Would Quotes

Good work is the only thing that would make me feel jealous or envious.

There are a lot of movies that are unbelievable successes that I would be mortified to be a part of.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

I don't believe that Jesus would approve abortion except in the case of incest, rape or the mother's life in danger. But I had to enforce the Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade so I tried to do everything I could to minimize the need for abortions.

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.

Also I just think I've been lucky enough to have great parents, and I've had good people around me who have always been honest with me, who would give me a purely metaphorical slap if I ever got too big for my boots.

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.

When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.

Millions of young Americans have graduated from college during the Obama presidency, ready to use their gifts and get moving in life. Half of them can't find the work they studied for, or any work at all. So here's the question: Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any different from the last four years?

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

I would love to have a song that I wrote by myself to win a 'Song of the Year' award.

If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.

Oh, I just wish someone would try to hurt you so I could kill them for you.

In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.

We would not be interested in human beings if we did not have the hope of someday meeting someone worse off than ourselves.

For centuries, New York has served as the gateway for millions of people from all over the world in search of the American dream. It only makes sense that it would now serve as a gateway for the world's greatest athletes.

He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he was angry. If he wanted to beat us he would always catch us. Even me, he could always catch me.

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.

If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.

I wanted to be the first woman to burn her bra, but it would have taken the fire department four days to put it out.

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

The historical basis for the gap between the black middle class and underclass shows that ending discrimination, by itself, would not eradicate black poverty and dysfunction. We also need intervention to promulgate a middle-class ethic of success among the poor, while expanding opportunities for economic betterment.

If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?

We would like to see you departing peacefully.

Well, I'm in my 60s now. I finally look it, I think. People until I was 60 would always say they thought I looked younger, which I think, without flattering myself, I did, but I think I certainly have, as George Orwell says people do after a certain age, the face they deserve.

I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.

He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.