Would Quotes

Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds.

Supposing everyone lived at one time what would they say. They would observe that stringing string beans is universal.

The word "happiness" would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

Let me tell you what the Cain Doctrine would be, as it relates to Israel if I were president. You mess with Israel, you are messing with the United States of America!

Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that organization is always disorganization.

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

The most used phrase in my administration if I were to be President would be "What the hell you mean we're out of missiles?"

I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.

I have done songs here and there. But I have never scored a film. That is something I would like to do at some point.

If somebody ever wished to be me for a day, they'd be the most pissed-off person once they got here. They would be, like, in hell.

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

The perfect date for me would be staying at home, making a big picnic in bed, eating Wotsits and cookies while watching cable TV.

What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.

I sort of try to read the books when they come out impartially and not make up my mind, but the fact is when I was reading the sixth, 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince', there were bits in there where I was going, 'God, I would love to do that because it's so good'.

So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action, I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America.

The reason women don't play football is because 11 of them would never wear the same outfit in public.

Ambition is not what a man would do, but what a man does, for ambition without action is fantasy.

All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer.

We are all representatives of the American people. We all do town hall meetings. We all talk to our constituents. And I've got to tell you, the American people are engaged. And if you think they want a government takeover of health care, I would respectfully submit you're not listening to them.

Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.

I wanted to make youthful, irreverent anthems. Parents might not get it, but kids would.

I said that America's role would be limited; that we would not put ground troops into Libya; that we would focus our unique capabilities on the front end of the operation, and that we would transfer responsibility to our allies and partners.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

I would love to compose something for dance before I kick the bucket, and I'm not closed-minded about the dance, or the dance company.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.

Advertising is salesmanship mass produced. No one would bother to use advertising if he could talk to all his prospects face-to-face. But he can't.

None of my actions have ever sort of been motored by the search for a husband or wondering if I was going to have a family someday or wanting to live in a really great house or thinking it would be really great to have a diamond.

Every day I realized I would not be a star.