Would Be Quotes

What would really satisfy us would be a God who said of anything we happened to like doing, 'What does it matter so long as they are contented?'

I think if I did something in the pop world right now, it would be for Rihanna. I'd love to do something production wise for her.

The only thing that would ever embarrass me would be something I would write that would be badly written.

I need to tell the world what I'm about, my nature, because not doing so would be teaching my children how to lie. I didn't want it to be.

And by the way, my belief is that if men were the ones getting pregnant, abortions would be easier to get than food poisoning in Moscow.

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.

Now, if anything at all can be known to be wrong, it seems to me to be unshakably certain that it would be wrong to make any sentient being suffer eternally for any offence whatever.

No better love than love with no objective, no more satisfying work than work with no purpose. If you could give up tricks and cleverness, that would be the cleverest trick!

The music business would be much better, for the youth and the kids, if they start hiring employees that understand the kids.

I would like to think that Ive left the world of cardiovascular surgery better than when I found it. That would be a suitable epitaph.

I have no idea what the U.S. intends to do further there and what would be the reaction of the Iraqi people. I only know that the sole option is to leave Iraq to the Iraqi people.

We would be better off thinking of nature as a tiger than as a docile and compliant automaton that can never threaten our survival.

It's impossible to compare two bands. It would be like comparing two lovers.

I think this would be a good time for a beer.

One of my goals is to have a base near mainland China. I think Hong Kong would be a good match for me. I like being in Hong Kong.

A total population of 250-300 million people, a 95% decline from present levels, would be ideal.

We realize that what we are accomplishing is a drop in the ocean. But if this drop were not in the ocean, it would be missed.

We all see the world differently. And thank God for that. Otherwise, what a boring world this would be.

Hindu Dharma is the quintessence of our national life, hold fast to it if you want your country to survive, or else you would be wiped out in three generations.

If your job was remotely interesting, there would be a show on A&E about it.

One of my biggest concerns was how defensive the fans would be over The REV's drum throne. I'm grateful they have been welcoming.

It would be a godsend if the Church would suffer persecution today; she hasn't suffered it for hundreds of years. She is growing rich and lagging behind. Going back.

I would love to have a battle of wits with you, Bison, but I doubt it would be a fair fight.' 'Shut your face.' 'Exactly my point.

It would be a serious mistake to replace a seasoned statesman with a tempermental tycoon who has no respect for the constitution.

To be totally engaged with all my functions and all my faculties and all my capacities in life to me that would be success.

If I had to describe my work in one word, that word would be time.

It would be strange if we came to shun the genuine simply because it resembled the counterfeit.

The way the banks behave is frankly unbearable. I didn't rob for me. I expropriated resources for a struggle. If I had robbed for myself that would be different.

If you took me to Coachella for our first date, it would probably be a done deal. It would be a sure thing.

It's hard to be super full of yourself in Canada. If there was a motto of Canada, it would be, "Who do you think you are, eh?"

I remember mentioning to friends back in 1938 that the world chess champion would be beaten by a computer in 50 years time. Today we know computers are not far from this goal.

We must expect the discovery of many as yet unknown elements-for example, elements analogous to aluminum and silicon- whose atomic weight would be between 65 and 75.

It would be impossible to "love" anyone or anything one knew completely. Love is directed towards what lies hidden in its object.

The easiest way to avoid wrong notes is to never open your mouth and sing. What a mistake that would be.

Calvary not merely made possible the salvation of those for whom Christ died; it ensured that they would be brought to faith and their salvation made actual.

A joint European army is a very far-reaching proposal and it would be difficult to implement. Such initiatives are nevertheless needed.

Our sense of wonder is a blessing from God, given so that we would be continually amazed at His beauty and creation.

We both know, you and I, that if all men were gardeners, the world at last would be at peace.

It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.

I don't think I would be a writer if I had stayed in Chile. I would be trapped in the chores, in the family, in the person that people expected me to be.

Never so long as you live, write a letter to a man - no matter who he is - that you would be ashamed to see in a newspaper above your signature.

We used to think that energy and water would be the critical issues for the next century. Now we think water will be the critical issue.

...all enjoyment is dependent upon the frailty of human life and human desires ... if we were to have all we want and to live forever, all enjoyment would be gone.

If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care the happiest, individual would not be either a man or a woman it; it would be, I think a cow.

I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.

We could call order by the name of God, but it would be an impersonal God. There's not much personal about the laws of physics.

If it was true that lower taxes for the rich and more wealth to the wealthy leat to job creation, today we would be drowning in jobs.

Whenever people talk glibly of a need to achieve educational "excellence," I think of what an improvement it would be if our public schools could just achieve mediocrity.

The Secular City, having legislated and litigated itself out of any entanglement with the City of God, would be a hell upon earth .

When I recorded for Columbia, I could usually do anything in one take...I would invariably want to use the first take because that would be the one that was spontaneous and fresh.