Would Be Quotes

He was, he would be the first to admit, a coward, an incompetent, and not even very good at being a failure.

There would be a price... But if you were worried about the price, then why were you in the shop?

They were also slightly less intelligent than he was. This is a quality you should always pray for in your would-be murderer.

Probably the last sound heard before the Universe folded up like a paper hat would be someone saying, "What happens if I do this?"

Self-esteem is the prize awarded by you to you for playing by your own rules - in which case, you'd think it would be easier to come by.

I can't imagine a secular life, a spiritual life, an intellectual life, a physical life. I mean, we would be completely wrought with schizophrenia, wouldn't we?

When I said, "I am my mother, but I'm not," I was saying my path would be my own.

I don't set boundaries for myself when I am writing; if I did, I would be paralyzed from the start, unable to write a word on the page.

I don't think there would be many examples of South Africa pushing its weight around the African Continent. I don't think the facts would substantiate that argument.

It would be a horrible business, a horrible sort of culture if you didn't have the candy pop as well as the real hard-hitting stuff. And I love some pop music.

If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to.

Rough board shelves hold a number of books, without which some of the evenings would be long indeed.

You have to study your field and you have to find out how other people do it, and you have to keep working and learning and practicing and ultimately, you would be able to do it.

It would be superfluous to receive by faith, things that can be known by natural reason

We must succumb to the general influence of the times. No man can be of the tenth century, if he would; be must be a man of the nineteenth century.

Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack; But those behind cried "Forward!" And those before cried "Back!

There are countries in which it would be as absurd to establish popular governments as to abolish all the restraints in a school or to unite all the strait-waistcoats in a madhouse.

Television is kind of restrictive in its directing, but it would be nice to get some chops doing TV.

The objects of this primary education . . . would be . . . to form the statesmen, legislators and judges, on whom public prosperity and individual happiness are so much to depend.

To take a single step beyond the text would be to take possession of a boundless field of power.

If thinking men would have the courage to think for themselves, and to speak what they think, it would be found they do not differ in religious opinions as much as is supposed.

Many of the opposition [to the new Federal Constitution] wish to take from Congress the power of internal taxation. Calculation has convinced me that this would be very mischievous.

If we could believe that Jesus...countenanced the follies, falsehoods and charlatanisms which his biographers father on him, ...the conclusion would be irresistible...that he was an imposter.

Were I to commence my administration again, the first question I would ask respecting a candidate would be, Does he use ardent spirits?

The right to use a thing comprehends a right to the means necessary to its use, and without which it would be useless.

All the world would be Christian if they were taught the pure Gospel of Christ!.

My general plan would be to make the States one as to everything connected with foreign nations and several as to everything purely domestic.

Some people do need to be held to account because some of the conduct is so widely at odds with our values. But making an example out of a few people would be a disservice.

Why is this soe long detaind in a dark manuscript, that if printed would be a Light to the World, & a Universal Blessing?

"You know that it is quite preposterous of you to chase rainbows," said the sane person to the poet. "Yet it would be rather beautiful if I did one day manage to catch one," mused the poet.

If we all knew how to make that jump from good to great then I think every song would be great.

The ideal label for me would be this passive being with lots of money, but unfortunately it doesn't really work like that.

For the record, if I were Superman, a pale, scrawny guy holding a guitar would be Kryptonite.

I think my brain just has a natural way of going to what would be the most insane thing, the least likely option.

We [ with Ewan McGregor] decided exactly what we would do at every moment, what the texture would be.

Eleven years is a great length of time to prepare a movie, it would be wonderful to have 11 years of funded preparation.

Before Kady was born, I didn't think having a kid would be such a big deal. My attitude was simple: Babies are nice, play with them, put them in the closet until the next time.

Computers might not find the solutions to our problems, but they would be able to do the bulk of the legwork required, assist our human minds in intuitively finding ways through the maze.

For most people, life would be boring without meaningful work.

Most of the time, we write something and then figure out who would be best to do it.

As we applaud the hard-edged realism of the opening battle scene of Saving Private Ryan, we cringe at the thought of seeing the same on the nightly news.We are told it would be pornographic.

It would be disastrous if bad planning policy meant that today's new developments become tomorrow's climate slums

The main problem with American power is not that it is American... No, the main problem with American power is the power itself. It would be dangerous even for an archangel to wield so much power.

If I were to direct an episode, then there would be no one for me to blame, and that's not any fun. It's more about sitting in the back seat and trying to drive.

There's this other girl called Lykke Li from Sweden - I really want to collaborate with her, that'd be great. Obviously Kanye West as well, and Drake would be pretty amazing.

You gotta wonder about someone who would be dumb enough to fallo a person as crazy as him! wait, I think I just insulted myself - ganju

I've been in New York for going on five years now, and I always thought I would make a mark and do something but I never thought it would be this big of a deal. I'm so blessed and I'm truly honored.

One can imagine a world without essays. It would be a little poorer, of course, like a world without chess, but one could live in it.

I think a double bass for me would be too much effort. But the cello, you're really engaged and the sound is kind of right here. So, it feels like being merged, married to an instrument.

I figured I would be teaching my whole life and making experimental films on the side.