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I could have been a contender, if I'd cared enough. — Simon R. Green

Yes, the pyramids have been built, but if you give me 300,000 disciplined men and give me 30 years, I could build a bigger one. — Werner Herzog

National Socialism is what Marxism might have been if it could have broken its absurd and artificial ties with the democratic order. — Adolf Hitler

I played the clarinet, and my sister played the violin ... If we'd had the discipline and the passion, maybe we could have been good. — Sara Zarr

I put myself and all the members of Congress in the same boat of things that could have been done better. — John Breaux

But I know that I'm not who I was supposed to be. Who I could have been. And I know it's because I was too afraid for too long. — Nancy Werlin

Collin! What a gorgeous name. Then again his name could have been Cracker Jack and I would have thought it was just as wonderful. — Nicole Gulla

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

I could not fill those expectations. I've never been presented to the queen," Hamilton said. "Because we live in America and don't have a queen. — Jen Turano

With the benefit of hindsight, had more care been taken, maybe this could have been avoided — Eason Jordan

I hope you're pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed - or worse, expelled. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to bed. — J.K. Rowling

A hand closed around her arm, warm and hard, and it could possibly have been comforting if she had possessed the faintest idea whose appendage it was. — Lilith Saintcrow

I was always being creative. I could never have played a defensive role because I would have been forced to destroy the other player's creativity. — Eric Cantona

Those who fixate on what could have been are bound to miss what already is. — Sara Secora

Decades of Saddam's rule made what could have been a fairly rich country, due to its oil reserves, into a very poor one. — Chris Kyle

I'd assumed Jack's death was the worst that I could endure. Matthew might have been preparing me for both of their murders. Dear — Kresley Cole

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

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

I don't see how I possibly could have come from where I entered the planet to where I am now if there had not been angels along the way. — Della Reese

The Goliath could have been carrying a squadron of the new - and seemingly disposable - TIE fighters. — James Luceno

This story is very simple, although it could have been very complicated. Also, it's incomplete, because stories like this don't have an ending. — Roberto Bolano

Perhaps I shouldn't have been influenced by the idea that my name could be spread across the entire world. — Christian Lacroix

He could have exchanged his name and address with any of his neighbours, and nothing would have been different. — Hermann Hesse

Even if Lady Macbeth could have removed that damn spot, wouldn't her hands have been red from all of the scrubbing? — Jonathan Safran Foer

I could have been a Vincent Young y'all know nothing about. I was on the wrong road, and it was a hard, hard time. — Vince Young

Michael Brown and Eric Garner died because they got into a confrontation that could have been easily avoided. That's what made their deaths so tragic. — Mike Rowe

I wish I could have been there to tell you to never trust a boy with star eyes. They blind you like a deer in headlights." I — Zoraida Cordova

There is no point in imagining that if one had been there, one could have prevented a thing that had happened only because it had not been prevented — Alan Paton

I have never been to a brothel. I don't think I could go into one. — Stephen Rea

If looks could have killed, Susan would have been bleeding profusely from the forehead. — Julia Quinn

I've never been obsessed by how I looked. In fact, I would rather have looked more ordinary so I could play more parts more truthfully. — Marian Seldes

You have been running, Jo. How could you? When will you stop such romping ways? said Meg reprovingly. — Louisa May Alcott

A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show he would have been a wonderful writer if only he could! — Brian Lumley

Imagine if we all walked around looking at strangers and thinking, You could have been my son or daughter. Imagine. — Karin Evans

I never saw 'Titanic' as a springboard for bigger films or bigger pay cheques. I knew it could have been that, but I knew it would have destroyed me. — Kate Winslet

Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that. — Fran Drescher

She could have been an interior decorator, a good one, too, if it wasn't for the pressing demands of so on and so forth. — Ellen Raskin

All my life I have been honest-comparatively honest. I could never use money I had not made honestly-I could only lend it. — Mark Twain

Creating is the means to breathe life into something that never was, could have been, or someday might be. — L.M. Fields

It could have been possible to put a little more fuck you into his tone, but some of it might've slopped out the sides. — Lilith Saintcrow

Could my problem have been that I was looking for validation in the wrong places all along? — Liz Prince

I've been worried for a long time. I've just been doing what I could. I don't really have much choice. — Makoto Shinkai

How different our life could have been and how different we could have been as a person if one little decision was altered. — M.B. Julien

Looking back though, she knew that nothing could have been as unfamiliar as this grief — Nicola Upson

She could have written a treatise on the danger of dresses in about thirty seconds, but it wouldn't have been printable. — Michelle Sagara

Things could not have been brought into being by God in any manner or in any order different from that which has in fact obtained. — Baruch Spinoza

Tatiana: "Why did we spend two days fighting when we could have been doing this?"
Alexander: "That wasn't fighting, Tatiana. That was foreplay. — Paullina Simons

It was not the future they'd been objecting to, but the loss of the past. As if it was his fault that you could now have one without the other — Alice McDermott

