“The sooner we put Egypt on the right track, the sooner we would be able to have an Egypt that is modern, that is moderate, and that is acting as a beacon for freedom and liberty across the Arab world.” WorldWould BeAbleActingLibertyModernTrackEgyptModeratesFreedom And LibertyBeaconsArab WorldRight Track Author:Mohamed ElBaradei
“When I finished the juniors I felt, perhaps for about a year and a half, that everything was going to be the same and that I would be able to go out there and win any match. But it wasn't the case. I struggled. It took me time to adjust and to realise it was not going to happen like it did in the juniors. It was three years between the junior ranks and reaching the Australian Open, and even then, having reached the final against Hingis, I wasn't really realising what it would take to go higher.” YearsHappensWould BeAbleThreeWinningFeltSportsHalfCasesHigherFinalsFinishedReachingRealisingThree YearsJuniorsAustralian Author:Amelie Mauresmo
“Such expression is impossible in a cramped atmosphere. As I have no desire to offer civil disobedience I cannot write freely. As the author of satyagraha I cannot, consistently with my profession, suppress the vital part of myself for the sake of being able to write on permissible subjects. ... It would be like dealing with the trunk without the head.” WritingWould BeAbleDesireImpossibleAtheismSubjectsExpressionOffersSakePositive AtheismProfessionAtmosphereConsistentlyDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceTrunksSatyagraha Book:Satyagraha: Non-violent Resistance Source: Satyagraha: Non-violent Resistance
“The photos were taken by African Union soldiers. People in Congress saw them. I thought if people could see them, there would be public outcry. No one would be able to say, We just didn't know what was going on there.” PeopleIfsKnowsWould BeAbleLiteratureTakenSawsUnionsSoldierCongressAfrican Union Author:Nicholas D. Kristof
“What makes our opponents useful is that they allow us to believe that without them we would be able to realize our goals.” BelieveWould BeAbleGoalRealizingAtheismPositive AtheismOpponents Author:Jean Rostand
“I'd always thought that if I could get sober and stay sober, I would be able to have a career making music. My drug and alcohol addiction was the one thing holding me back. I had finally gotten the tools to stay sober, and it was just a matter of writing the songs.” IfsWritingMatterWould BeAbleSongCareersOne ThingDrugToolsAddictionAlcoholIf I CouldSoberDrugs And AlcoholAlcohol Addiction Author:Macklemore
“Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I have not seen the case in which his strength would be sufficient.” Would BeAbleCasesVirtueOne DaySufficient Author:Confucius
“I have no clue. I just know I would want to play the least amount of shows that the most people would be able to come to.” PeopleKnowsWantPlayShowsWould BeAbleAmountClue Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I'm not a wealthy person and I don't think that I would be able to prioritize that much money to go for a ride to a place that I have already lived. But if the price comes down or I win a lottery or something, why not?” IfsThinkingPersonsWould BeAbleWinningWealthyWhy NotLotteryPrioritize Author:Chris Hadfield
“If the people in a relationship were able to get rid of this torment within and replace it with happiness, love, and a sense of well-being, they would never think to hurt another human being. They would be filled with an understanding of others and an appreciation of others and have an ability to reconcile differences without any violence whatsoever, to reconcile differences in a very loving way, a very happy way.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayHumansWellsWould BeAbleUnderstandingDifferencesHurtHuman BeingsAbilityViolenceFilledAppreciationWell BeingVery HappyTormentReconcileHappiness LoveAppreciation Of Others Author:David Lynch
“I had never been able to believe that God would give us poor frail humans only one chance at making it -- that we would be assigned to some kind of hell because we failed during one experience of mortal life. ... So the concepts of karma and reincarnation made logical sense to me.” GivingBelieveHumansKindMadeWould BeAbleChancePoorHellConceptsKarmaMortalsLogicalReincarnationFrailOne Chance Author:Jane Goodall
“Blessed is he who invented recording! But what a pity that he was not born centuries earlier! Think only of all that we would be able to hear and therefore understand better. Oh, the unending research in libraries and museums, the readings and collations of texts, the maddening desire to know the truth!” ThinkingKnowsWould BeAbleDesireReadingBornMusicCenturyResearchBlessedLibraryPityMuseumsUnending Author:Wanda Landowska
“Out of the corner of one eye, I could see my mother. Out of the corner of the other eye, I could see her shadow on the wall, cast there by the lamplight. It was a big and solid shadow, and it looked so much like my mother that I became frightened. For I could not be sure whether for the rest of my life I would be able to tell when it was really my mother and when it was really her shadow standing between me and the rest of the world.” WorldBigsWould BeEyeAbleMotherWallShadowStandingCastsCornersFrightened Author:Jamaica Kincaid