“It is, I admit, mere imagination; but how often is imagination the mother of truth?”

My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work!

The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime, the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive.

What one man can invent, another can discover.

I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues.

The grand thing is to be able to reason backwards.

I get in the dumps at times, and don’t open my mouth for days on end. You must not think I am sulky when I do that. Just let me alone, and I’ll soon be right.

We balance probabilities and choose the most likely. It is the scientific use of the imagination.

There are no fools so troublesome as those who have some wit.

There’s a light in a woman’s eyes that speaks louder than words.

Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.

When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

I wanted to end the world, but I’ll settle for ending yours.

It’s every man’s business to see justice done.

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

I never can resist a touch of the dramatic.

I am a brain, The rest of me is a mere appendix.

The death of imagination is the end of all possibility.

Anything you can imagine probably is doable, you just have to imagine it and work on it.

What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.

Life is an adventure, it can be hard but it can also be one of the most beautiful experiences imaginable.

Imagine how you’ll love when healed.

Whatever we choose to imagine can be as private as we want it to be. Nobody knows what you’re thinking or feeling unless you share it.

Exercising the imagination, experimenting with talents, being creative; these things, to me, are truly the windows to your soul.

When I was a little girl in a refugee camp I’ve always imagined being a model and so much more.