Would Be Quotes
I wanted fame, but I thought it would be incremental, and I became afraid of the overnight-sensation thing.
Pliny the Elder perished in 79 A.D. when he refused to flee from the great eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, insisting that everything would be all right. It wasn't.
A cat has a reputation to protect. If it had a halo, it would be worn cocked to one side.
It looks like the financial giants of the world have bungled as much as the diplomats and politicians. This would be a great time in the world for some man to come along that knew something.
I have no idea what my limits are. I believe that if I set my mind to it, within the next fifteen years, I would be the President of the United States.
Turning away Turkey from the EU would be a great, long-term - a century-long - error by Europe.
When I was back in Cuba, who could have imagined I would be invited to the White House!
A fleet of the most powerful vessels would be of little use in war without a personnel at least as efficient as that of our possible enemies.
Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories?
It certainly would be possible for America to redefine its role in the world, especially if, in the short run, America is able to cope effectively with the ongoing dilemma in the Middle East.
If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.
Acts which are essentially dishonourable must not be done; they would be justified only by calm contemplation of their correctness in abstract cases.
I think if you live in London, it's such a cosmopolitan city, nobody even notices different-race relationships. I assumed it would be even more liberal in the States, and it's totally the opposite.
Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man.
You never know if you're a writer. You can't trust it. If you woke up and said, "I'm a writer," it would be gone. You wouldn't see anything for miles - even the dust would be running away.
History is the sextant of states which, tossed by wind and current, would be lost in confusion if they could not fix their position.
I don't know where I would be without music. Even if I wasn't a musician, I think music is God. In a lot of ways, it's my saving grave. It's been my religion since I was a little kid.
I started playing instruments. Writing didn't come until later. I didn't know how to play a keyboard but I'd listen to hits off the radio, learn them, then my hands would be ready to play.
In film, I don't think I'd try directing. Maybe one day, but I'd certainly want to go to film school or something before I tried to do something like that. That would be quite scary.
It would be good to see what the Queen gets up to at Buckingham Palace. I bet she spends her whole time watching 'Coronation Street.'
I never thought getting older would be so great. But when it comes to depression, I have experienced less the older I've gotten.
I find that low protein diets often contribute to improvement in patients with immune system problems ... In fact, it would be hard to become deficient in protein in our country even if you tried.
The verification services that could be offered would be applied appropriately according to the business process that was involved.
Most of us would be willing to pay as we go if we could just finish paying for where we've been.
At least half of your mind is always thinking, I'll be leaving; this won't last. It's a good Buddhist attitude. If I were a Buddhist, this would be a great help. As it is, I'm just sad.
I think my voice would be great as a protestor but also it would be, and has been, very powerful for charity.
One of my few virtues - I don't have a lot of them - would be a deep sense of curiosity. I'm interested in how other people live in other places; I'm interested in other cultures.
We have many times led Europe in the fight for freedom. It would be an ignoble end to our long history if we tamely accepted to perish by degrees.
A pardon for Edward Snowden would be good for America and would help burnish the president's legacy as one of the primary defenders of human rights.
Finally, if nothing can be truly asserted, even the following claim would be false, the claim that there is no true assertion.
Dean Swift proposed to tax beauty, and to leave every lady to rate her own charms; he said the tax would be cheerfully paid and very productive.
War is a ritual, a deadly ritual, not the result of aggressive self-assertion, but of self-transcending identification. Without loyalty to tribe, church, flag or ideal, there would be no wars.
It would be easier for me to reject all established values, if I knew what they were.
Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
I don't know where I would be without my critics & haters. I thank yall genuinely from the bottom of my heart for fueling my motivation.
God would grant all of us wisdom, calm, and peace, that his presence would be in the operating room, and that his will might be done.
You may reasonably expect a man to walk a tightrope safely for ten minutes; it would be unreasonable to do so without accident for two hundred years.
I think it would be just to say the most essential characteristic of mind is memory, using this word in its broadest sense to include every influence of past experience on present reactions.
I think like a lot of people in this country I want to see a vision. And, again, that would be true of candidates on all levels. It's time to see a clear, bold vision for progressive economic change.
If you say to people that there's less violence today than in the past, they would be stunned to hear that. But it's the truth, even though we have awful things happening in Syria or Sudan.
The shame would be if Democrats get thrown out of office without ever having tried Democratic policies.
Were the Inhabitants of Italy charming as their Country, all other Regions would be depopulated I think.