Would Quotes

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?

If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.

Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back.

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values.

Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

I think it would be great if there were no age limit.

Women would rather be right than reasonable.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.