Imagination Quotes
The ability to see what isn't there yet. Dreamers and builders on the power of 'what if.'
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"I believe in the power of questions more than the comfort of answers."Jocelyn Bell Burnell
"I visualized the future of computers long before they were built."Grace Hopper
"I was convinced we could make a machine that would understand English."Grace Hopper
"I taught myself to think like the universe thinks, in expanses and eternities."Vera Rubin
"Imagination is constrained by reality, but it thrives within the boundaries of truth."Richard Dawkins
"Science requires both rigorous thinking and wild imagination."Jocelyn Bell Burnell
"I believe that wonder is the birthplace of all scientific achievement."Jocelyn Bell Burnell
"Those who can imagine anything, can create the impossible."Alan Turing
"The Analytical Engine might act upon other things besides number if objects could be found whose mutual fundamental relations could be expressed through the abstract operations of the engine."Alan Turing
"A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement."Rachel Carson
"I myself have always been more interested in the future than in preserving the past."Grace Hopper
"Never assume something is impossible just because it hasn't been done before."Grace Hopper
"The world is full of possibilities for those who are willing to look for them."Grace Hopper
"Your imagination is more powerful than your circumstances."George Washington Carver
"Imagination is the beginning of creation."Wright Brothers
"I've always thought that the best experiments are those that surprise you."Jocelyn Bell Burnell
"The universe is more interesting than any fiction we could invent."Jocelyn Bell Burnell
"The key to innovation is to never stop asking questions."Grace Hopper
"I have always believed that the best ideas often come from unexpected places."Grace Hopper
"Every great discovery begins with someone asking, 'What if?'"Vera Rubin
"The universe teaches us that what seems impossible is often merely undiscovered."Vera Rubin
"Those who can imagine anything, can create anything."Alan Turing
"What is the most human thing about humans? Perhaps it is our ability to imagine things that don't exist."Alan Turing
"One can imagine various machines, and ask oneself which of them could the Analytical Engine simulated."Alan Turing
"The digital computer is a device of astonishing potentiality, limited only by our imagination."Alan Turing
"Life's creativity is infinite; we have only scratched the surface of understanding it."Lynn Margulis
"The modern flying machine will have speed."Wright Brothers
"The mind must be free to imagine."Wright Brothers
"Imagination is worth more than knowledge."Wright Brothers
"If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life."Rachel Carson