Could Have Been Quotes:

My career could have been prolonged for longer

- Micky Quinn

topic: Careers, Could Have Been, Has Beens

I am always frustrated when I see situations that could have been handled simpler.

- Renee Lawless

topic: Frustrated, Situation, Could Have Been

If he had had no education, maybe Basho could have been a much greater poet.

- Nanao Sakaki

topic: Poet, Could Have Been, Has Beens

Don’t think about it. Don’t think about what could have been. It’s too unbearable.

- Sophie Kinsella

topic: Thinking, Unbearable, Could Have Been

I'm no liar. I could have been wrong, but I ended up not being [wrong]. But I'm no liar.

- Stephen A. Smith

source: Source: www.theroot.com

topic: Liars, Could Have Been, Has Beens

Photography could have been invented in color. Colors existed.

- Jean-Luc Godard

topic: Photography, Color, Could Have Been

It could have been worse. I could have been born black.

- Stevie Wonder

topic: Black, Born, Could Have Been

I had been alone more than I could have been had I gone by myself.

- Sylvia Plath

topic: Gone, Could Have Been, Has Beens

The person I miss most is the one I could have been.

- George Bernard Shaw

topic: Missing, Persons, Could Have Been

Is there anyone... who will maintain that the Party System could have been created by people particularly fond of truth?

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

source: "What's Wrong with the World". Book of by G. K. Chesterton, Part Three: Feminism, or The Mistake About Woman, Ch. 11: The School for Hypocrites, 1910.

topic: Party, People, Could Have Been

What happened to you could have been worse - it could have happened to me.

- Ashleigh Brilliant

topic: Happened, Could Have Been, Has Beens

I am not, and never was, and never could have been, a brutal scoundrel.

- Vladimir Nabokov

source: Vladimir Nabokov (2011). “The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated”, p.204, Vintage

topic: Scoundrels, Brutal, Could Have Been

There was a possibility I could have been under surveillance.

- Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

topic: Surveillance, Possibility, Could Have Been

God, I wish you could have been there.

- J. D. Salinger

source: J.D. Salinger (1951). “The Catcher in the Rye”

topic: Wish, Wish You, Could Have Been

It could have been the whole thing where you stabbed him.

- Cassandra Clare

topic: Whole, Could Have Been, Has Beens

Sometimes I'm scared of being Ozzy Osbourne. But it could have been worse. I could have been Sting.

- Ozzy Osbourne

source: "The Osbournes". TV Series, 2002-2005.

topic: Scared, Sometimes, Could Have Been

Our suffering is caused by holding on to how things might have been, should have been, could have been.

- Stephen Levine

source: Stephen Levine, Ondrea Levine (2012). “Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying”, p.3, Anchor

topic: Suffering, Might, Holding On, Could Have Been

Don't waste time thinking about what could have been when you could be thinking about what could be.

- Christopher Jones

topic: Thinking, Waste, Wasting Time, Don't Waste Time, Could Have Been

You really can't worry about stuff you can't control... You need to focus on getting where you need to be and not worry about what could have been and what should have been.

- Robbie Lawler

topic: Mma, Worry, Focus, Could Have Been

Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.

- Abba Eban

topic: Differences, Tragedy, Could Have Been

We could have been happy. I know that, and it is perhaps the hardest thing to know.

- Ally Condie

topic: Lonely, Hardest, Hardest Thing, Could Have Been

History is a novel that has been lived, a novel is history that could have been.

- Edmond de Goncourt

topic: Novel, Could Have Been

It's amazing the things you realize when you lose someone: you get mad at yourself for not saying the things you could've a million times, you take for granted the days spent doing nothing when you could have been with them. Anyone can be taken, at any time in our lives, but we always wait until they're gone to say the things we never had the courage to before.

- Melody Carlson

topic: Taken, Mad, Waiting, Could Have Been

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.

- Oprah Winfrey

topic: Forgiveness, Giving Up, Past, Could Have Been

You know what the true definition of hell is? It's when you die, you get to meet the person you could have been.

- Frank Mir

topic: Sports, Definitions, Hell, Trueness, Could Have Been

It could have been like a fairy tale. But fairy tales aren't real. Things don't work like that. There's a price for everything.

- Maureen Johnson

topic: Real, Fairy Tale, Tales, Could Have Been

The word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced and contrasted and compared to sadness. In comparing how an experience could have been worse we develop gratitude and happiness, while if we compare it how it could have been better we develop bitterness and sadness.

- Carl Jung

topic: Gratitude, Sadness, Bitterness, Could Have Been

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.

