Could Have Been Quotes

The person I miss most is the one I could have been.

Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.

Sometimes I'm scared of being Ozzy Osbourne. But it could have been worse. I could have been Sting.

It could have been worse. I could have been born black.

Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.

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

I'm no liar. I could have been wrong, but I ended up not being [wrong]. But I'm no liar.

Before, for me, peace could have been synonymous with boredom.

But...as bad as it was, I learned something about myself. That I could go through something like that and survive. I mean, I know it could have been worse--a lot worse-- but for me, it was all I could have handled at the time. And I learned from it.

I could have been a great many things.

Galileo probably would have escaped persecution if his discoveries could have been disproved.

If I could have been anyone in the world, it would have been Ronaldinho. He's fantastic, I love watching him.

If I'd been easily discouraged, I could have been a one-hit wonder

There was a possibility I could have been under surveillance.

I am always frustrated when I see situations that could have been handled simpler.

If he had had no education, maybe Basho could have been a much greater poet.

I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary.

Photography could have been invented in color. Colors existed.

Don’t think about it. Don’t think about what could have been. It’s too unbearable.

History is a novel that has been lived, a novel is history that could have been.

They could have been removed. They could have been hidden. They could have been destroyed.

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

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

My career could have been prolonged for longer

I had been alone more than I could have been had I gone by myself.

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

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

There were times when I wondered if I was doing the right thing, studying when I could have been going to auditions.

My life could have been so grim really, really grim.

No one could have been more surprised than I at my successes, and yet deep within me there was acknowledgment that had I not succeeded, I would have been equally surprised.

Those Genes Could Have Been Mine

I could have been better. That's my goal now, to be better.

Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.

God, I wish you could have been there.

I am not, and never was, and never could have been, a brutal scoundrel.

If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before.

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