If I could believe that this was said sincerely, I could put up with anything.
‐‐ Jean Racine
If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval.
‐‐ Ezra Pound
If I could cause world peace by taking someone out to lunch, I'd go, 'Well, war isn't that terrible.'
‐‐ Gilbert Gottfried
If I could change anything, I would definitely have had a father around. My father. I would definitely say it affected me deeply as a young man, coming up. Who doesn't want a father? Those are the beginnings, and those are what can dictate the roads you choose in life, and choosing them well.
‐‐ R. Kelly
If I could change my appearance, I would have the gap between my front teeth put back in.
‐‐ Thandie Newton
If I could change one thing about myself I'd be less highly strung. I find my sensibility quite high maintenance.
‐‐ Philippa Gregory
If I could change one thing about myself... I would try to control my generosity.
‐‐ Jimmy Cliff
If I could change the science system, my prescription for changing the whole thing would be organising it around big goals and building teams to do it.
‐‐ Craig Venter
If I could choose any car in the world, I'd get a Lamborghini, but I think that's a bit too much money. I'll start off with maybe a V8 or something.
‐‐ Kodi Smit-McPhee
If I could choose, I'd be bare feet with animals all around me and living in a tree house. Like Tarzan and Jane, that's my dream. I'm at my happiest around nature.
‐‐ Gisele Bundchen
If I could choose something besides fashion, I would love to be a ballerina.
‐‐ Carine Roitfeld
If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice.
‐‐ Nikki Giovanni
If I could compete at home, and never leave Rochester, I'd be in perfect condition.
‐‐ Katie Hoff
If I could create a world where people lived forever, or at the very least a few billion years, I would do so. I don't think humanity will always be stuck in the awkward stage we now occupy, when we are smart enough to create enormous problems for ourselves, but not quite smart enough to solve them.
‐‐ Eliezer Yudkowsky
If I could create an ideal world, it would be an England with the fire of the Elizabethans, the correct taste of the Georgians, and the refinement and pure ideals of the Victorians.
‐‐ H. P. Lovecraft
If I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one more than Congress has created in the last six months.
‐‐ Evan Bayh
If I could do anything, I'd be an engineer of some sort. I used to build robots.
‐‐ Genesis Rodriguez
If I could do anything in my life and be remembered for anything, I would like to be remembered for helping the world see the value of physical engagement with ideas.
‐‐ Margaret Wertheim
If I could do anything over, I'd have spent more time with my first set of children. I would have taken more quality time with them, for sure.
‐‐ Lee Trevino
If I could do it all over again, I'd be the mailman. I love housewives, and I hate dogs. What more is there?
‐‐ Norman Fell
If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him.
‐‐ Matt Kemp
If I could do one thing over I'd have been nicer to my parents.
‐‐ January Jones
If I could do shoes for anyone, it would be a special project for the Queen of England. She and the Pope are the ultimate clients.
‐‐ Christian Louboutin
If I could do theater during the hiatus and then do '30 Rock' in the winter, that would be my ideal job.
‐‐ Jane Krakowski
If I could do what Hilary Mantel does, I would probably do that. She is more intelligent and a better researcher and knows more what she's about than I do.
‐‐ Garth Risk Hallberg
If I could dress anyone, I'd like to dress the Queen - she can handle anything. I'd put her in black - she never wears black - and add a little leather, maybe. A little rock n' roll.
‐‐ Donatella Versace
If I could drink only one wine, it would be Champagne.
‐‐ Gary Vaynerchuk
If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive.
‐‐ Samuel Goldwyn
If I could eat only one thing for the rest of my life, it would be rhubarb fool, which I make with ginger and a hint of elderflower cordial.
‐‐ Sebastian Faulks
If I could eat without gaining weight or getting unhealthy, I would eat all the time.
‐‐ Corey Johnson
If I could edit Google Images, then I wouldn't be as scared of the Internet.
‐‐ Chloe Sevigny
If I could embed a locator chip in my child right now, I know I would do that. Some people call that Big Brother; I call it being a father.
‐‐ Scott McNealy
If I could ever be on a Missy Elliott record, I could then die. Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige - I love hearing them interviewed, I love the way they talk about their art. They're very self-assured, they're funny, they're inviting. I love it.
‐‐ Neko Case
If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize.
‐‐ Richard P. Feynman
If I could figure out a way to earn a living while traveling for the rest of my life, well, I think that'd be a dream come true.
‐‐ Lauren Weisberger
If I could film, we'd film every episode of 'Doctor Who' in New York. I have an affinity with the city. It has some wonderful locations and it is devastatingly vast and huge. Central Park looks amazing on camera.
‐‐ Matt Smith
If I could find a way to make a film that takes you into the mind of a fighter, where you have 36 minutes of combat with so many different emotions, so many highs and lows, so many obstacles to overcome, I'd do that.
‐‐ Peter Berg
If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion dollars.
‐‐ Sam Phillips
If I could find anything blacker than black, I'd use it.
‐‐ J. M. W. Turner
If I could find the right kind of property, get tied in with the right movie, I'd love to be involved, but I just find it hard to be motivated to do another screenplay right now.
‐‐ Al Yankovic
If I could get a deal on whatever my impulse was, whenever my impulse struck, and it was nearby, I would use that all the time. It would reshape the way that I shop.
‐‐ Andrew Mason
If I could get any animal it would be a dolphin. I want one so bad. Me and my mom went swimming with dolphins and I was like, 'How do we get one of those?' and she was like, 'You can't get a dolphin. What are you gonna do, like, put it in your pool?'
‐‐ Miley Cyrus
If I could get bands to come and play in my house, I'd like that.
‐‐ Martin Freeman
If I could get my membership fee back, I'd resign from the human race.
‐‐ Fred Allen
If I could get the respect of 14-year-olds, I'm happy. They're the toughest audience.
‐‐ Barry McGee
If I could give a shout-out to anything in the childhood world, I have to say 'Daniel Tiger.' I want to write a love letter to everyone on that staff. It is so perfectly, thoughtfully, lovingly done. And as a parent, it is the one thing out of everything that we dip in to that really helps.
‐‐ Emma McLaughlin
If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be 'Calm down!'
‐‐ Zooey Deschanel
If I could give one piece of advice, it would be 'If you're angry with a family member, talk to God about it, not the other members of your family.'
‐‐ Deborah Raney
If I could give one tip for people - it's not an exercise or nutrition regimen. It's to walk your talk and believe in yourself, because at the end of the day, the dumbbell and diet don't get you in shape. It's your accountability to your word.
‐‐ Brett Hoebel