“My dear friend, do not imagine that I am vain enough to ascribe our success [Revolution] to any superiority . . . If it had not been for the justice of our cause, and the consequent interposition of Providence, in which we had faith, we must have been ruined. If I had ever before been an atheist, I should now have been convinced of the being and government of a Deity!” IfsShouldHas BeensEnoughGovernmentCausesJusticeImagineRevolutionDearAtheistConvincedVainImagine ThatProvidenceSuperiorityRuinedDeitiesDear Friend Author:Benjamin Franklin
“A military audience is kind of weird. Pretty much how you would imagine a troop of males that haven't seen a female in a long time and have been stuck in a base camp in the middle of nowhere for too long without any alcohol.” KindLongHas BeensAudienceImagineMiddleMilitaryHavensLong TimeFemaleMalesAlcoholStuckCampsMiddle Of Nowhere Author:Missy Higgins
“I really had to imagine the kind of person that I would have been if I had never left my hometown... I don't think I would have been a very pleasant person.” IfsThinkingKindPersonsHas BeensLeftImaginePleasantHometown Author:Patton Oswalt
“As you can imagine, I have a deeply personal interest in people learning to at least be tolerant of homosexuals. My life depends on it. And as I wish to be left alone, I realize it is not in my interest to interfere with how other people choose to lead their lives, or raise their children. All totalitarian arguments that restrict people's freedom have been based in the "it's best for everyone" framework.” PeopleChildrenHas BeensLeftWishInterestRealizingImagineDependsArgumentRaisesInterfereHomosexualFrameworkLeft AlonePersonal Interest Book:The Death of Right and Wrong: Exposing the Left's Assault on Our Culture and Values Source: The Death of Right and Wrong: Exposing the Left's Assault on Our Culture and Values
“The radical rightwing pegs Hollywood as a leftist town, which is completely wrong. There are a lot of actors, writers, and directors who talk a liberal agenda... but all the studio bosses, for as long as there have been studios, have all been as far rightwing as you can possibly imagine.” LongHas BeensActorsImagineDirectorsHollywoodTownsStudiosRadicalAgendasBossLeftistsPeg Author:Paul Haggis
“I can't imagine ever not doing [acting]. I would feel like I would have lost a limb. But I am older now, and sometimes I wonder who I would have been and what about me would have changed had I not had these experiences as a young person” FeelsPersonsHas BeensI CanSometimesYoungLostActingWonderImagineChangedLimbsSometimes I Wonder Author:Jodie Foster
“I'm in a funny position: I've been in one band in my life and that was with my brother. As incredible as that has been, I feel like I'm missing out a little bit on being in a real rock band - or how I imagine being in a real rock band to be. It's like being in a street gang: you all wear the same leather jacket or whatever.” FeelsLittlesHas BeensRealBitsImagineStreetsRocksMissingPositionBrotherBandLittle BitIncrediblesMy BrotherGangJacketsLeatherRock BandsMissing OutLeather Jackets Author:Eleanor Friedberger
“It is very difficult to imagine that you can actually get rid of a dictatorship that has been there for 60 years only in 18 days.” YearsHas BeensDifficultImagineImagine ThatDictatorship Author:Bassem Youssef
“There are a lot of things that I'd do differently. But I can't imagine being more fortunate than I have been.” Has BeensI CanImagineFortunate Author:Jamie Hyneman
“Would I sacrifice a friendship to take a step forward in my political career? Thus far in my political career, I have been spared from having to make such a decision, thank God. And I can't imagine what it must be like.” Has BeensI CanPoliticalDecisionStepsCareersImagineSacrificeThank GodSteps Forward Author:Martin Schulz
“The stories on standardized tests don't have one author, therefore they can never authentically be in the first person. Imagine that! Everywhere, there are these tests that have been written by multiple people.” PeopleFirstsPersonsHas BeensStoriesImagineWrittenTestsImagine ThatMultipleFirst Person Author:Alejandro Zambra
“That's a funny thing, because it's 3 rivals who get a long great on the club that are friends [Neimar, Lionel Messi and Louise Alberto Suarez]. And it's something kinda impossible to imagine that it would happen. But it did and things have been working for us. Of course we mess with each other when someone goes to the national team, but we get a long great.” LongHas BeensHappensCoursesImagineImpossibleTeamClubsMessImagine ThatRivalsFunny ThingsMessiNational TeamSuarez Author:Neymar
“We have been trained to think we have enormous power over the world. Whatever you dream, you can do. Anything can be bent to your will. But actually isn't it much more interesting to imagine that you're quite small?” ThinkingWorldHas BeensDreamCan DoInterestingImagineEnormousImagine ThatBent Author:Ian Bogost