“I defy you all
To know twice as much as nothing at all
It's still nothing at all.”
Pete Doherty (1979) English musician, writer, actor, poet and artist
"A'Rebours"
Lyrics and poetry
As quoted in the article Q&A: Joshua Jackson of Fringe http://www.dfw.com/2009/09/30/182526/qa-joshua-jackson-of-fringe.html on DFW.com
“I defy you all
To know twice as much as nothing at all
It's still nothing at all.”
Pete Doherty (1979) English musician, writer, actor, poet and artist
"A'Rebours"
Lyrics and poetry
“Where my reason, imagination or interest were not engaged, I would not or I could not learn.”
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Source: My Early Life: A Roving Commission (1930), Chapter 1 (Childhood).
Mohamed ElBaradei (1942) Egyptian law scholar and diplomat, former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Nobel …
Nobel lecture (2005)
Context: Imagine what would happen if the nations of the world spent as much on development as on building the machines of war. Imagine a world where every human being would live in freedom and dignity. Imagine a world in which we would shed the same tears when a child dies in Darfur or Vancouver. Imagine a world where we would settle our differences through diplomacy and dialogue and not through bombs or bullets. Imagine if the only nuclear weapons remaining were the relics in our museums. Imagine the legacy we could leave to our children.
Imagine that such a world is within our grasp.
Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008) American artist
Source: 21st Century, Robert Rauschenberg, Works, Writings and Interviews, 2006, p. 71
“Mere imagination would indeed be mere trifling; only no imagination is mere.”
Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914) American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist
Vol. VI, par. 286
Collected Papers (1931-1958)
“Can you imagine a fulfilled society? Whoa, what would everyone do?”
Devin Townsend (1972) Canadian musician
Far Beyond Metal: Metal Hammer Interviews Devin http://www.farbeyondmetal.com/index.php?page_id=1120
“Imagine the unimaginable… What would the world look like if America did not exist?”
Dinesh D'Souza (1961) Indian-American political commentator, filmmaker, author
Documentary films, America: Imagine the World Without Her (2014)