Would Be Quotes
Were the superfluities of a nation valued, and made a perpetual tax or benevolence, there would be more alms-houses than poor, schools than scholars, and enough to spare for government besides.
What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour?
I'm curious about other people. That's the essence of my acting. I'm interested in what it would be like to be you.
Anyone who is concerned about his dignity would be well advised to keep away from horses.
Opinion! If every one had so little tact as to give their true opinion when it was asked this would be a miserable world.
A curious thought experiment. . . Nietzsche's message to us was to live life in such a way that we would be willing to repeat the same life eternally
If you want to know what an ultimate goal would be, of course it would be utter peace.
I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
Scents bring memories, and many memories bring nostalgic pleasure. We would be wise to plan for this when we plant a garden.
Without going too deep, without globalization I am not sure everyone would be able to have a supercomputer in their pocket at the low cost.
I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me.
for he is such a disagreeable man, that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by him.
The only legitimate excuse you could have for having a baby in those dire, war torn, famine struck conditions - would be to eat it.
Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.
If the final decision for the salvation of fallen sinners were left in the hands of fallen sinners, we would despair all hope that anyone would be saved.
Do you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would be like that with me. That if I died I would still be part of life in one way or another.
Nothing had changed in my routine, except that when I went down the chippy and got me special fried rice, it would be wrapped in a newspaper that had my picture all over it.
I'm an avid hockey fan and I've been playing for about 17 years, and somebody recently told me that the first organized hockey teams in Canada were all black. Telling those stories would be cool.
If you're talking triple threat of a writer, singer and actress, that would probably be Beyoncé. If Aaliyah were still here, she and Beyoncé would be neck and neck.
Go and see what others have produced, but never copy anything except nature. You would be trying to enter into a temperament that is not yours and nothing that you would do would have any character.
If only evil things are done by evil people... Life would be then safe, morally elevated, cozy - we know how to spot evil people and what to do with them to pay for their crimes.
A random group of homeless people under a bridge would be far more intellectually sound and principled than anything I've encountered at the university so far.
Music was such a love of mine. It was my way of exploring life, my internal world. To be honest, I don't really know why or why not. It's just seems life without it would be death.
To presume a want of motives for such contests . . . would be to forget that men are ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious.
The belief in a certain idea gives to the researcher the support for his work. Without this belief he would be lost in a sea of doubts and insufficiently verified proofs.
Ive always said that if I could do anything in the world, I would be a professional golfer.
If every decision would reflect our feelings as well as our reason, the world would be a better place to live.
If you just think exclusively about what would be the best tasting or the most profitable, you're just not seeing the big picture.
The best thing that could ever happen to any one of us is that all our sins would be broadcast on the 5 o' clock news.
If all the historic books of the Bible were blotted from the memory of mankind, nothing of value would be lost.
I think that the photos that we like were made when the photographer knew how to disappear. If there were a secret, certainly that would be it.
Wisdom always makes men fortunate: for by wisdom no man could ever err, and therefore he must act rightly and succeed, or his wisdom would be wisdom no longer.
Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and he who would be blessed and happy should be from the first a partaker of truth, for then he can be trusted.
Simplicity is the great friend to nature, and if I would be proud of anything in this silly world, it should be of this honest alliance.
Why, this Satan’s drink is so delicious it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it. We shall fool Satan by baptizing it and making it a truly Christian beverage.
True friends don't hold us back spiritually or pull us down when we're trying to rise and progress. True friends protect us. True friends help us be better than we would be on our own.
If I didn't even stand a chance of winning races and competing for the title, I don't think I would be that interested in continuing my career.
I think it's very important for people to not judge the people you're playing. You have to find a way to love them because their story is theirs. I just don't think there would be any use in that.
My art would be that of living: each moment, each breath is a work inscribed nowhere.