“My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.”– Andrew Bird Related Quotes “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 “We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have – for their usefulness.”– Thomas Merton “Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success on the stage.”– Ellen Terry