Quotes with might-have-been

Quotes 3601 till 3620 of 9541.

  • Karl William Kapp If there had been a computer in 1872 it would have predicted that by now there would be so many horse-drawn vehicles that the entire surface of the earth would be ten feet deep in horse manure.
    Karl William Kapp
    German-American economist (1910 - 1976)
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  • Orson Welles If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girl friends. And they tolerated it and let us go ahead and play with our toys.
    Orson Welles
    American film maker (1915 - 1985)
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  • Thomas Paine If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • Noam Chomsky If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.
    Noam Chomsky
    American Linguist, Political Activist (1928 - )
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  • Bertrand Russell If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Toni Morrison If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
    Toni Morrison
    American novelist, essayist, editor (1931 - 2019)
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  • Jeremy Taylor If these little sparks of holy fire which I have thus heaped up together do not give life to your prepared and already enkindled spirit, yet they will sometimes help to entertain a thought, to actuate a passion, to employ and hallow a fancy.
    Jeremy Taylor
    British churchman and writer (1613 - 1667)
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  • Vance Havner If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.
    Vance Havner
    American writer
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  • Bobby Seale If they had not murdered Malcolm X, there probably never would have been a Black Panther Party.
    Bobby Seale
    American political activist (1936 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen If they had told me I was the janitor and would have to mop up and clean the toilets after the show in order to play, I probably would have done it.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Benazir Bhutto If they only showed this much spunk when it came to containing the terrorists I don't think we would have such a problem.
    On being prevented from participating in a march for democracy and being placed under house arrest. TIME video interview (13 November 2007).
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • Carl Levin If they understand, which I believe they really are sensing, that the alternative the Republicans have been offering is to repeal what we've done, to go back to Bush policies - and if you asked the public what would you prefer, Bush economic policies or Obama economic policies, they take and prefer Obama economic policies.
    Carl Levin
    American attorney (1934 - )
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  • Brendan Coyle If this TV success had come in my twenties and I'd become a heart-throb, I would have been very stupid. I would have got into a lot of situations that I really wished I hadn't.
    Brendan Coyle
    English-Irish actor (1962 - )
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  • William Shakespeare If to do were as easy as to know, what were good to do, chapels had been churches and poor men's cottages princes'palaces.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Carly Fiorina If values matter in an organisation, you have to be prepared to act consistently.
    Carly Fiorina
    American businesswoman and political (1954 - )
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  • Algernon Sidney If vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established.
    Algernon Sidney
    English politician (1623 - 1683)
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  • Criss Angel If we all looked out for each other a little bit more, I think we wouldn't have a lot of the crisis that we have in today's society.
    Criss Angel
    American magician, illusionist and musician (1967 - )
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  • Bee Wilson If we are going to change our diets, we first have to relearn the art of eating, which is a question of psychology as much as nutrition. We have to find a way to want to eat what's good for us.
    Bee Wilson
    British food writer, journalist and historian
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  • Ben Stein If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Bruce Kent If we are really anxious not to have nuclear weapons in Iran, the first thing is to call an international conference on abolishing all nuclear weapons, including Israeli nuclear weapons.
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