#could

And though my Lord hath lost his estate and been banished out of his country, yet neither despised poverty nor pinching necessity could make him break the bonds of friendship or weaken his loyal duty. ↗

— Margaret Cavendish

#been #bonds #break #could #country

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through. ↗

— Jules Verne

#am #believe #cat #cats #cloud

The countdown reached ten seconds and I could almost hear an invisible crescendo of stirring background music. 'Anchors aweigh!' Five, four, three, two, one... and we had ignition! ↗

— Gene Cernan

#anchors #background #could #five #four

In the 1920s you could buy stocks on margin. You could put 10 percent down and borrow the rest against your stocks. ↗

— Ron Chernow

#borrow #buy #could #down #margin

Oh, if I could put some of my reckless spirit into these discreet cautious lazy men! ↗

— Mary Chesnut

#could #discreet #i #if i could #into

My father was an American who could cuss in Italian and make an aria out of it. It was wonderful to watch. But then again, he was a Gemini. I believe in that stuff. ↗

— Dominic Chianese

#american #aria #believe #could #cuss

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#good #make #never #peace #rarely

But I love the idea - whether it's in my work or where I live - exploring new frontier, and I like putting myself in strange places and trying to survive and figure things out and gather up an infrastructure. I like knowing that I could figure out a way to live anywhere. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#could #exploring #figure #frontier #gather

Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself. ↗

— Luc de Clapiers

#bind #closely #could #failings #itself

I had a quick ear and could pick up languages. ↗

— Diane Cilento

#ear #had #i #languages #pick