Would Quotes

Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking.

This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.

If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of global war include almost a sentence for suicide, you would think that man's intelligence and his comprehension... would include also his ability to find a peaceful solution.

Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good.

Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy.

My dad bought me a guitar and people would ask me to play.

Now, I think that I should have known that he was magic all along. I did know it - but I should have guessed that it would be too much to ask to grow old with and see our children grow up together. So now, he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man.

I would imagine that if you could understand Morse code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

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.

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.

Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.

I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.

If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.'

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.

If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it.