“One can imagine having a procedural rule that anything ambiguous should be treated as the Taj Mahal unless we see that it is labelled "fog". The motorist replies: "What sort of rule is this? Surely the best guarantee I can have that the fog is fog is if I fail to see the sign saying 'fog' because of the fog."” IfsShouldI CanImagineFailingTreatedGuaranteesFogAmbiguousTaj MahalMahalSign Sayings Book:Collected Columns Source: Collected Columns
“I had my yob periods. Nothing violent but certainly loutish. I think it's frustrated intelligence. Imagine that if you were really intelligent and everyone treated you as though you were stupid and no one tried to teach you anything -- the sort of deep subliminal rage that would get going in you. But then once it gets going, you make a strength out of what you know is your weakness, which is that you are undeveloped.” IfsThinkingKnowsTeachImagineStupidPeriodsWeaknessIntelligentRageViolentTreatedImagine ThatFrustratedSubliminal Author:Martin Amis
“In terms of earthly life as you understand it, it is overly optimistic to imagine that eventually all illnesses will be conquered, all relationships be inevitably fulfilling, or to foresee a future in which all people on earth are treated with equality and respect.” PeopleEarthTermImagineIllnessTreatedOptimisticImagine ThatFulfilling Author:Jane Roberts
“Imagine our descendants in the year 2200 or 2500. They might liken us to aliens who have treated the Earth as if it were a mere stopover for refueling, or even worse, characterize us as barbarians who would ransack their own home.” IfsYearsHomeMightEarthImagineMereClimate ChangeTreatedAliensBarbariansDescendants Author:Paul J. Crutzen