Would Be Quotes - Page 74

I don't really know what the dream role would be. That's a hard question to answer. You never really know, until you're immersed into something, how passionate you feel for it and how it unravels.

I don't know that I can say what exactly love means to me because it would be hard to put that into perspective.

The Technetronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more CONTROLLED society. Such a society would be dominated by ELITE, unrestrained by traditional values.

It's just a natural progression. You're a player, then you're a coach, then you're general manager for the team, and then the next logical step for me and you would be [to become] team owner.

If I just got up in the morning and had no place to go and was retired or something, I would be sitting there and be thinking, "Gee, what is the purpose of life? Why are we all finite? Why do we get old and die? Is there nothing out there? Why is it so tragic? Why do our loved ones perish? Why do we generate?" Who wants to think about that stuff?

I would think a lot more would be done to demand justice, to demand that officials in Belgrade have a serious investigation.

Men are sometimes accused of pride, merely because their accusers would be proud themselves were they in their places.

I know you will remember this — that nothing good ever ends. If it did, there would be no people in the world — no life at all, anywhere. And the world is full of people and full of wonderful life.

Without competition we would be clinging to the clumsy antiquated processes of farming and manufacture and the methods of business of long ago, and the twentieth would be no further advanced than the eighteenth century.

What a pleasure life would be to live if everybody would try to do only half of what he expects others to do.

I mean if we even had a wheelbarrow, that would be something.

If all politicians fished instead of spoke publicly, we would be at peace with the world.

It would be great to be able to follow in the footsteps of Bill Murray. I really respect his ability as a comedian, obviously, but even more so as an actor.

Many psychologists ... thought by turning their attention to their own consciousness to be able to explain what happened when we were thnking. Or they sought to attain the same end by asking another person a question, by means of which certain processes of thought would be excited, and then by questioning the person about the introspection he had made. It is obvious ... that nothing can be discovered in such experiments.

From the employees' standpoint, in 1935, Social Security was a big gamble. Employees would be required to participate in the program, contributing a percentage of their income for their entire adult working life.

The ideal set-up would be the story man, the director, and the layout man, as well as musician, operating as a sort of story unit. They all should be keenly interested in the picture. No one in person should donate to an extent where he would keep the others from entering into the production and freely expressing themselves.

Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did less.

Perfect is determined in shortened measures of time, not over long periods of time or lifetimes. It would be unnatural.

In addition to English, at least one ancient language, probably Greek or Hebrew, and two modern languages would be required.

It would be good if you opened your heart to the fullness of time and spirit.

If the infinite had no me, then me would be its limit. It would not be the infinite, therefore it would not be.

If print was invented tomorrow, it would be the death of digital.

I would be a disaster as a prime minister.

When I played football, I liked being a goalkeeper or a midfielder. I was probably better at cricket. I would be a very good cricketer if I was a professional now. I think I would probably have been the best, in fact.

The function of memory is not only to preserve, but also to throw away. If you remembered everything from your entire life, you would be sick.