- Konrad Adenauer

topic: Government, History, Historical, Could Have Been

Sometimes you have to look into a mirror and look at the worst you could have been if you're ever going to know the best you were meant to be.

- Christopher Plummer

topic: Mirrors, Looks, Were Meant To Be, Could Have Been

When a couple gets to the last stage, one or both partners may have an affair. But an affair is usually a symptom of a dying marriage, not the cause. The end of that marriage could have been predicted long before either spouse strayed.

- John M. Gottman

topic: Couple, Long, Dying, Could Have Been

I could have been a great many things.

- Louisa May Alcott

topic: Could Have Been

Most failures could have been converted into successes if someone had held on another minute or made more effort.

- Napoleon Hill

topic: Effort, Made, Minutes, Could Have Been

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring, What Is Forgiveness, Anger And Forgiveness

As a player leaving early, you always look back and wonder what could have been. But you have to be happy with your decisions, because you ultimately have to live with them.

- Gilbert Arenas

topic: Could Have Been

Take stock of your thoughts and behavior. Each night ask yourself, when were you negative when you could have been positive? When did you withhold love when you might have given it? When did you play a neurotic game instead of behaving in a powerful way? Use this process to self-correct.

- Marianne Williamson

source: "10 Ways to Stay Spiritually Connected" by Marianne Williamson, www.oprah.com. May 2010.

topic: Powerful, Night, Self, Old Love, Could Have Been

We throw away what we could have been and waste our opportunities. We each have a purpose, a destiny, and to realize it, we must reach beyond what we think we are capable of.

- Colleen Houck

topic: Opportunity, Destiny, Thinking, Could Have Been

But...as bad as it was, I learned something about myself. That I could go through something like that and survive. I mean, I know it could have been worse--a lot worse-- but for me, it was all I could have handled at the time. And I learned from it.

- Nicholas Sparks

topic: Mean, Could Have Been

There is a very good chance I could have been a screw-up for the rest of my life.

- Brandon Thomas

topic: Screw Ups, Chance, Very Good, Could Have Been

The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.

- Wes Moore

source: Wes Moore (2010). “The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates”, p.11, Spiegel & Grau

topic: Tragedy, Stories, Chill, Could Have Been

It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.

- Alan Paton

topic: Habit, Could Have Been

I honestly didn't even know who the coach was when I was coming to New York. I just wanted to win a championship; I didn't even know who was coaching. I didn't care. It could have been Aunt Jemima. They could have had the syrup coaching. I was coming here regardless. I just wanted to win a championship here.

- Metta World Peace

topic: New York, Aunt, Winning, Syrup, Could Have Been

With all the opportunities I had, I could have done more. And if I'd done more, I could have been quite remarkable.

- Katharine Hepburn

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Opportunity, Done, Remarkable, Could Have Been

This is a sad, regrettable day that all of us wish could have been avoided.

- Gary Bettman

source: "NHL cancel remainder of the season". www.cnn.com. February 16, 2005.

topic: Nhl, Nhl Lockout, Wish, Could Have Been

I always thought that Elvis could have been a great actor, and that he was put in a lot of unimportant movies when he could have done a lot of great ones.

- Patti Page

source: Interview with David Adams, www.elvis.com.au. November 29, 2005.

topic: Redneck, Actors, Done, Could Have Been

If with so little we have done so much in Brazil, imagine what could have been done on a global scale, if the fight against hunger and poverty were a real priority for the international community.

- Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

topic: Real, Fighting, Priorities, Hunger And Poverty, International Community

I wished that I could have been down there because Paul actually wanted me to do the tour with him, but then he realized that it just wouldn't be right. It wouldn't be a solo tour anymore. It would look like just half of KISS.

- Eric Carr

topic: Kissing, Looks, Half, Could Have Been

I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades.

- Duffy Daugherty

topic: Football, College, Grades, College Sports, Football Coaching

We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.

- Albert Einstein

topic: Science, Discovery, Taught, Make In India, India Independence Day

Nothing could have been worse for the development of my mind than Dr. Butler's school, as it was strictly classical, nothing else being taught, except a little ancient geography and history. The school as a means of education to me was simply a blank. During my whole life I have been singularly incapable of mastering any language. Especial attention was paid to versemaking, and this I could never do well. I had many friends, and got together a good collection of old verses, which by patching together, sometimes aided by other boys, I could work into any subject.

- Charles Darwin

topic: School, Mean, Boys, Geography And History, Could Have Been

It was a bit of a surprise for us that we had problems in Hungary. But in reality, I think the car could have been pretty competitive with a trouble-free race.

