“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.” NeedsShouldHas BeensStuffWorryFocusShould HaveMmaCould Have BeenShould Have Been Author:Robbie Lawler
“It was my view that the catastrophe. . . . could have been avoided if Vasilevsky had taken the position he should have. He could have taken a different position. . . . but he didn't do that, and as a result, in my view, he had a hand in the destruction of thousands of Red Army fighters in the Kharkov campaign.” IfsShouldHas BeensDifferentHandsResultsViewsTakenPositionRedDestructionShould HaveArmyCampaignsFighterCatastropheCould Have BeenAvoidedRed Army Author:Aleksandr Vasilevsky
“God knows we have our own demons to be cast out, our own uncleanness to be cleansed. Neurotic anxiety happens to be my own particular demon, a floating sense of doom that has ruined many of what could have been, should have been, the happiest days of my life, and more than a few times in my life I have been raised from such ruins, which is another way of saying that more than a few times in my life I have been raised from death - death of the spirit anyway, death of the heart - by the healing power that Jesus calls us both to heal with and to be healed by.” KnowsWayShouldHeartHas BeensHappensSpiritJesusMy OwnHealingParticularAnxietyShould HaveRaisedCastsHealRuinsDemonRuinedFloatingAnother WayCould Have BeenDoomGod KnowsHealedNeuroticShould Have Been Author:Frederick Buechner
“Spaceflight will never tolerate carelessness, incapacity, and neglect. Somewhere, somehow, we screwed up. It could have been in design, build, or test. Whatever it was, we should have caught it. We were too gung ho about the schedule and we locked out all of the problems we saw each day in our work. Every element of the program was in trouble and so were we. The simulators were not working, Mission Control was behind in virtually every area, and the flight and test procedures changed daily.” ShouldHas BeensProblemBehindsSawsTroubleDesignChangedElementsAreasProgramShould HaveTestsSafetyCaughtMissionsFlightEach DayAviationNeglectLockedTolerateSchedulesCould Have BeenProceduresScrewed UpCarelessnessIncapacitySpaceflight Book:Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond Source: Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
“I'm happy with my career but I could have been happier if I could have been treated like a champion should have been treated because management and fighters take advantage of fighters.” IfsShouldHas BeensCareersAdvantageShould HaveManagementTreatedFighterChampionIf I CouldCould Have BeenShould Have Been Author:Larry Holmes
“Thousands of years of ideological, philosophical and practical decisions were made. They altered the surface of the earth, the coordinates of our souls. For every one of those decisions, maybe there's another decision that could have been made, should have been made.” ShouldYearsHas BeensMadeSoulEarthDecisionShould HavePhilosophicalSurfacePracticalsCould Have BeenShould Have BeenIdeologicalAlteredCoordinates Author:Arundhati Roy
“Think of US slavery in 1850, or the subjection of women. Both of these injustices could have been - and were! - defended by pointing out, quite correctly, that this situation of slaves and women had been improving throughout the preceding century. Slaves, in particular, were worked less hard, beaten and raped less frequently, better fed, and less often ripped apart from their families. So would a celebration of moral progress have been appropriate in 1850? Surely not. Slavery could have been and should have been abolished - then, if not before.” IfsThinkingShouldHas BeensHardSituationMoralProgressCenturyParticularShould HaveSlaverySlaveInjusticeAppropriateFedsCelebrationBeatenImprovingPointingCould Have BeenShould Have BeenRippedSubjection Author:Thomas Pogge
“I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said 'Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is.'” KnowsShouldHas BeensSaidFeelingsWisdomFatherPositiveDadShould HaveWake UpMy DadNot SureDesperateBreakupHeartbrokenCould Have BeenBreak UpShould Have BeenBeing PositiveIt Is What It IsBroke UpBroken Up Author:Nicole Kidman
“I would have done the same thing I did. I would have put all my energy into loving someone that wasn't you. I would have tried in vain, every day, to not think about you, and what could have been. What should have been. I would have tried to convince myself that there's no such thing as true love, except for the love you yourself make work, even though I know better....The bottom line is I never had any business marrying anyone who wasn't you.” ThinkingKnowsShouldHas BeensDoneEnergyLinesLove YouShould HaveBottomVainConvinceCould Have BeenBottom LineShould Have BeenLoving SomeoneMarrying Author:Jonathan Tropper
“Be who you are, said the Duchess to Alice, or, if you would like it put more simply, never try to be what you might have been or could have been other than what you should have been.” IfsShouldTryingHas BeensSaidMightDestinyShould HaveWho You AreMight Have BeenCould Have BeenShould Have BeenBe Who You AreDuchess Author:Lewis Carroll