Alternatives, and particularly desirable alternatives, grow only on imaginary trees. Votes: 2
Saul BellowYou're basically killing each other to see who's got the better imaginary friend. Votes: 2
Blaise PascalIt is living and ceasing to live that are imaginary solutions. Existence is elsewhere. Votes: 2
Andre BretonHe who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary. Votes: 2
Friedrich NietzscheIt is a queer thing, but imaginary troubles are harder to bear than actual ones. Votes: 2
Dorothy DixI was a real daydreamer at school, gazing out of the window and losing myself in imaginary worlds. Votes: 2
Talulah RileySeeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys. Votes: 0
Mark AkensideToday we often use deadlinesâreal and imaginaryâto imprison ourselves. Votes: 0
Arianna HuffingtonTo me genres were always an imaginary things, they're just marketing channels. Votes: 0
Michael GungorThe realisation that limitations are imaginary will make you strong and overpowering. Votes: 0
Stephen RichardsI don't write fantasy; I write historical novels about an imaginary place. Votes: 0
Raymond E. FeistActing is the ability to live truthfully under the given imaginary circumstances Votes: 0
Sanford MeisnerIt's a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills. Votes: 0
William Makepeace ThackerayThe crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism. Votes: 0
A. J. P. TaylorLoss is imaginary. Nothing ever disappears in the universe; it only changes form. Votes: 0
Tony RobbinsWriting is a consciousness formally at work in the territory of the imaginary. Votes: 0
Nicole Brossardimaginary things were often the only items of real substance in people's lives. Votes: 0
Brandon SandersonMATERIAL, adj. Having an actual existence, as distinguished from an imaginary one. Important. Votes: 0
Ambrose BierceIdeology represents the imaginary relationship of individuals to their real conditions of existence. Votes: 0
Louis AlthusserFilmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it. Votes: 0
Peter JacksonReal difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. Votes: 0
Theodore Newton VailWe live in imaginary, virtual worlds created by corporations that profit from our deception. Votes: 0
Chris HedgesA sanctity hangs about the sources of our being, whether physical, social, or imaginary. Votes: 0
George SantayanaNovels set in imaginary futures are necessarily about the moment in which they are written. Votes: 0
William GibsonHonor's a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs. Votes: 0
Joseph AddisonThe novel is a meditation on existence as seen through the medium of imaginary characters. Votes: 0
Milan KunderaPITIFUL, adj. The state of an enemy or opponent after an imaginary encounter with oneself. Votes: 0
Ambrose BierceARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record. Votes: 0
Ambrose BierceA relationship with an imaginary woman is preferable to a relationship with a real one. Votes: 0
Salman RushdieDon Quixote is not an imaginary person; he is as real as Alexander the Great. Votes: 0
Dejan StojanovicJohn McEnroe looks as if he is serving round the edge of an imaginary building. Votes: 0
Clive JamesThe best vacation is still a book, a renewable ticket to places real and imaginary. Votes: 0
Charles McGrathI make up stories about people who are either imaginary or some variation of myself. Votes: 0
Jami AttenbergBooks are like brothers. I am an only child. Gatsby [is] my imaginary eldest brother. Votes: 0
F. Scott FitzgeraldIdeas about our own self-worth are no more real than thoughts about an imaginary chair. Votes: 0
Mark WilliamsReligious war at its simplest is killing each other over who has the best imaginary friend. Votes: 0
Richard JeniDon't be an actor. Be a human being who works off what exists under imaginary circumstances. Votes: 0
Sanford MeisnerIn life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power. Votes: 0
Elizabeth WurtzelMandy would much rather have imaginary friends who were real than real friends who were imaginary. Votes: 0
Rebecca McNuttA true friend never asks you to feed their imaginary fish. Or fertilize their imaginary crops. Votes: 0
Teresa MedeirosIt now appears that the way the universe began can indeed be determined, using imaginary time. Votes: 0
Stephen HawkingThe things I fear may all be imaginary, so what I fear most is my imagination. Votes: 0
Ashleigh BrilliantThe Krishna of the Gita is perfection and right knowledge personified, but the picture is imaginary. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiHistory, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness. Votes: 0
