Quotes about would-be
would-be shapes landscape
It was wrong to allow Stalin to shape the European landscape of the 20th century. It would be even more wrong to let him shape the landscape of the 21st century Lawrence Summers
would-be spiteful jellyfish
It would be spiteful to put a Jellyfish in a trifle. Karl Pilkington
would-be tape hawaii
We shot on location in our very first weeks, in our very first shows. I would like to go on location again, Hawaii would be good!! But normally, we tape five days a week in the studio starting at about 8:00 a.m. and continuing until about 8:00 p.m. Juliet Mills
would-be cry courses
It had never occurred to her that God would cry, but of course that was wrong. God would be crying all the time. He would cry and cry and never stop. Justin Cronin
would-be deceit problem
If mankind were only just what they pretend to be, the problem of the millennium would be immediately solved. Josh Billings
would-be rubbish titles
Titles are valuable; they make us acquainted with many persons who otherwise would be lost among the rubbish.
would-be paper kind
I'm good with words, but not the spoken kind; I've often thought what a marvelous thing it would be if I could only conduct relationships on paper. Kate Morton
would-be spurs reason
There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his own industry, and has a pecuniary reason for being watchful of the industry of his fellow workmen. Leland Stanford
would-be palestine knows
I know of no one who would be a good High Commissioner of Palestine except God. John Chancellor
would-be microsoft sides
I am not out to destroy Microsoft, that would be a completely unintended side effect. Linus Torvalds
would-be rewards fruit
The Lord had given them the day and the Lord had given them the strength. And the day and the strength had been dedicated to labor, and the labor was its reward. Who was the labor for? What would be its fruits? These were irrelevant and idle questions. Leo Tolstoy
would-be wonderful ifs
History would be a wonderful thing – if it were only true.
would-be rust literature
Nothing endures except change; nothing is constant except death. Every heartbeat wounds us, and life would be an eternal bleeding to death, were it not for literature. It grants us what nature does not: a golden time that doesn't rust, a springtime that never wilts, cloudless happiness and eternal youth. [my translation] Ludwig Borne
would-be care fame
I don't care about money or fame or anything like that, but it would be a perk Lucas Grabeel
would-be done method
Do as you would be done by, is the surest method of pleasing. Lord Chesterfield
would-be should lending
Only institutions that go about the old-fashioned business of taking in deposits from customer A and lending them out to customer B should be called banks. The rest should call themselves what they are. 'Parlors' would be appropriate, or 'dens' - words more suitable to venerable betting pursuits. Graydon Carter
would-be foolish disguise
To say what your disguise is would be foolish. John McAfee
would-be heard affected
Nothing affected me until I heard Elvis. Without Elvis there would be no Beatles. John Lennon
would-be critical my-own
I would be far more critical than any reviewer could be of my own work. So I simply don't read them. John Banville
would-be poland okay
If I could just get to Poland everything would be okay. Jim Rohn
would-be belief indignant
But there are not a few who would be indignant at having their belief in God questioned, who yet seem greatly to fear imagining Him better than He is. George MacDonald
would-be stories
Without poetry, stories would be told in sepia. Ellen Hopkins
would-be utopia ifs
I love playing. If it was down to just that, it would be utopia. Jimmy Page
would-be okay ifs
It'll be okay." She didn't know if it would be okay or not. She somehow doubted it, but what else was there to say? Suzanne Weyn
would-be doe comedy
I would be an idiot to say comedy is easy, but it does come naturally. It never feels forced. Rashida Jones
would-be states plans
My general plan would be to make the States one as to everything connected with foreign nations and several as to everything purely domestic. Thomas Jefferson
would-be fundamentals honey
Were I to be the founder of a new sect, I would call them Apiarians, and, after the example of the bee, advise them to extract the honey of every sect. My fundamental principle would be ... that we are to be saved by our good works which are within our power, and not by our faith which is not within our power.
would-be use firsts
Were I to commence my administration again, the first question I would ask respecting a candidate would be, Does he use ardent spirits?
would-be film intrigued
I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen. Tanith Lee
would-be way needed
I would be terribly disappointed if anything would get in the way of my being cast in something, or if performances were canceled. It was a fix that I obviously needed. Trevor Nunn
would-be painting painter
If one were to ask a painter what he felt about anything, his just response - though he seldom makes it - would be to paint it, and in painting, to find out... Robert Motherwell
would-be routine research
I like to do my research, get in the right mental state for the person I'll be portraying. A lot of time, it's just incorporating a lot of what that person would be into, into my daily routine. Robbie Amell
would-be individual certain
That the variability of an organism to a certain extent is a constant and certain condition of life we admit, otherwise there would be no distinguishable individuals of a species. Richard Owen