- Fernando Alonso

source: "Turkish GP: Renault preview". Motorsport.com Interview, www.motorsport.com. August 15, 2005.

topic: Reality, Thinking, Race, Hungary, Could Have Been

People spend a lifetime thinking abouthow they would really like to live. I asked my friends and no one seems to know very clearly. To me, it's very clear now. I wish my life could have been like the years when I was writing 'Love in the Time of Cholera.'

- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

topic: Writing, Thinking, Years, Cholera, Writing Love

When you can dump a load of bricks on a corner lot, and let me watch them arrange themselves into a house - when you can empty a handful of springs and wheels and screws on my desk, and let me see them gather themselves together into a watch - it will be easier for me to believe that all these thousands of worlds could have been created, balanced, and set to moving in their separate orbits, all without any directing intelligence at all.

- Bruce Barton

topic: Spring, Believe, Moving, Moving In, Could Have Been

Chamberlain's stubborn, fanatical insistence on giving Hitler what he wanted, his trips to Berchtesgaden and Godesberg and finally the fateful journey to Munich rescued Hitler from his limb and strengthened his position in Europe, in Germany, in the Army, beyond anything that could have been imagined a few weeks before. It also added immeasurably to the power of the Third Reich.

- William L. Shirer

source: "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany". Book by William L. Shirer, 1960.

topic: Army, Journey, Europe, Chamberlain, Could Have Been

I always say it took me 10 minutes to write 'Cars,' but if I am honest it could have been even less than that - and it has been a really successful song over the years. It is still massively used, in advertising, in films, and people do cover versions of it a lot.

- Gary Numan

topic: Song, Writing, Successful, Could Have Been

How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if the disputants had dared to define their terms

- Aristotle

topic: Disputes, Term, Paragraph, Could Have Been

My folks tried to make a preacher of me and missed by a narrow margin… I would have made a good one if I hadn’t fallen into the fatal folly of reading anything I could lay hands on. With just a touch more self confidence and a liberal helping of ignorance I could have been a famous evangelist.

- Robert A. Heinlein

topic: Reading, Ignorance, Self Confidence, Evangelists, Could Have Been

It was not perfect but I'm very happy. It could have been better, but I'm now looking forward to my second race of the season.

- Usain Bolt

topic: Motivational, Race, Perfect, Could Have Been

I want you to be happy, you're my best friend. But it's so hard to let you go now with all that could have been. I'll always have the memories. She'll always have you. Fate has a way of changing just when you don't want it to. Throw away the chains, let love fly away. Till love comes again, I'll be okay.

- Amanda Marshall

topic: Memories, Lost Love, Fate, I Want You To Be Happy, Fly Away

Peter, in showing that the Church is one and that only those who are in the Church can be saved, said: "In the Ark of Noah certain persons, numbering only eight, were saved by water, which Baptism effects in like manner for you" (1 Peter 3:20). He proves and demonstrates that the solitary Ark of Noah was the figure of the One Church. If, at the time of this Baptism of the world anyone could have been saved without having been in the Ark of Noah, then he who is outside the Church could now be brought to life by Baptism.

- Cyprian

topic: Eight, Water, Baptism, Could Have Been

I enjoy writing songs that could have been written before [my time]. When I feel like I'm tapping into a deep vein in the body of American music, it gives me strength as a writer, like I'm dipping my pen into a deep ink well. That's the folk music tradition. Like Pete Seeger said, 'Everyone's a link in the chain.' It's a strong chain, so rely on it. ... I believe it takes all those great songs in the past to make your song even a little bit good.

- Ketch Secor

topic: Song, Strong, Believe, Give Me Strength, Could Have Been

I was afraid of last place, ... There were a lot of fears. Below .500 - I never thought I'd see that here. Then, losing 100 games seemed like a possibility, then 90 games. All of those things could have been a reality here. The grave seemed like a reality here, but the guys didn't let it happen.

- Felipe Alou

topic: Reality, Games, Guy, Last Place, Could Have Been

The team was going into transition. The team that we had could not continue to exist. Because of age, injury, it could not get to that same level. It had to change. I wish this team could have been frozen in time for 10 years, but that's not the reality.

- Geoff Petrie

topic: Team, Reality, Years, Frozen In Time, Could Have Been

Music was born of love. Had there never been any human affection, there never could have been uttered a strain of music.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

source: Joseph Lewis, Robert Green Ingersoll (1957). “Ingersoll the Magnificent: To which Has Been Added a Special Arrangement of Some Gems from Ingersoll for Inspiration, Wisdom, and Courage”

topic: Art, Affection, Born, Could Have Been