“The memo's chief function ... is as a track-coverer, so that you can turn on someone six months later and snarl: 'Well, you should have known about it, I sent you a memo.” ShouldWellsTurnsWorkKnownMonthsOfficeSixLettersShould HaveFunctionTrackChiefsSix MonthsTurn-onShould Have KnownMemos Author:Jilly Cooper
“From a very early age, perhaps the age of five or six, I knew that when I grew up I should be a writer. Between the ages of about seventeen and twenty-four I tried to abandon this idea, but I did so with the consciousness that I was outraging my true nature and that sooner or later I should have to settle down and write books.” ShouldWritingBookIdeasAgeConsciousnessFiveFourGrewSixGrew UpShould HaveTwentiesDown AndSettlingAbandonSooner Or LaterTrue NatureSeventeenSettling Down Book:A Collection of Essays Source: A Collection of Essays
“Leaving wasn't a personal thing where I intentionally wanted to stick it to management or anyone. This is business. I felt I should have been rewarded for helping the Indians turn around a half century of losing. It was a shame they decided to treat me that way, after all I did for them. I helped this team go from one-hundred six losses to basically one-hundred six wins and into the World Series. And what do I get for it? Nothing.” WorldWayShouldHas BeensHelpingWantedTurnsWinningFeltLossHalfTeamCenturySixLosingHundredDecidedShould HaveTreatsShameManagementSticksSeriesLeavingShould Have BeenWorld SeriesPersonal Things Book:Don't Call Me Joey: The Wit and Wisdom of Albert Belle Source: Don't Call Me Joey: The Wit and Wisdom of Albert Belle
“For Social Security to be financially sound, the federal government should have $100 trillion - a sum of money six-and-a-half times the size of our entire economy - in the bank and earning interest right now. But it doesn't. And while many believe that Social Security represents our greatest entitlement problem, Medicare is six times larger in terms of unfunded obligations.” ShouldBelieveProblemGovernmentSocialSoundTermInterestHalfEconomySecurityRight NowSixShould HaveSizeObligationEarningFederal GovernmentSocial SecurityEntitlementMedicareHalf Time Author:John C. Goodman
“How are these people deserving huge payouts for losing weight when they should have done it without the camera or without a team helping them? Then, six months later you go back and find out where they are, and they're in a worse state than they were in before they joined the f - ing show. Then they blame the producer.” PeopleShouldStatesDoneHelpingShowsTeamHugeMonthsSixLosingShould HaveWeightCamerasBlameProducersSix MonthsDeserving Author:Gordon Ramsay
“I think when you're young and have that first burst of energy and make five or six pictures in a row that tell the stories of all the things in life you want to say... well, maybe those are the films that should have won me the Oscar.” ThinkingWantShouldFirstsWellsStoriesFilmYoungEnergyFiveSixShould HaveThings In LifeOscarsRelay Races Author:Martin Scorsese
“Every guitarist I would cross paths with would tell me that I should have a flashy guitar, whatever the latest fashion model was, and I used to say, 'Why? Mine works, doesn't it? It's a piece of wood and six strings, and it works.'” ShouldUsedPathPiecesFashionMinesSixModelsCrossesShould HaveGuitarWoodsStringsGuitaristFlashyFashion ModelGuitar Strings Author:Angus Young
“Even though I didn't notice it while it was happening, I got reminded in ninth grade of a few things I guess I should have known all along. 1. A first kiss after five months means more than a first kiss after five minutes. 2. Always remember what it was like to be six. 3. Never, ever stop believing in magic, no matter how old you get. Because if you keep looking long enough and don't give up, sooner or later you're going to find Mary Poppins. And if you're reall lucky, maybe even a purple balloon.” IfsGivingShouldFirstsBelieveMeanLongMatterEnoughRememberKnownFiveMagicMinutesMonthsLuckyKissingGiving UpSixHappeningsShould HaveGradesMarySooner Or LaterFive MinutesPurpleDon't Give UpBalloonsFirst KissOld YouShould Have KnownNinth GradeMy Most Excellent Year Author:Steve Kluger
“I'll not deny I am impressed by your mastery of six warrens, Quick Ben. In retrospect, you should have held back on at least half of what you command." The man made to rise. "But, Bauchelain," the wizard replied, "I did.” MenShouldMadeHalfSixShould HaveDenyCommandMasteryImpressedWizardsRetrospect Author:Steven Erikson
“I did have regrets these past six months,” he told me quietly. “I found it a curse as much as a blessing, all that time to think. About the things I could have said, that I should have told you . . .” ThinkingShouldSaidPastFoundRegretMonthsBlessingSixShould HaveCurseSix MonthsTime To Think Author:Karen Chance