All Quotes

If I had a religious belief, I would want it to be as strong as my belief in the theater.
‐‐ Marian Seldes

If I had a ringtone, it would probably be Neil Diamond.
‐‐ Evan Spiegel

If I had a robot friend, he or she would be electric.
‐‐ Kat Dennings

If I had a Salvador Dali painting, I would cuddle it to sleep.
‐‐ Mac Miller

If I had a spreadsheet on my computer, it looked like I was busy.
‐‐ Nate Silver

If I had a stock of fabulous sounds I would just always use them. I wouldn't bother to find new ones.
‐‐ Brian Eno

If I had a story idea that I felt would work best in three volumes I might write a trilogy eventually. I'd very likely write it all at once, though, so I could work on it as a whole and not broken into individual volumes. I don't always write in order, so composing multi-book stories could get complicated.
‐‐ Erin Morgenstern

If I had a talent, it was for looking askew at everything, possibly more than my contemporaries. But I had to really push myself to be a writer.
‐‐ David Bowie

If I had a time machine, I'd visit Marilyn Monroe in her prime or drop in on Galileo as he turned his telescope to the heavens.
‐‐ Stephen Hawking

If I had a time machine I would go back 30 years and show up at my grandmother's apartment before the gargantuan meals she would serve and I would help her.
‐‐ Mo Rocca

If I had a weak ego, and doubts about this, the first genome would not yet have been completed with US and UK government funding.
‐‐ Craig Venter

If I had a worldview, and I don't know if I do, but if I did, it's one that's intensely humanistic.
‐‐ Eric Kripke

If I had accepted the offers to continue just for the sake of carrying on then it wouldn't have made me happy especially if it was just for money. Now I've got other projects to concentrate on.
‐‐ Sete Gibernau

If I had all the filmmakers that traumatized me when I was a little kid in this room, all I would say is, 'Thank you,' because they've made me who I am. As much as I say 'trauma,' it all comes from a place of love. The fact that I am feeling emotions at all based on a work is a wonderful thing, so I'm happy to be a part of that discussion.
‐‐ Drew Goddard

If I had all the money I'd spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink.
‐‐ Vivian Stanshall

If I had all the money in the world, I don't think I'd want to be in the studio for longer.
‐‐ Lisa Hannigan

If I had all the spotlight, that would be great. I'd be happy with that. If I didn't have the spotlight, that would be great as well.
‐‐ Jason Day

If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?
‐‐ Zlatan Ibrahimovic

If I had an extra 20 or 50 years physically, I could have been the dancer of my dreams. But I never became that dancer.
‐‐ Erik Bruhn

If I had an idea for a genius app, don't you think I would be getting it made immediately?
‐‐ Amanda Crew

If I had an office job, I'd probably be doing the exact same thing I'm doing on television: hanging out by the water cooler and talking to co-workers about their relationships.
‐‐ Tracy McMillan

If I had an unlimited budget, I would really be probing that question of life because we know what the questions are, and we know what the destinations are.
‐‐ Ellen Stofan

If I had another life, that's what I'd be - a regimental sergeant major or a similar rank. That's where the spirit of the armed forces is.
‐‐ Bob Ainsworth

If I had any advice for my 16-year-old self, it would just be to stay strong, because acting is not an easy lifestyle, especially when you are starting out. That being said, it definitely makes it all worth it when it does happen.
‐‐ Melissa Benoist

If I had any advice to give people, it would be to relax; never treat an audition like an emergency. There will be plenty more in your career. If you think you messed up, you probably didn't. And if you did mess up, it's not the end of the world.
‐‐ Gregg Sulkin

If I had any deadly secrets, I wouldn't still be alive.
‐‐ Christopher Lee

If I had any humility I would be perfect.
‐‐ Ted Turner

If I had any interest in coming back to baseball, it would be as a general manager and not as a manager.
‐‐ Lou Brock

If I had any real idea of exactly where inspiration comes from, I'd go there, find the foolish thing, bottle it, sell it, and retire to Tuscany.
‐‐ Melanie Rawn

If I had any talent that God could give me, I would be a great diva.
‐‐ Ruth Bader Ginsburg

If I had auditioned for 'Merlin' on magic alone, I don't think I'd have got it. Like any kid, I probably had a magic kit, but it's not something I ever pursued. I've never watched a magic show like David Copperfield or used him to base my character on, but I really like David Blaine and Darren Brown. They are doing wonders.
‐‐ Colin Morgan

If I had been a bricklayer I'd still have been a journeyman.
‐‐ Fred L. Turner

If I had been a good student and an achiever, I might have been excited by a more systematic approach to writing than what I do.
‐‐ Eileen Myles

If I had been a member of the academic establishment, I could have done other experiments.
‐‐ Albert Ellis

If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush.
‐‐ Dawn French

If I had been asked to write 1,200 words for a newspaper tomorrow, on any subject, I would just do it rather than leave a white hole in the page. And I think it's a very healthy attitude to take to writing anything.
‐‐ Tom Stoppard

If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work. I don't think I have been as successful.
‐‐ Bernice Johnson Reagon

If I had been born in Paris in the early 1900s and lived through World War II, I feel like my DNA would've been Henri Baurel.
‐‐ Max von Essen

If I had been born in the circus, my parents would have pushed me on that little high wire at four years old. That's when the body is most limber to learn those acrobatics.
‐‐ Philippe Petit

If I had been born with an aggressive character, then maybe my palmares would have been longer.
‐‐ Miguel Indurain

If I had been brought up in America, I think I would still have had the same sort of job as a writer.
‐‐ Justin Cartwright

If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under my command, into great danger, I should have long ago been out of the Service and never in the House of Peers.
‐‐ Horatio Nelson

If I had been egotistical about the movies, I have been brought back to earth.
‐‐ Justin Long

If I had been elected president in 1948, history would be vastly different. I believe we would have stemmed the growth of Big Government, which had begun with the New Deal and culminated with the Great Society.
‐‐ Strom Thurmond

If I had been in President Obama's shoes, I would have acted more decisively and strongly against ISIS.
‐‐ Rand Paul

If I had been in the gallery, I'd have gone home.
‐‐ Johnny Miller

If I had been living through the '80s, I probably would've gotten into a lot more trouble than my parents.
‐‐ Julianne Hough

If I had been more self-conscious about being a woman, it would have stifled me.
‐‐ Marissa Mayer

If I had been on 'Ally McBeal,' I would have been seen coming out of the shower on the first show.
‐‐ Rob Lowe