Keith Johnstone Quotes
Imagination is as effortless as perception, unless we think it might be ‘wrong’, which is what our education encourages us to believe.
Quotes to Explore
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Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?
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I think that all things, in their way, reflect heavenly truth, the imagination not least.
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I believe that communal admiration of individuals is healthy for society. It facilitates, in one way, the base of our universal standard, morals, but also publicly espouses the virtue of certain practices that are kind of like 'inherently good' in some kind of ideas of what the good is.
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In Montreal, I kept thinking, 'Pay attention: this is the Olympics! It only happens once every four years!'
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I believe that first impressions are very important.
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I've always considered myself a fairly romantic person. I believe in love and falling in love at a young age.
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I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.
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I love to pitch things that I believe in and products that I love to use.
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Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.
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I believe it is impossible to be sure of anything.
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Am I good enough to be No. 1? Sure, but who's gonna break Tiger's legs? I want to be the best. Can I? Oh, believe me, I will be trying. Hard. You grow up in Colombia, and everything is limited. Then, I come here, and you have everything. A trainer, nutritionist, coach. I'm very lucky. Many doors open, and I have a path to take.
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I had an incredibly full life with my imagination: I used to have all sorts of trolls and things; I had a wonderful world around my toys and invented people. I don't mean I had imaginary friends; I just had this big imagination thing going on. I didn't need any imaginary friends, because I had so much other stuff going on.
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Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved.
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No matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it.
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Writing is more about imagination than anything else. I fell in love with words. I fell in love with storytelling.
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I think the music comes first, then comes the fashion, and thus, the lifestyle. I believe it starts with music, and then the person delivering it delivers the lifestyle, the fashion. Madonna is a great example of that.
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If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.
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Every thinking person fears nuclear war and every technological nation plans for it. Everyone knows it's madness, and every country has an excuse.
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I believe the Congress ù as a coequal branch of government ù must immediately and expeditiously review the use of this practice.
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I looked for acting classes in Paris just to do something different than modeling. And then one day I just thought, 'Okay, that's enough, I have to start doing something.' I went to the acting agency and I just told them I wanted to act and asked them if they would give me a chance, and they did.
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The summer I finished my first novel 'Ghana Must Go,' I drove across west Africa: from Accra to Lome to Cotonou to the deliciously named Ouagadougou.
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Much of the impotence of American churches is tied to a profound ignorance and apathy about justification. Our people live in a fog of guilt. Or just as bad, they think being a better person is all God requires.
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Imagination is as effortless as perception, unless we think it might be ‘wrong’, which is what our education encourages us to believe.
