Karen Tei Yamashita quotes
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“No single imagination is wild or crass or cheesy enough to compete with the collective mindlessness that propels our fascination forward.”
-- Karen Tei YamashitaSource : Karen Tei Yamashita (1997). “Tropic of Orange: A Novel”
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“The myth of the first world is that development is wealth and technology progress. It is all rubbish. It means that you are no longer human beings but only labor. It means that the land you live on is not earth but only property.”
-- Karen Tei YamashitaSource : Karen Tei Yamashita (1997). “Tropic of Orange: A Novel”
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“Imagination in business is the ability to perceive opportunity.”
Source : Abraham Zaleznik (1990). “The managerial mystique: restoring leadership in business”, Harpercollins
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“A disaster where marble has been substituted for imagination.”
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“Use your imagination only on the future, never on the present or the past.”
Source : Adam Johnson (2012). “The Orphan Master's Son”, p.109, Random House
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“This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.”
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Source : Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1999). “The Fencing Master”, Harcourt
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