Would Quotes

Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus - as a writer myself - I cannot comment on whether or not writers are exceptionally good liars, because whatever I said would actually mean its complete opposite.

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.

I was just always the girl that people would come and talk to about their problems, and I still am.

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.

Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.

She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot.

I love film, and I would love to be a part of something that people universally love as a piece of film. Sure. Of course I would. And I would love to take acting lessons, and see that side of it someday. But I'm a musician.

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.

If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses.

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 dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.

Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.

He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years.

Being a mother, singer and actress is a definite juggling act, but I don't think I would be comfortable any other way.

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad!

I suppose the place where I live is fairly remote, it would seem remote to some people.

I think the world would be a lot better off if more people were to define themselves in terms of their own standards and values and not what other people said or thought about them.

I cannot improve on those spoken for many years by a true legend who preceded me at CBS News. He would say, simply, 'good night, and good luck.'

We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.

Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when they say 'That's it.' Suddenly they find themselves doing something that they never would have thought they would be doing, simply because of the human instinct that makes them turn their face towards freedom.

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.

Youth is not enough. And love is not enough. And success is not enough. And, if we could achieve it, enough would not be enough.

What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have.

I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him "father."

But, I would always be thinking of how pictures are constructed and colour, how to use it, I mean you're using it for constructing, makes you think about it, the place did as well.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.

Songwriting is something I really need to work on. I don't have very many songs but I really love it. I would love to be a great song writer some day.

But here's the deal: If I were smart, I could figure out curling. If I were even smarter, I could figure out why people would actually watch other people doing it. I have tried. I can't. I can't even figure out the object of the game. Is it like darts? I just don't get it.