Would Be Quotes

Steven Gerrard would be the captain of my World XI dream team.

The last thing a fish would ever notice would be water.

It would be a fine thing, in which I hardly dare believe, to pass our lives near each other, hypnotized by our dreams.

If I couldn't be pretty, I decided I would be smart.

If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more ‎violence. If the Jews put ‎down their weapons ‎today, there would be no ‎more Israel'‎

We would be 1,500 years ahead if it hadn't been for the church dragging science back by its coattails and burning our best minds at the stake.

Each new generation asks – What is the meaning of life? A more fertile way of putting the question would be – Why does man need a meaning to life?

If songs were lines in a conversation, the situation would be fine . . .

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

This world would be a whole lot better if we just made an effort to be less horrible to one another.

There is no meaning if meaning is not shared, and not because there would be an ultimate or first signification that all beings have in common, but because meaning is itself the sharing of Being.

Every science consists in the coordination of facts; if the different observations were entirely isolated, there would be no science.

...It would be more consistent that we call [the Bible] the work of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind.

If I were to awaken after having slept for a thousand years, my first question would be: Has the Riemann hypothesis been proven?

If you could only keep quiet, clear of memories and expectations, you would be able to discern the beautiful pattern of events. Its your restlessness that causes chaos.

When I made Blue Moon Swamp, there was a lot of trial and error; I was trying to find people who would be simpatico with my style, and with what I had in mind for the album.

My stroke of insight would be: peace is only a thought away, and all we have to do to access it is silence the voice of our dominating left mind.

ONE OF THE GREATEST EXPERIENCES IN LIFE IS ACHIEVING PERSONAL GOALS THAT OTHERS SAID WOULD BE, 'IMPOSSIBLE TO ATTAIN.' BE PROUD OF YOUR SUCCESS AND SHARE YOUR STORY WITH OTHERS.

I don'’t think there was one. I can'’t name one. Not because I had a lot of great feuds, but it would be hard to say the defining feud.

I just think you people would be happier back in Africa where you came from.

If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.

Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.

If there were no God, there would be no atheists.

It does not seem to me that the steps which would be needed to make Britain - and others - more comfortable in their relationship in the European Union are inherently so outlandish or unreasonable.

I have a little bit of that gamer spirit in me. I just don't have the time to be a gamer. But in another life, I would be one.

If one were truly aware of the value of human life, to waste it blithely on distractions and the pursuit of vulgar ambitions would be the height of confusion.

Nobody would be left to round out the workforce and execute the business plan.

Today, shooting wars are won or lost before they start. If they are fought at all, they would be fought principally to confirm which side had won at the outset.

Heaven would be hell to me without Christ.

If we could see the whole truth of any situation, our only response would be one of compassion.

If life was so easy that you could just go buy success, there would be a lot more successful companies in the world. Successful enterprises are built from the ground up.

In other words, I would be giving in to a myth of sameness which I think can destroy us.

I was a stepchild in two different families. The hardest thing about being a stepchild is you know that in some way everything would be easier if you didnt exist.

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

If I were forced to sum up in one sentence what the Copenhagen interpretation says to me, it would be 'Shut up and calculate!'

I used to think that prayer should have the first place and teaching the second. I now feel that it would be truer to give prayer the first, second and third place, and teaching the fourth.

If souls could be mated with wishes, ours would be inextricably entwined.

Yes, risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.

It would be unwise to say the least, irresponsible of us at the TSA, at the Homeland Security Department not to evolve our technology to match the changing threat environment that we inhabit.

For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a straightforward way to reduce minor but widespread suffering.

Ohne Phosphor, Kein Gedanke. Without phosphorus there would be no thoughts.

Sophia Loren would be a glamour girl even if she were in rags selling fish. She has the look, the movement and the intellect.

My limitations make space for the gifts of other people. Without the grace of our limitations we would be isolated, dry, and insufferable creatures indeed.

If they don't have the Grand Ole Opry, like they do in Tennessee, just send me to hell or New York City, it would be about the same to me.

O my Lord Jesus Christ, if I could be in heaven without Thee, it would be hell; and if I could be in hell, and have Thee still, it would be heaven to me, for Thou are all the heaven I want.

If you would be a magician, honor the Earth. Honor life. Love. Know that magic is the birthright of every human being, and wisely use it.

He who would be a man must therefore be a non-conformist.

Seize every opportunity along the way, for how sad it would be if the road you chose became the road not taken.

The idea of a universal mind or Logos would be, I think, a fairly plausible inference from the present state of scientific theory.

You'd be sick if you saw my adidas collection...you would be physically sick if you saw it. I'm not gonna say where it is.