Would Be Quotes - Page 203

If there were to be a Labor-Greens government, that would be the end of the Adani mine, that would be the end of coal mining in central Queensland, and that would be the end of their best shot at economic prosperity in the future.

I think it would be frankly a retrograde thing for Pauline Hanson to be elected to the Senate.

Even if animal experimentation was proved to be of value, it would be morally wrong.

The book which most deserved to be banned would be a catalog of banned books.

I would be quite happy to see the Northern Alliance steam across northern Afghanistan and take Kabul.

I could speculate, but it would be just speculation and the kind of thing that you would get in with a science fiction story. And if I was doing a science fiction story then I would come up with what can go wrong with this system.

If some of the greats had followed the traditional ways we would be missing so much fine art.

I’m not a bad person. I haven’t killed anyone. I (rarely) lie. I don’t kick little puppies. So why do people look at me as if the world would be a better place without me?

The EU is not going to attack the United States. Supposedly, China or the EU was doing this on the UScan you imagine what the blowout would be?

Without the BBC, the proliferation of television and radio channels by the private sector would simply result in more and more channels, with tiny audiences, all seeking to do the same thing. The future would be one of fragmentation - fragmentation without either plurality or diversity.

If there is a God, it is inconceivable that he would be concerned about my day to day affairs.

Erik ! Erik! I saved your life! Remember!You were sentenced to death! But for me, you would be dead now!

American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it.

A [Donald] Trump win might be bad for stocks, but it would be very positive for the dollar and Treasurys.

It's a shame because we experienced probably the greatest thing - in art, in pop - we'll ever do. And it would be good to sit around and talk about it.

I think my younger self would be more amazed to know I was doing an interview for 'The Spectator.

I don't think of it as difficult. It would be difficult if I were carrying something heavy, but I carry Leicas. You can't talk about it that way. I'm not operating a shovel and getting tired.

The only successor to President Putin is President Putin himself and we could of course dream about President Putin stepping down voluntarily and picking out successor which would be probably as bad as him.

Values-oriented foreign policy of the free world would be much better, supported by the self-awareness of being on the right side of history.

Putin recognized that if he could get enough money, everything would be under control.

What did a few ripples in the flesh matter when, all too soon, now or later, that flesh would be making its return journey to dust?

I put my fingers around the unmarked ring of the spyglass and twisted. The scene became clear. Oh no! A hairy brown spider clung to a vine! I couldn't go there! I'd go to the desert to find a dragon. I began to reset the spyglass, but then I stopped myself. A spider was worse than a dragon? No. My first monsters would be spiders, then.

They decided the mummy would be unwrapped, for the titillation of the ladies, just after dinner.

I always wanted to act, but I never thought it would be my profession. I thought that I'd end up doing other things, but that in the meantime I'd do plays.

If my real life was half as exciting as what is reported, I would be thrilled.