon Dance

“Science fiction is a great way to pretend you are writing about the future when in reality you are attacking the recent past and the present. You can criticize communists, racists, fascists or any other clear and present danger, and they can't imagine you are writing about them.”

Way Writing Reality Past Fiction Clear Imagine Danger Science Fiction Racist Criticize Communist Attacking Fascists Recent Past

Author:Ray Bradbury

“The majority of Arab people see the United States and Israel (definitely not Iran or Syria) as the greatest danger to the world. Could you imagine what the Arab people would do if true democracy (rule of the people) were to be victorious?”

People Ifs World States United United States Democracy Imagine Danger Majority Israel Iran Syria True Democracy

Author:Andre Vltchek

“There are two things that a playwright can have. Success or failure. I imagine there are dangers in both. Certainly the danger of being faced with indifference or hostility is discouraging, and it may be that success - acceptance if it's too quick, too lightning-quick - can turn the heads of some people.”

People Ifs May Two Turns Imagine Danger Acceptance Indifference Two Things Lightning Hostility Playwright Discouraging Success Or Failure

Book:Conversations with Edward Albee

Source: Conversations with Edward Albee