“I never did very well in math – I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn’t meant my answers literally.”– Calvin Trillin Related Quotes “Imagination makes people oversensitive,vulnerable and exposed. Perhaps it’s a form of degeneracy. I have never held the shortcomings of the unimaginative against them. Sometimes I’ve even envied them: they have an easier and more pleasant life than everyone else.”— Marlen Haushofer “When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you.”– Susan Sarandon “A woman can never be late when she is meeting with a man. But a man can most certainly be late when he is meeting with a woman.”— S.A. Tawks