“As a footballer I can't imagine life without the use of one of my legs... Sadly this is exactly what happens to thousands of children every year when they accidentally step on a landmine.” YearsChildrenI CanUseHappensStepsImagineLegsFootballerLandmines Author:Ryan Giggs
“This argument [that life is too improbable to have arisen by chance] comes up repeatedly: its latest manifestation is Hoyle's discussion of the likelihood of a wind blowing through a junkyard assembling a Boeing 707 [sic]. What is wrong with it? Essentially, it is that no biologist imagines that complex structures arise in a single step.” Life IsChanceStepsImagineWindArgumentStructureComplexesCome UpAriseDiscussionManifestationImagine ThatImprobableLikelihoodBiologistBoeingAssemblingSingle StepWind BlowingJunkyard Author:John Maynard Smith
“But if you parry individuals points - a negative and defensive enterprise - you never step back and actively imagine a world in which a different system of ideas could be true - a positive act.” IfsWorldIdeasDifferentIndividualStepsImagineNegativeBeing TrueEnterprise Book:The Argument Culture: Moving from Debate to Dialogue Source: The Argument Culture: Moving from Debate to Dialogue
“Barack wants to stop all children from working on the farm... Can you imagine this? I just, I can't fathom that. Did you ever think we’d grow up in America and see something like that? Let me take it one step further. He wants to disallow the 4-H from training children to work on a farm.” ThinkingWantChildrenI CanAmericaGrowsStepsGrowing UpImagineTrainingLet MeBarackFarmsFathom Author:John Raese
“Look what thy soul holds dear, imagine it To lie that way thou goest, not whence thou com'st. Suppose the singing birds musicians, The grass whereon thou tread'st the presence strewed, The flowers fair ladies, and thy steps no more Than a delight measure or a dance; For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite The man that mocks at it and sets it light.” MenWayLooksSoulLightLyingImaginationStepsImagineHe ManFlowerSorrowMusicianSingingBirdFairsDearDelightGrassBitesSinging Birds Book:King Richard II: Third Series Source: King Richard II: Third Series
“The first step in persuasion is to entice your target to imagine doing the thing you want them to do.” WantFirstsStepsImagineTargetFirst StepsPersuasion Author:Roy H. Williams
“As an actor, if you step to the side and you look at [Thornton's performance] technically, and you try to imagine doing what he was doing, most people would panic. Most people would be on the set, and they would be panicking, going, "I'm not doing anything!" All the ham instincts in you would be screaming, "You've got to indicate something here." And it's beautiful, in a way. And so I appreciate, even as an audience member, the courage that it takes to be... frankly, to be subtle.” PeopleIfsWayTryingLooksWould BeBeautifulActorsSidesStepsAudienceImagineMembersAppreciatePerformancesInstinctSubtlePanicHam Author:Edward Norton
“Imagine trying to relive your worst break-up, your worst fight, the most painful death of a loved one, and just really relive it step by step, and bring it up and apply it to the scene you're in.” TryingFightingStepsBreakImagineWorstScenePainfulLoved OnesDeath Of A Loved OnePainful Death Author:Eli Roth
“Start with a picture of your goal as already achieved in the future, and work back to the present. Imagine the steps that you would have taken to get from where you are now to where you want to be.” WantGoalStepsTakenImagineWhere You Are Author:Brian Tracy
“As I read the Bible, it seems clear that God satisfies his "eternal appetite" by loving individual human beings. I imagine He views each halting step forward in my spiritual "walk" with the eagerness of a parent watching a child take the very first step.” FirstsHumansChildrenSeemsSpiritualIndividualParentHuman BeingsWalksViewsStepsClearImagineEternalAppetiteFirst StepsSteps ForwardEagerness Book:Grace Notes Source: Grace Notes
“To invent something you have to be removed from the world. In order to have liberty to imagine something better, you need to step outside for a while.” WorldNeedsOrderLibertyStepsImagineSomething Better Author:Bruce Mau
“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
“A lot of things get made this way: someone imagines what they want to make, then very carefully plans every step of the process, then sets about making it. That's usually the efficient, reasonable way to get something done, but it limits you to ideas you can think of in advance.” ThinkingWayWantMadeIdeasDoneProcessStepsImaginePlansLimitsReasonableEfficientEvery Step Author:Damian Kulash
“Having a safe space to imagine and dream and (re)invent yourself is the first step to being happy and successful, whatever road you choose to pursue.” FirstsDreamSpaceStepsSuccessfulImagineSafePursueYou ChooseFirst StepsSafe Space Author:Ashley Bryan