Would Quotes

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.

I knew there would be a negative reaction in the press to my divorce, but I am not going to live my life because of something someone might say.

I would describe myself as emotional and highly strung. If something upsets me, it really upsets me. If something makes me angry, I get really angry. But it's all very upfront. I can't hide it. I'm also loyal and I hope I'm fun.

I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime.

'Smart power' is the use of American power in ways that would help prevent and resolve conflict - not just send our military in.

If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping.

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.

There are times when I'm driving home after a day's shooting, thinking to myself, That scene would've been so much better if I had written it out.

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.

If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains, his tax rate would be a lot higher than his secretary's. In fact a very small percentage of people in this country pay a big chunk of the taxes.

Even if I accepted that Jesus - like almost every other prophet on record - was born of a virgin, I cannot think that this proves the divinity of his father or the truth of his teachings. The same would be true if I accepted that he had been resurrected.

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

Even today with the problems that we face, who would you rather be? Which country would you trade places with?

If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.

If only every man who sees my films did not get the impression he can make love to me, I would be a lot happier.

If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world.

A nice pop star would do you nice on one of those deserted islands.

I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.

My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew but she didn't raise me in the church, so I came to my Christian faith later in life and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead.

I developed a nutty attitude where I'd think, If some guy really loves me he doesn't care if I'm fat. I'd come up with all these stupid reasons why it would be OK to be fat.

The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.

Of course, everyone knows my story of being born in Russia and moving to the United States at 7. For a few years people would say, 'Well, she's living in the United States, but she's Russian.'

I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say.

I couldn't care less about fashion. If I had taken any clothes home, they would have remained in my closet for the rest of their existence.

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.

At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.

Several people have told me that one of the most meaningful events they could attend would be something at the White House with their children.

Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness.

In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?

If I was going onstage, of course I would talk about it. How could I not?