If I Could Quotes

Be who you are, said the Duchess to Alice, or, if you would like it put more simply, never try to be what you might have been or could have been other than what you should have been.

I knew the moment it happened, it was a miracle. I could have been kissing her when she threw up. It would have scarred me for life. I may never have recovered.

If I could go back and give myself advice, it would be to embrace failure.

If I could be working every day, I would be.

I could have been you, you could have been me. One small change that shapes your destiny.

I thought if I could be a model, or even do commercials and stuff like that for the rest of my life, I’d be happy.

If I could go back to my younger self, I'd be like, "Not everything's permanent."

If I could read it, I could play it.

I've found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it's almost like a mind control. If I could control prople's minds, I'd like to put something useful in.

I have a responsibility, and it's something that I did wrong, and if I could personally apologize to every single person that has lost a loved one from drunk driving I would.

I always thought that Elvis could have been a great actor, and that he was put in a lot of unimportant movies when he could have done a lot of great ones.

If you're asking me if I like your company, the answer is yes. If, on the other hand, you're asking me if I could live without you, the answer is also yes.

Like so many addicts, I'd thought that if I could only sort out my life, I could then sort out my drinking. It was a revelation to see that it would be simpler the other way around

While the angels sing, I'd ask you to marry me, give you the sun for a diamond ring, if I could do those things.

If I could never put out an album in my life, I could just put out mixtapes. The music got to be out there somehow.

I think it's good for an actor to bounce between stuff on camera and stuff in theatre. If I could do half and half every year I would be a very, very happy man.

There are things I have wanted so long that I would only consent to have them if I could keep wanting them.

The loss of my sight was a great fillip. If I could go deaf and dumb I think I might pant on to be a hundred.

Part of me could do it. Run off and get married. But another part... Another part of me wondered if I could really trust anyone. If all relationships were all doomed.

I once said to someone, If I could shave my head and wear no makeup and get a part just on my talent, I would be the happiest person in the world.

If I could be any famous person, I'd be John Wilkes Booth, because I'd love to shoot Abraham Lincoln in the face

I have tried if I could reach that great resolution . . . to be honest without a thought of Heaven or Hell.

I was a baseball player. I played in high school and a little bit in college. I was a catcher. I don't know if I could have played any other position. As a catcher, you're always on the ball.

I would live with all of my sisters if I could. We've always been very close, my sisters and me.

I'm a terrible cook, but if I could cook, I would see that in art as well, it's how much creative energy you put into something.

If I could lick the sunset, I'll bet it would taste like Neapolitan ice cream.

I'd scale that monster sycamore if I could. Right to the top. And I'd yell her name across the rooftops for the whole world to hear. -Bryce

If I could work with any actor it would have to be Johnny Depp. He is cool.

Just hold me please,” she replied. I’d hold her forever if I could.

I love touring. If I could tour every day of my life, I would. It's my favorite thing to do.

Many things happened in my life, and I thought that they changed me. But in the end, nothing has changed since I was seventeen. If I could keep today’s happiness I wouldn’t worry about tomorrow.

If I could live my life all over I'd do everything the same; the film in my camera would remain the same; there's no way lord, to leave this love behind.

If I could find the right kind of property, get tied in with the right movie, I'd love to be involved, but I just find it hard to be motivated to do another screenplay right now.

It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.

If I could sell 500 million records every time, it would be great. But I've also had the luxury experience of having it when I was a teenager, in a very kind of model version of it.

He held me against him gently, as if I was glass - as if I could shatter and fall away from him at any moment and leave him breathless and alone once more.

If the worst is going to happen, it'll happen. Worrying can't protect you from that. And if it doesn't happen then you've missed out on all the time that when you could have been having fun

Jenny McCarthy was the one I thought could turn me straight. I thought that if I could just get my shot with her, it could happen.

In Hollywood I got work but not the right work until Pushing Daisies. Every girl in LA wanted the part of Chuck. I was terrified - I didn't know if I could be funny.

If I could have anything I wanted, I would choose story without end, and it seems I have lots of company in that.

If I could write a letter to my teenage self I'd probably say something like: "You ain't gonna believe what will become of you."

I just love to shop. If I could, I would shop every single day in every single store and spend all of my money which, you know, I do anyway.

if i could be assured of your destruction, i would in the interest of the public, cheerfully accept my death.

I don't want to have kids for like 10 years. I still have a lot to do. I don't even know if I could handle a dog right now. I'm so not ready. Someday I'll be a mom but not until I'm in my 30s.

By the way, you know, Mitt Romney and McCain, I don't agree with them, but they would have been okay. I could have been satisfied with them.

If I could be somebody, it'd definitely be Brad Pitt. I love the way he looks.

Lots of crime films are about work. Free Fire could have been about a company of plumbers doing pipe-fixing and stuff. But the plumbing film is not so exciting.

I like it when I'm on the stage, but honestly, I would be very happy if I could cut it off, just enjoy my life when I wasn't performing.

I think I could have been quite difficult to fathom as a youngster, this kid who didn't talk about himself very much.

Jimmy Stewart could have been a good golfer, but he speaks so slowly that by the time he yells 'Fore!' the guy he's hit is already in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.