Would Quotes

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.

He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.

Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.

If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order to make ourselves happy.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

I was the youngest child and really spoiled. I loved to play make-believe. I loved pretending to be all kinds of different people and it just seemed natural that I would go into acting.

I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope, For hope would be hope for the wrong thing.

If your life had lyrics, would they be any good?

You can't have everything. Where would you put it?

Of all the subjects on this planet, I think my parents would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology to securing the keys to an executive bathroom.

I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one.

I used to weigh myself every day at a certain time of day. Then I would write down the number and measure my body fat. It wasn't a healthy way to live.

I knew that when I resigned from the University of Texas that I would never coach again.

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his?

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself.

I realised the bohemian life was not for me. I would look around at my friends, living like starving artists, and wonder, 'Where's the art?' They weren't doing anything. And there was so much interesting stuff to do, so much fun to be had... maybe I could even quit renting.

As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.

Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing.

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.

I really haven't had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I'd rather tell a story about somebody else.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

I wish people could acheive what they think would bring them happiness in order for them to realize that thats not really what happiness is.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

I try to tell a story the way someone would tell you a story in a bar, with the same kind of timing and pacing.

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.

I was very depressed when I was 19... I would go back to my apartment every day and I would just sit there. It was quiet and it was lonely. It was still. It was just my piano and myself. I had a television and I would leave it on all the time just to feel like somebody was hanging out with me.

Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.

If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang.