#if i could

If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#could #disappointment #enough #entire #entire life

It would be thrilling if I could be boycotted or something. I think that's part of the thrill Madonna gets, when you know you've hit a nerve. But that doesn't scare me. To me what would be a lot scarier would be like appearing on an episode of 'Full House' or something. ↗

— Julie Brown

#could #episode #full #gets #hit

I wonder if I could make an electric bass. ↗

— Leo Fender

#could #electric #i #i wonder #if i could

If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist. ↗

— Enrico Fermi

#i #if i could #names #particles #remember

If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize. ↗

— Richard P. Feynman

#average person #been #could #explain #i

As I look back on the day I signed my professional contract in 1973, I've never gone to sleep wondering if I could pay the bills or take care of my family. That's what basketball has done for me. It's given me the greatest of thrills from high school to college to the Olympics to coaching to broadcasting. ↗

— Doug Collins

#basketball #bills #broadcasting #care #coaching

My contribution I hope is to get people to eat full-flavored food. If I could come away with that alone, that would be a fantastic accomplishment. I'm also very proud of being a very American chef. ↗

— Bobby Flay

#alone #also #american #away #being

So if I could just go back now to something which I am sure we should cover here regarding our original scenario: we have, in fact, four ways - four major potential lines of research. ↗

— Martin Fleischmann

#back #could #cover #fact #four

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#came #could #deliberately #die #discover

I've considered having my nose fixed. But I didn't trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror. ↗

— Barbra Streisand

#considered #could #enough #fixed #having