Would Quotes

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.

I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance.

If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.

I live for my sons. I would be lost without them.

Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.

I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don't trust myself. I need that balance.

Practice Golden-Rule 1 of Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed.

Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.

If we could see ourselves as others see us, we would vanish on the spot.

If the world would apologize, I might consider a reconciliation.

What would annoy the most people most often? That is the true left-wing test of government intervention.

As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it.

For four to six months at a time, I would barely eat. I lived on a diet of Melba toast, carrots, and black coffee.

I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we - we own this country. We - we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.

If you knew that your life was merely a phase or short, short segment of your entire existence, how would you live? Knowing nothing 'real' was at risk, what would you do? You'd live a gigantic, bold, fun, dazzling life. You know you would. That's what the ghosts want us to do - all the exciting things they no longer can.

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.

If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problem.

Anyone with a grain of sense would know that if I punched my wife I would rip her head off. It's all lies. I have never laid a finger on her.

I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.

Considering the popularity of soaps with the African-American audience, it's grotesque that the entertainment industry, for all its vaunted liberalism, is lagging so far behind social changes in the United States. And why has there never been an all-black daytime network soap? It would probably blow the white soaps off the map.

But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.

Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved.

My father is a real idealist, and he's all about learning. If I asked for a pair of Nikes growing up, it was just a resounding 'No.' But if I asked for a saxophone, one would appear and next day and I'd be signed up for lessons. So anything to do with education or learning, my father would spare no expense.

Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.