I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost too much for me.
I think as a filmmaker my first contribution would just be to make a good movie that people would love to see and leave the theatre charged, with a sense of excitement.
But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited my talents.
A government full of Democrats would rather have you be a Republican, and a government full of Republicans would rather have you be a Democrat, than have you oppose both.
We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
The fact that President-elect Kennedy would be the first Catholic president did not sit well with many Americans. There was a fear that, as president, Kennedy's decisions would be based on his religion and dictated by the pope.
Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and he said so openly.
Our most famous writers are Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. It would make sense that the poetry would reflect some of those same values, some of the same techniques.
We would fight not for the political future of a distant city, rather for principles whose destruction would ruin the possibility of peace and security for the peoples of the earth.
I've been called funny. I assume my wife thinks I'm funny. But generally, if you bumped into me and said hello, I would say hello back, politely. And that would be it.
Just think about it: what in the name of God would Alabama be without the University of Alabama? What would Oklahoma be without the University of Oklahoma? Nothing.
We must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy.
I swear to God, I would marry the first person who asked me, just because it seems so completely impossible that anyone would ask.
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
As a life's work, I would remember everything - everything, against loss. I would go through life like a plankton net.
You know, I auditioned for 'Titanic.' Sometimes I muse on what would have happened. That would have been such a different life.
I don't always trust my own instincts. It would be nice if someone else would tell me what I should do with my life!
I thought that my life would be spent working in a bookstore, teaching community college, and making music in my spare time that no one would be willing to listen to.
The force that keeps the planets revolving around the sun would be glad to handle the circumstances of your life, if only you would ask him to.
I guess if life were fair, people who led decent lives would be rewarded, and people who led indecent lives would not be rewarded.
In my fantasy I was always the savior. I would come to Peanuts land and save everybody. Charlie Brown would fall madly in love with me. Peppermint Patty was so jealous.
