Quotes with could

Quotes 421 till 440 of 1075.

  • Quentin Crisp If Mr. Vincent Price were to be co-starred with Miss Bette Davis in a story by Mr. Edgar Allan Poe directed by Mr. Roger Corman, it could not fully express the pent-up violence and depravity of a single day in the life of the average family.
    Quentin Crisp
    English writer and actor (1908 - 1999)
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  • Virginia Woolf If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure - the relationship so secret and private compared with relations with men. Why not write about it truthfully?
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Oscar Wilde If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Charles De Montesquieu If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.
    Charles De Montesquieu
    French philosopher (1689 - 1755)
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  • George Bernard Shaw if only I could still hear the wind in the trees, the larks in the sunshine, the young lambs crying through the healthy frost, and the blessed blessed church bells that send my angel voices floating to me on the wind.
    Saint Joan (1924)
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Katherine Mansfield If only one could tell true love from false love as one can tell mushrooms from toadstools.
    Katherine Mansfield
    New Zealand-born British Author (1888 - 1923)
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  • Alberto Giacometti If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then I wouldn't have to paint at all.
    Alberto Giacometti
    Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker (1901 - 1966)
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  • Alva Myrdal If only the authorities could be made to realize that the forces leading them on in the armament race are just insane.
    Alva Myrdal
    Swedish sociologist, diplomat and politician (1902 - 1986)
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  • Ben Elton If only the strength of the love that people feel when it is reciprocated could be as intense and obsessive as the love we feel when it is not; then marriages would be truly made in heaven.
    Ben Elton
    British-Australian comedian, author, playwright, actor and director (1959 - )
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  • Edith Wharton If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.
    Edith Wharton
    American Author (1862 - 1937)
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  • George Santayana If pain could have cured us we should long ago have been saved.
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • Oscar Wilde If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we must get rid of it.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Billy West If someone gave me the chance to create something, I put myself into it. I just want to try to do something that will last forever and that won't leave people saying, 'Gee, it could have been better, it could've been this, it could've been that.'
    Billy West
    American voice actor and musician (1952 - )
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  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali If such a young nation as the U.S. could make it to superpower status, we could do it as well.
    Ayaan Hirsi Ali
    Somali-born Dutch-American activist, feminist and author (1969 - )
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  • Edward F. Halifax If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.
    Edward F. Halifax
    British Conservative Statesman (1881 - 1959)
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  • Bob Filner If the President really wanted to know exactly how Rove and Libby were involved, he could walk down to their offices and demand that they answer him honestly.
    Bob Filner
    American politician (1942 - )
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  • James Baldwin If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • W. M. Thackeray If the secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader.
    W. M. Thackeray
    Indian-born, British novelist (1811 - 1863)
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  • Wyndham Lewis If the world would only build temples to Machinery in the abstract then everything would be perfect. The painter and sculptor would have plenty to do, and could, in complete peace and suitably honored, pursue their trade without further trouble.
    Wyndham Lewis
    British painter and author (1882 - 1957)
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  • Brad Bird If there are similarities, it's simply because the same thoughts that occurred to other people also occurred to me. I'd be astonished if anyone could come up with any truly original powers that were at all interesting any more.
    Brad Bird
    American animator, director and screenwriter (1957 - )
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