Would Be Quotes

I was a novelist before I was a TV screenwriter. Actually, as a kid, I think I'd always wanted to be a writer, but never thought that I would be one.

I think a snob would be a person who thinks he is entitled; he has good things in his life and is entitled to them.

As a kid I had dreams about being successful, thinking it would be cool. Then, when I was in my 20s, I really thought I had it much more figured out than I do now.

They were saying you would be a tremendous addition to the military, and we can get you into West Point with a full scholarship. And I simply said, I want to be a doctor. I really appreciate it.

What if someone hit us with an EMP, cyber-attack, and dirty bomb all at once? That would be pretty bad.

If there was a war, a big war, a major war on the planet, it would be a nuclear war, and it would destroy all life, human and subhuman, on planet earth.

It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be much less frequent.

If this lady is pleased to spend her days with Franklin, he would be just as pleased to spend his nights with her.

The Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons would be infinitely more costly than any scenario you can imagine to stop it.

Maybe I'm naive, but I subscribe to the idea that nobody is actually making strategic decisions about their career. Trying to do that would be like playing three-card monte on Canal Street.

When somebody promises to do something, you have to think about whether that's something that you would be willing to see happen because the powers are simply too vast.

There are very complex shapes which would be the same from close by and far away.

I tried to find a character and how I would be an American actress in the 30s. But if this was a talking movie [The Artist], I'm sure she would be exactly the same for me.

As a matter of fact, you know, Jesus probably would be, except for one or two issues, a liberal Democrat if he were around today.

I was told I would be back in 90 days. If I listened to people, I would be back where I came from - the penitentiary.

If I held all the thoughts of the world in my hand, I would be careful not to open it.

Ah! si l'on o" tait les chime' res aux hommes, quel plaisir leur resterait? Oh! If man were robbed of his fantasies, what pleasure would be left him?

Reader, I am myself the subject of my book; you would be unreasonable to spend your leisure on so frivolous and so vain a matter.

I think the way I do things would be difficult to teach somebody to do. They need to get another good used car dealer. That's what they need. Find a good car dealer.

First of all, it would be great for world football to have a competitive Chinese team as China traditionally has deep relation to sports in general.

Barbarian invasions would be superfluous: We are our own Huns.

The thing that I should wish to obtain from money would be leisure with security.

The average actor might only be able to book six to eight guest star jobs a year - that would be high. So when you start doing the math, you can't live on that in Los Angeles.

I thought doing reality TV would be the greatest success of my life or the biggest mistake.

If everyone chose love, this world would be magnificent. Always choose love.

I'm fully aware had I stayed with my art, I would be well known, respected and most likely rich.

Most people I know feel that life would be complete if they could just lose ten pounds.

When I realized I could use Facebook as a way to communicate directly with my fans, I thought it would be a great idea.

I like it when I'm on the stage, but honestly, I would be very happy if I could cut it off, just enjoy my life when I wasn't performing.

I never imagined I would be in a film with Steve Martin. I was a little star struck, because I grew up watching his movies.

I think it would be fun to write about movies again.

Going back to high school and college, I believed I would be involved in public service. I literally could not conceptualize anything else.

I'd love to be a woman for one day of my life... God... I would be drunk with power.

Ladies, you wake up tomorrow and the newspaper reads Scientists have discovered a way for men to experience childbirth. That would be awesome.

I'm not fond of any of my films in an intimate way, but Gregory's Girl would be number 4 on my list.

All of my cats are adopted and all show their gratitude on a daily basis. I don't know where I would be without them.

Choosing my favorite moment in journalism would be like picking a favorite among my children. I can't pick one favorite.

I always thought it would be really cool to be playing the drums in the show and then have your astral body or whatever travel all through the audience and dig whatever it's like out there.

If the Hamas people had the opportunity, they would kill the maximum number of Israelis, which would be all. And, Israel has the opportunity to kill way more, and they do not.

It's going to be Perry, it's going to be Romney...It's sort of a battle for the soul of the Republican Party - and they have no soul, but the space where a soul would be.

A lot of people have warned President Clinton that Bosnia will turn into another Vietnam, which would be embarrassing for him because he'll have to go back to college.

It would be kind of a tragedy if we got to the end of four years of Democratic rule without having really tried any Democratic policies.

One of the reasons I still do stand-up is because it was so hard in the beginning that I feel like it would be such a shame not to redeem it that it's all fun.

I'm angry at what's happening to America and angry with myself that I can't do more. I would be miserable if I couldn't bear witness.

Our court dockets are so crowded today it would be better to refer to it as the overdue process of law.

Perhaps the crime situation would be improved if we could get more cops off television and onto the streets.

I think comics overall would be better. I think there's a tremendous potential to be tapped.

If I had rolled along with the strip's popularity and repeated myself for another five, 10 or 20 years, the people now "grieving" for "Calvin and Hobbes" would be wishing me dead.

In the next few years I'd love to play a female version of Doctor Who. I know exactly how I would play her - she would be crafty in a clever kind of way.

It would shine a torch into the dirty little corner where the BNP defecate on our democracy, and that would be much more powerful than duffing them up in the street - which Im also in favour of.