Would Quotes

Man can now fly in the air like a bird, swim under the ocean like a fish, he can burrow into the ground like a mole. Now if only he could walk the earth like a man, this would be paradise.

It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.

For too long we have swept the problems of mental illness under the carpet... and hoped that they would go away.

If I was a little bit younger I would worry more. I'd want to do one thing at a time but now I try to do a bunch of different things at a time if I can.

A man divorcing would never be accused of choosing career over children.

I always knew looking back on my tears would bring me laughter, but I never knew looking back on my laughter would make me cry.

I think what happened there was just the budget would be too big to build these sets because nothing really exists here in New York of that period; you have to build it all.

Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.

I would love to work in America. I wouldn't love to live there, but I'd love to experience working there.

Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better.

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.

The President didn't offer any clarity in his latest speech about what he would do to tackle our nation's debt before it tackles us and it's still not clear how he'll keep Medicare from going bankrupt. One thing is clear though, Barack Obama isn't interested in governing or putting forward solutions to fix our nation's problems.

Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.

Sometimes it is hard to sing and dance at the same time, but I would rather be off and be real and genuine about it to my fans.

A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my age, I don't even buy green bananas."

If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would feel bound to concentrate their money on improving these schools until they met the highest ideals.

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone.

I praticed making faces in the mirror and it would drive my mother crazy. She used to scare me by saying that I was going to see the devil if I kept looking in the mirror. That fascinated me even more, of course.

I learned that people are much more game to mock their own personas than you would think.

I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

The sad truth is that without complex business partnerships between African elites and European traders and commercial agents, the slave trade to the New World would have been impossible, at least on the scale it occurred.

If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.

I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized that to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image.

I mean, what would I be doing if I couldn't write? But that fortunately hasn't proved to be the case and I can read any day. I still read a lot, and I can write any day, but much more slowly and fewer words.

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.