Would-be Quotes

You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who never took the opportunity to get into a race when the time was right.

Our enemies and our would-be enemies are working very hard at cyberterrorism... They're trying to level the playing field because they know they can't beat us tank for tank, plane for plane.

In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets, university poets, and a few real poets.

Guantanamo Bay houses enemy combatants ranging from terrorist trainers and recruiters to bomb makers, would-be suicide bombers, and terrorist financiers.

My suspension was a long-planned move... and was done to protect would-be convicts in Romanian politics.

Too many would-be executives are slaves of routine.

I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.

I do not want our children and grandchildren to live in a world where everyday they fear some regional strongman with weapons of mass destruction. We need to send a message to these future would-be bullies: you will not be allowed to threaten the world.

On our watch, the conversation with a would-be suicide bomber will not begin with the words, 'You have the right to remain silent.'