Would Be Quotes - Page 148

It happens every once in awhile at the federal level when the solicitor general, on behalf of the U.S., will confess error or decline to defend a law. I don't know what is going through the [Obama] administration's thought process on 'don't ask, don't tell.' It would be appropriate for them to say 'the law has been deemed unconstitutional, we are not going to seek further review of that.'

I used to think success would be sustainability. Not being behind the eight ball.

If Slater were someone else, Kevin would merely be the poor victim of a horrible plot. Unless he was killed by Slater, in which case he would be the dead victim of a horrible plot

Sometimes the people you thought would be there forever somehow aren't.

I would love to sign on to do a movie if it was the right role and if it was the right script, because I would be taking time away from music to tell a big grand story, and spend all of my time and pouring all of my emotions into being someone else. So for me to do that, it would have to be a story worth telling.

I daydreamed that when you grow up there are more bullies and how wonderful that would be if it were true, but, it's not.

I always wanted to know, and I always used to daydream, about what it would be like to stand on a really big stage and sing songs for a lot of people, songs that I had written... Daydreaming was kind of my No. 1 thing when I was little, because I didn't have much of a social life going on.

I wanted to wear a uniform when I was in high school, but I couldn't. I was like, "It would be so much easier!"

I want to see everything. I guess the positive version of not seeing or not knowing would be preservation of fantasy.

If I had to control what I was speaking, it would be a chore. Right now I just feel I've got my shoes off, everybody comes in, I talk. If I was an actor it could be a problem, but right now I just talk all the crap, I can badmouth anybody I want, I can say what I want and move on.

I don't have to put on a front. If I had to, it would be difficult and tiring.

The 1950s would be my ideal decade because I'm actually very traditional; I enjoy being at home, and I'm a complete nester.

We could mate. In a year our nestlings would be large enough to mob anyone we like...Should I begin to court you? Do you like grubs or ants better?...I will be here. In case you change your mind about mating.

I'm telling you, you did what you believed you had to do through all of this. Not what was easiest or best for you. You did what you did, and you're owning it. And I don't know ten men who would be brave enough to do that.

If a woman gets tough in negotiations, she's difficult, whereas a man would be considered a brilliant businessman.

My worst date would be with someone nervous who has nothing to say. I like people who inspire me.

Perhaps, perhaps this would be the one to pull me out of my plunge.

I don't blame you. But if there's anything else you have to tell me, now would be the time." He pressed forward, urging me to stretch on the couch. Coming over me, he whispered, "I'm in love with you." With everything going wrong, that was the one thing that was totally right. It was enough.

The world would be a very sad place if readers could only love one story.

If we were a primitive society, movie stars would be gods.

The very idea of an infinite in place would be a contradiction in terms, as a place must begin and continue in time.

A changeable God would be no God.

Every attempt to solve the laws of causation, time, and space would be futile, because the very attempt would have to be made by taking for granted the existence of these three.

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?

Trapped for days, years, centuries maybe. Dead, but not allowed to die. Alive, but as good as dead. So alone that anyone, anything no matter how loathsome would be welcome.