James Fenimore CooperJust throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are. Votes: 0
KabirDisneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real. Votes: 0
Jean BaudrillardHistory, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness. Votes: 0
James F. CooperEvery life has a love story, even though the beloved may be imaginary, or a cat. Votes: 0
Mason CooleyBeen brainwashed since age 2 I only had imaginary friends And still do And they hate you Votes: 0
Mac LethalWhen people are facing real hardships in their lives, they have no time to invent imaginary ones. Votes: 0
Marty RubinCan you imagine Simon as a kid? His imaginary friends probably never wanted to play with him. Votes: 0
Paula AbdulThe best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are imaginary. Votes: 0
Franklin P. AdamsThe past is dead; The future is imaginary; Happiness can only be in the Eternal Now Moment. Votes: 0
Ken Keyes Jr.I am not responsible for actions of the imaginary version of me you have inside your head. Votes: 0
John ScalziI'm creating an imaginary it's always imaginary world in which I would like to live. Votes: 0
William S. BurroughsDon't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter. Votes: 0
Oliver GoldsmithMedical school had been a time for imaginary diseases and Martin had contracted almost all of them. Votes: 0
Robin CookMaybe that's all that family really is, a group of people who all miss the same imaginary place. Votes: 0
Zach BraffI am giddy, expectation whirls me round. The imaginary relish is so sweet That it enchants my sense. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareMy mom said I was an escapist at heart.... that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one Votes: 0
Amy PlumIf you look on wealth as a thing to be valued your imaginary poverty will cause you torment. Votes: 0
SenecaI was a loner as a child. I had an imaginary friend - I didn't bother with him. Votes: 0
George CarlinI was such a nerd in high school, I didn't even have imaginary friends, I had imaginary bullies. Votes: 0
Brian PosehnI was a real daydreamer at school, gazing out of the window and losing myself in imaginary worlds Votes: 0
Talulah RileyWhen you go to the theater, you are slipping out of your life into someone else's imaginary world. Votes: 0
Robert KrulwichThe best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are purely imaginary. Votes: 0
Franklin P. AdamsNo doubt the world is entirely an imaginary world, but it is only once removed from the true world. Votes: 0
Isaac Bashevis SingerI had a very close relationship with another kid when I was growing up. I was his imaginary friend. Votes: 0
Emo PhilipsI don't think I've ever prayed in my entire life, never sat and had an imaginary chat with God. Votes: 0
Jim JefferiesI learned not to care ... and to write for an imaginary reader whose tastes were similar to my own. Votes: 0
Terry SouthernNever waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run. Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawHow I was brought up and my imaginary friend means more to me than anything you can ever say or do. Votes: 0
Penn JilletteThe goal in life is not to attain some imaginary ideal; it is to find and fully use our own gifts. Votes: 0
Gay HendricksImaginary friends are one of the weirder forms of pretend play in childhood. But the research shows that imaginary friends actually help children understand the other people around them and imagine all the many ways that people could be. Votes: 4 Alison Gopnik
We are not satisfied with real life; we want to live some imaginary life in the eyes of other people and to seem different from what we actually are. Votes: 2 Blaise Pascal
But think of Adam and Eve like an imaginary number, like the square root of minus one: you can never see any concrete proof that it exists, but if you include it in your equations, you can calculate all manner of things that couldn't be imagined without it. Votes: 2 Philip Pullman
Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else. Votes: 2 C. S. Lewis
The imaginary world has always been the most fun place for me to be. Votes: 4 Claire Forlani
It's my fond hope that social networks such as Facebook will help users broaden their perspectives by listening to a different set of people than they encounter in their daily life. But I fear services such as Facebook may be turning us into imaginary cosmopolitans. Votes: 1 Ethan Zuckerman