Alan Cohen Quotes

Imagination is the politics of dreams; imagination turns every word into a bottle rocket. . . . Imagine every day is Independence Day and save us from traveling the river changed; save us from hitchhiking the long road home. Imagine an escape. Imagine that your own shadow on the wall is a perfect door. Imagine a song stronger than penicillin. Imagine a spring with water that mends broken bones. Imagine a drum which wraps itself around your heart. Imagine a story that puts wood in the fireplace.

Freedom is the right to question, and change the established way of doing things.…It is the understanding that allows us to recognize shortcomings and seek solutions. It is the right to put forth an idea, scoffed at by the experts, and watch it catch fire among the people. It is the right to dream-- to follow your dream, or stick to your conscience, even if you're the only one in a sea of doubters.

I never wanted to do just one thing. There's even other things in comedy that I want to do. For me, it's always been that I have to have the vision first.

Dream up the kind of world you want to live in. Dream out loud.

We know that dreams fuel innovation.

Dreams, if they're any good, are always a little bit crazy.

All The Rules In This World Were Made By Someone No Smarter Than You. So Make Your Own.

Think of things not as they are, but as they might be. Don't merely dream- but create.

It's important to me to create the largest wonder.

What I discovered in Berlin was this immense freedom because it felt like you could start any kind of project and nobody would care... and that's what I sort of adopted to my own.

What you possess is not what you jingle in the pockets of your memory, but the imaginings with which you fill the spaces of the future.

Some big actresses told me a few things that inspired me. One said that the biggest challenge for a female actress was to make sure they are not profoundly bored. Another told me to just do whatever you want - do anything.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Today, charting your own course isn't just more necessary than ever before. It's also much easier - and much more fun.

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

I can connect with whoever I want to connect with in the world. And I can also write my own script. I don't have to follow rules. I can sort of just be unconventional.

Imagination is the highest kite that can fly.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.

My M.O. over the years is that I make things better, where people give me that freedom.

I was not born in a home where there were stereotypes. So that was very useful because it gave me the sense of possibilities, of flying, if I may say, of making my hopes and dreams a reality.

Imagination - that's the future for us.

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.

Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream.

No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.