Would Quotes

Stubborn isn't a word I would use to describe myself; pigheaded is more appropriate.

You notice how liberals keep saying, 'If only Islam would have a Reformation' - it can't have one. It says it can't. It's extremely dangerous in that way.

If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity; but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth, irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences.

If someone knows of a job creator anywhere in the world that's looking for a high, complex tax environment or looking for a high regulatory environment, I would like to meet them because I have yet to meet a job creator that's looking for that, and that's what we have.

Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well.

If you eat the same cereal every day it's gonna get old. And if I had thought about snowboarding every day, I would have quit a long time ago.

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.

There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world.

If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.

If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back?

I don't think I would ever have been able to be an actress had I not started at nine years old.

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!

My friends and family are my support system. They tell me what I need to hear, not what I want to hear and they are there for me in the good and bad times. Without them I have no idea where I would be and I know that their love for me is what's keeping my head above the water.

I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word "fair" in connection with income tax policies.

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.

I would love to live in Paris and speak French. That would make me feel glamorous!

What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.

A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.

How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.

I think if I'm 40 and I don't have any kids and I'm not married, I would have a baby artificially inseminated. I would feel like Mary - like Jesus is my baby.

Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.

If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.

I thought the more famous I became, the more friendships I would have, but the opposite was true.

Where would you be without friends? The people to pick you up when you need lifting? We come from homes far from perfect, so you end up almost parent and sibling to your friends - your own chosen family. There's nothing like a really loyal, dependable, good friend. Nothing.

What's fascinating is, people in Washington would rather spend time in Hollywood, and people in Hollywood would rather spend time in Washington.

I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady; I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude.

Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile to try to introduce the concept of the positive into philosophy?

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.