#could

I went to Concord, a young woman from the backwoods, firm in belief that Emerson was the first of living men. He was the modern Moses who had talked with God apart and could interpret Him to us. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

#belief #concord #could #emerson #firm

TO preach a sermon or edit a newspaper were the two things in life which I always felt I could do with credit to myself and benefit to the world, if I only had the chance. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

#benefit #chance #could #credit #edit

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#being #could #get #go #hope

We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay him. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#assassination #could #him #king #pay

But for me, being an editor I've been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial part of my time to what I love most. ↗

— Peter Davison

#being #books #could #crucial #editor

I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#believed #could #debt #government #government spending

You could accuse Republicans of a lot of things, but you could never convict us of being too conservative! ↗

— Jim DeMint

#being #conservative #convict #could #lot

I could eat gazpacho three times a day. ↗

— Tory Burch

#day #eat #i #three #times

I had a longing for ritual, something I could cling to, a routine to make me feel well and contented. I hoped that reading Bible commentaries and theological critiques would nudge me closer to some kind of absolute that I could hold up as a torch to light my way. ↗

— Jack Dee

#bible #cling #closer #commentaries #contented

All men would be tyrants if they could. ↗

— Daniel Defoe

#men #tyrants #would