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

Joe might have called that place godforsaken but I could see a whole lot of proof that if there was a God, He'd been there. — Vikki Wakefield

I suppose my mother could have been a witch if she had chosen to. But she met my father, who was a rather saintly clergyman, and he cancelled her out. — Mary Stewart

I could have killed her when we first met and I've been out of jail by now. — Waylon Jennings

Perfect night, wasn't it?"
"It could have been." I smiled up at him. "But you were there. — Kelley Armstrong

History is a novel that has been lived, a novel is history that could have been. — Edmond De Goncourt

The art critics on some of Britain's newspapers could as easily have been assigned gardening or travel, and been cheerfully employed for life. — Charles Saatchi

The silence was unbearable to him. If the pictures could have reflected the feelings inside him, they would have been screaming in pain. — J.K. Rowling

My life has been the poem I could have writ
But I could not both live and utter it. — Henry David Thoreau

Funny how the darkness smelled the same everywhere. She could have been anywhere in the universe, anywhere at all. — Anne Corlett

If I could take a punch like that, I might have been able to think up a name besides George for all my sons. — George Foreman

If I could do one thing over I'd have been nicer to my parents. — January Jones

A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo. — Richard Pryor

History teaches us that the past is full of luck and chance and circumstance, without any one of which, life could have been radically different. — Arthur Goldberg

The first record I bought myself could have been 'Oh Lonesome Me' by Don Gibson or 'Wake Up Little Susie' by the Everly Brothers. — John Oates

It was terrible if you looked at things the way they could have been, but if you concentrated on what there was, it didn't look too bad. — Elizabeth Cadell

All this could have been avoided if I were less pretty. — Gillian Flynn

If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived. — Ben Hogan

The boy in the pearl gray suit could have been Jane's twin. His hair was darker, and his lips were not as full, but he was just as lovely. — Stephenie Meyer

And everywhere I turned: Riley and Amelia.
I suppose this could have been because I was always following them around. — Jaclyn Moriarty

I wasn't very good in academics, but I could have been if I could have studied well. I was a smart kid. — Virat Kohli

Do you think I could have come to you again and again, if you had been less alone?
You called me and I answered — Leigh Bardugo

If I could have done anything more, it would have been less — Artie Shaw

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

I don't think it's things that used to be that haunt us, but things that could have been. — Matthew Baker

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

Like most thin-skinned people who have been snubbed, he could not leave the snubbers alone. — M.C. Beaton

There's no point dwelling on what might or could have been. You just have to go forward. — Jack Nicholson

Is this what's going to make you happy?'
'How different everything could have been, if you had thought to ask me that before. — Marissa Meyer

I could have been a superstar in America - I was certainly taken out there. But I said, 'No way, Jose, I'm not staying here in this madhouse.' — Charlotte Rampling

A shadow disappeared into one of the shops, but it could have been anyone. Nevertheless, I had the uneasy feeling that someone was following us. — Embee

And he raised his glass to her. It could have been a compliment. Or the most sarcastic gesture anyone had ever made to her. — Lisa Kleypas

Just like I'd expected,kissing him did nothing,I could have been kissing my arm and gotten more of a rise out it. — J.J. McAvoy

We all spend our lives living beside the people we could have been. — Richard Zimler

Some moments I believed Max could've easily been Red Riding Hood's wolf. But she probably would have liked it. — Shannon Delany

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

It was five, but it could have been six, seven or eight goals, in my opinion. — Robin Van Persie

It could have been a month or, It could have been a year, But I, I gave up long before, Long before you cared. — Sara Quin

If joy could break windows and hallelujahs could break floorboards, this church would have been broken down by noon. — Hannah Brencher

I could have been a great many things. — Louisa May Alcott

If Saul could have had you for his David, the evil spirit would have been exorcised without the aid of the harp. — Charlotte Bronte

The time we spend caring about people and loving them could have also been used for manipulating and seducing. — M.F. Moonzajer

I like things to be what they're going to be. Not what they were. Or could have been. — Angie Smibert

While I've never 'phoned in' a performance, I think I have given some performances where I could have been a bit braver. — James Nesbitt

Children are everything we could have been. — Bryant McGill

Every path is the right path. Everything could've been anything else. And it would have just as much meaning. — Mr. Nobody

Julie's voice could have been used to tune a piano. She was pitch perfect - and I never was. I was enjoyably close. — Dick Van Dyke

You have been in every way all that anyone could be. ... If anybody could have saved me it would have been you. — Jennifer Niven

I have had a lot of readers of my book tell me that they like it, but so far only two reviews have been listed. Could you help? — Rollis Fontenot Jr

And now that I have been scammed once, I felt like it could not happen to me again. — Vann Chow

I could recall countless illustrations of men and women who have encountered Jesus Christ ... Their whole lives have been transformed. — Billy Graham

I would have been better than Adolf Hitler. I could have delivered his speeches a lot better ... that's for certain. — Klaus Kinski