Would Be Quotes
If I should sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I am sure, that, for me, there would be nothing left worth living for.
Say whatever you want. But the United States has a kickass military and really good bullshit marketing people. If this country was a person it would be a used car salesman with a flamethrower.
A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes.
The world would be astonished if it knew how great a proportion of its brightest ornaments, of those distinguished even in popular estimation for wisdom and virtue, are complete sceptics in religion.
A reality completely independent of the spirit that conceives it, sees it, or feels it, is an impossibility. A world so external as that, even if it existed, would be forever inaccessible to us.
All the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion, unless God had provided mortals with the remedy of books.
It would be as easy for the United States to build a tower to remove the sun, as to remove polygamy, or the Church and Kingdom of God.
the friend in need is the one who is the friend in deed; ... if people were not friends in need, there was every likelihood that they never would be friends again in any conditions that might obtain.
A single currency means a single government, and that single government would be the government whose policies determined every aspect of economic life.
Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn't make it.
I'd be smiling and chatting away, and my mind would be floating around somewhere else, like a balloon with a broken string.
Why not make an end of it all?... My life is a succession of griefs and bitter feelings.... What is death?... A very small matter,when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.
If a law could keep dangerous weapons out of the hands of dangerous people, there would be virtually no gun crime at all.
My art would be that of living: each moment, each breath is a work inscribed nowhere.
If there was no Bible, it would be no matter whether you could read or not. Reading other books would do you no good.
A cricket tour in Australia would be a most delightful period in one's life if one was deaf
Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be better to first enquire, "To whom did this thought arise?"
A theology which is not based on revelation as a given reality but treats God as an idea would be as mad as a zoology which is no longer sure of the physical, tangible existence of animals.
To call everything that appears illogical, fantasy, fairy tale, or chimera would be practically to admit not understanding nature.
I come from Somalia. We start working young, and we understand that kind of life. I would be bored to death not doing anything creative.
All I want to do, is write rock and roll that you could listen to as you got older, and it wouldn't lose anything; it would be timeless, in the subject matter and the literacy of the lyrics.
If entertainment ran grocery stores, we'd NEVER get oil cured olives or blue cheese, it would be JUST Coke.
The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn.
The only way to create a foundational document that could stand the test of time was to build in enough flexibility that later generations would be able to adapt it to their own needs and uses.
If I were in the President's place, I would not get a chance to resign. I would be lying in a pool of my own blood hearing Mrs. Armey, standing over me, saying, 'How do I reload this damn thing?'
Maybe Gary (Neville) deserves to be chased up a tunnel every now and then - there would be a queue for him, probably. But you have to draw a line eventually.
If growing up means it would be beneath my dignity to climb a tree, I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up! Not me!
If I had to run a company on three measures, those measures would be customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction and cash flow.
I remember the first Mortal Kombat, when that came out, that was the hardest game of all time. There would be lines at the arcade around the block, and I still love all of the Mortal Kombat games.
A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.
I made my last motion picture in March 1965 for Magna Pictures. 'Harlow,' based on the life of actress Jean Harlow... I didn't know at the time that 'Harlow' would be my last motion picture.
It would be nice to hear someone accidentally whistle something of mine, somewhere, just once.
My image of Jesus is someone who is exciting...Were he alive today, he would be causing havoc!
My mother is a very strange woman... She doesn't understand me in the least and doesn't love me much either. If she had either love or understanding she would be prepared to make sacrifices
Old Hank would be proud, and Elvis would too, cause we like our country mixed with some big city blues.
You can only call someone crazy if there’s someone else who’s normal. Like good and evil. If everything was good, then nothing would be good.
She decided that her wisest course would be to put him out of her mind. After reaching this conclusion she lay thinking about him until at last she fell asleep.
If you were a pure bolt of fire-cutting the skies I'd touch you-risking my life-not because I'm brave or strong, but because I'm fascinated by what the outcome would be.
The ideal way to get rid of any infectious disease would be to shoot instantly every person who comes down with it.
When you have a regime that would be happier in the afterlife than in this life, this is not a regime that is subject to classic theories of deterrence.
Like Nietzsche, I believe that without music, life would be a mistake. Nothing but silence says it better.
Though the world disregard the society of God's children now, yet there is a time coming in which they would be glad to have the least company with them.