Imagination Quotes
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Imagination Quotes
Kids aren't the only ones with active imaginations—without the creative thinking of techies, your smartphone would still be a dumbphone. Click on any imagination quote below to see it in context and find out where it falls on Shmoop's pretentious scale. We'll give you details on who said it, when they said it, and in some cases, why on earth they thought it was okay to say it.
"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."Source: Pride and Prejudice | Author: Jane Austen
"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain."Source: Blade Runner | Speaker: Roy Batty
"Allons-y!"Source: Doctor Who | Speaker: Tenth Doctor
"Bam!"Source: Emeril Live | Speaker: Emeril Lagasse
"Be curious."Source: Birthday Party Speech | Speaker: Stephen Hawking
"Beam me up, Scotty."Source: Star Trek | Speaker: Captain Kirk
"Billions and billions."Source: Carl Sagan | Speaker: Carl Sagan
"Carpe… Hear it? Carpe… carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary."Source: Dead Poets Society | Speaker: John Keating
"Come to me in the silence of the night."Source: Echo | Author: Christina Rossetti
"Did you ever know that you're my hero?"Source: Wind Beneath My Wings | Speaker: Bette Midler
"Don't just fly, soar."Source: Dumbo | Speaker: Timothy Mouse
"Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom."Source: 1896 Letter to Booker T. Washington | Author: George Washington Carver
"Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."Source: Not verified | Speaker: Thomas Edison
"Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"Source: Batman | Speaker: The Joker
"He who marches out of step hears another drum."Source: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Author: Ken Kesey
"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways."Source: How do I love Thee (Sonnet 43) | Author: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful."Source: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci | Author: Leonardo da Vinci
"I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements of their imagination."Source: The Portrait of a Lady | Author: Henry James
"I heard a Fly buzz — when I died"Source: I heard a Fly buzz — when I died | Author: Emily Dickinson
"I invented the internet."Source: Al Gore | Speaker: Al Gore
"I said you wanna be startin' somethin', you gotta be startin' something."Source: "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" | Speaker: Michael Jackson
"I see a red door and I want it painted black."Source: Paint It Black | Speaker: The Rolling Stones
"I think I'll try defying gravity, and you can't pull me down."Source: Wicked (2003 Musical) | Speaker: Elphaba
"I'm a genie in a bottle, baby."Source: "Genie in a Bottle" | Speaker: Christina Aguilera
"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."Source: Letter to Robert Hooke | Author: Sir Isaac Newton
"In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different."Source: Quoted in Coco Chanel: Her Life, Her Secrets (1971) | Speaker: Coco Chanel
"It's better to look at the sky than live there."Source: Breakfast at Tiffany's | Author: Truman Capote
"Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!"Source: Adventures of Superman | Speaker: Men and Women
"Make it work."Source: Project Runway | Speaker: Tim Gunn
"Maybe I'm amazed at the way you love me all the time."Source: "Maybe I'm Amazed" | Speaker: Paul McCartney
"Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day."Source: Napoleon Dynamite | Speaker: Kip Dynamite
"No arts; no letters; no society."Source: Leviathan | Author: Thomas Hobbes
"Oh, the things you can find if you don't stay behind!"Source: On Beyond Zebra! | Author: Dr. Seuss
"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know."Source: Animal Crackers | Speaker: Captain Spaulding
"Oo-ee-oo, I look just like Buddy Holly."Source: "Buddy Holly" | Speaker: Weezer
"Salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!"Source: Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo | Speaker: Fairy Godmother
"Shall we play a game?"Source: WarGames | Speaker: WOPR/Joshua
"so much depends upon a red wheel barrow"Source: The Red Wheelbarrow | Author: William Carlos Williams
"So you wanna play with magic?"Source: "Dark Horse" | Speaker: Katy Perry
"So, goodbye, yellow brick road."Source: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" | Speaker: Elton John
"The Brain—is wider than the Sky—"Source: The Brain—is wider than the Sky— | Author: Emily Dickinson
"The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience."Source: Dune | Author: Frank Herbert
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."Source: Unknown | Speaker: Albert Einstein
"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls."Source: The Sound of Silence | Speaker: Simon and Garfunkel
"They're like humans, but miniature. Teacup humans."Source: True Blood | Speaker: Eric Northman
"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it."Source: The San Francisco Chronicle | Author: Henry Ford
"This is not one of your more convincing fake showers."Source: Girls | Speaker: Marnie Michaels
"We don't need another hero"Source: "We Don't Need Another Hero" | Speaker: Tina Turner
"We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep."Source: The Scarlet Letter | Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year."Source: "Wish You Were Here" | Speaker: Pink Floyd
"Where have all the good men gone, and where are all the gods?"Source: "Holding Out for a Hero" | Speaker: Bonnie Tyler
"Who can it be now?"Source: "Who Can It Be Now?" | Speaker: Men at Work
"Wrapped up like a douche..."Source: Blinded by the Light | Speaker: Manfred Mann
"You ain't never had a friend like me!"Source: Friend Like Me | Speaker: Genie
"You can call me green bean."Source: "Royals" | Speaker: Lorde
"You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find you get what you need."Source: You Can't Always Get What You Want | Speaker: The Rolling Stones
"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."Source: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Author: Mark Twain
"You want the moon? Just say the word, and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down."Source: It's a Wonderful Life | Speaker: George Bailey
"You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so...get on your way!"Source: Oh, the Places You'll Go! | Author: Dr. Seuss