Would Quotes

I'm 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I'd also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people - I don't want to judge it or anything - but it's not for me. It would destroy my creativity.

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all.

Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.

I'm not the kind of actor that would know what my character had for breakfast last Tuesday.

If you would judge, understand.

I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend at home.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

If God had wanted us to be concerned for the plight of the toads, he would have made them cute and furry.

I don't wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone.

Sure, climbing Mount Everest would be cool, but that's something I would now like to do as a family. Big experiences like that I don't want to have on my own anymore. I want to share them.

My mom and dad gave their kids the greatest gift of all - the gift of unconditional love. They cared deeply about who we would be, and much less about what we would do.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world as a duchess sees it, and anyway a duchess would be nothing if the earth was not there as the peasant sees it.

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn't, then why would you say I am.

And if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be in the studio until 4 in the morning.

I love chicken. I would eat chicken fingers on Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable.

I have defeated this earthworm with my words. Imagine what I would have done with my fire breathing fists.

Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.

Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.

If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.

After practice, I would have to go back to the dorm and take a nap.

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.

If your life had lyrics, would they be any good?

You can't have everything. Where would you put it?