To go into a game wondering, 'What if I do this wrong?' is a terrible way to think. You just have to believe in what you can do.

What if Macauley Culkin were black in 'Home Alone?' Most people would write it differently... but I would write it the same way.

As they used to say 'What if they gave a war and nobody came?' How worthwhile if they declared a day of peace and everybody came.

It is a great pleasure to escape sometimes from the restless class of Reformers. What if these grievances exist? So do you and I.

What if you, too, were to greet every interaction in your life with the question 'What's the potential opportunity that this is?'

It is exciting and emancipating to believe we are one of nature's latest experiments, but what if the experiment is unsuccessful?

But what if Shakespeare― and Hamlet― were asking the wrong question? What if the real question is not whether to be, but how to be?

What if I could give you your life back; pluck out the pain; and give you a world of unimaginable beauty that would be for all time.

Often the ideas in the show start out as ideas that make you laugh - outrageous "what if" ideas. I wanted an outlet for doing those.

In a reality made of energy, thoughts may literally be things. What if it was intended that we create our own realities after death?

What if we found ourselves building something that nobody wanted? In that case what did it matter if we did it on time and on budget?

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?

I love [my parents], but what if I could really talk to them? I mean, what if they had some answers? Or would that just be too weird?

What if every relationship you've ever been in, is someone slowly figuring out they didn't like you as much as they hoped they would?

Everyone always gets a little irritated by imitators, but mostly I'm flattered. What if you never did anything anyone wanted to copy?

I'm not a "what if." I want to just do it, try it, give it my all, and if it's not meant to be, I can accept that. But I had to do it.

People are gonna comment no matter what. If I dated the most clean-cut, perfect guy, they're gonna comment. That's just the way it is.

My deepest fear about doing TV, especially about doing a network comedy, was what if it felt too surface-y? What if it felt too jokey?

The reason I'm fiendishly drawing end-of-game plays when I'm taking notes is what if I screwed up something down the stretch of a game?

What if one out of every three multinational corporation CEO's were raped every year? Don't you think that would raise a kind of ruckus?

But...what if I mistime it?" Gilan smiled widely. "Well, in that case, I'll probably lop your head off your shoulders." Horace and Gilan

What if she never remembers?" "Then you better make her fall in love with you, again." "How did I do it the first time?" "You let her in.

What if, when this fog scatters and flies upward, the whole rotten, slimey city goes with it, rises with the fog and vanishes like smoke.

What if everything I thought was wrong with me was actually right with me? You have to have the courage to show who you are to the world.

I didn't set out to be a Trump impressionist at all. It wasn't that I wanted to be Trump. It's that I was asking, 'What if Trump was me?'

But I don't think it's as dangerous, scary, or terrifying as getting to the end of our lives and wondering, what if I would have shown up?

What if I pulled through and the pious faction contentedly claimed that their prayers had been answered? That would somehow be irritating.

I'm against redefining marriage historically 5,000 years... because then it'll be re-defined. What if it's between a brother and a sister?

What if Hillary Clinton were a man? What if she were a 68-year-old man rather than a 68-year-old woman? Would we think differently of her?

I always say, 'What if you had to sell the house tomorrow?' And if it's too idiosyncratic, someone won't buy it and then it's a bad house.

The problem with prostitutes is, what if you actually like somebody you meet in that situation? Where do you go from there? What do you do?

Do goofy stories make people nice? What if, in their goofiness, these stories somehow inspire that in the right way. Is that a social good?

'Dat $tick' was the first song I tried to be serious on. Then I thought, Wow, what if I really did this seriously? How dope would that be?'

What if a puppet could cut its own strings, and in that act of defiance and strength of will become truly alive? Become is own puppetmaster?

What you create doesn’t have to be perfect. So what if the eggs are greasy or the toast is burned? Don’t let fear of failure discourage you.

What if all everybody needed in the world was to be sure of one friend? What if you were the one, and you refused to say those simple words?

A general-in-chief should ask himself several times in the day, What if the enemy were to appear now in my front, or on my right, or my left?

What if we strove for compassion, for mercy, for forgiveness? And what if we did this for everybody, including people who have harmed others?

What if you're Gaudi and you know you're the best architect and everyone is saying that you're saying you're the best architect the wrong way?

Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on different areas of life on earth.

What if we gave fifty percent of our discretionary budget to the world’s poor and then counted on the moral power of that action to protect us?

What if everyone in the whole world suddenly decided to run away from his problems?" "Well, at least we'd all be running in the same direction!

It's easy to dislike the few senior women out there. What if women were half the positions in power? It would be harder to dislike all of them.

What if someone created some sort of eyebrow pencil that was revolutionary and that was made specifically to help eyebrows look more realistic?

I wake up sometimes, and I have this limp, and I'm, like, What if someone chases me, and it's on a bad-knee day? I need to be able to get away.

What if I told you that 10 years from now, your life would be exactly the same? I doubt you would be happy. So, why are you so afraid of change?

People always tell me I'm going to regret not having kids. But what if I have one and then I regret having it? Has anyone thought of that option?

The Polar Express began with the idea of a train standing alone in the woods. I asked myself, What if a boy gets on that train? Where does he go?

What if someone picks on me?" I asked Then I'll pick on them". What if someone picks my nose?" I asked. The I'll pick your nose, too" Rowdy said.

What if democracy does not serve liberty? This question is seldom asked in the West, where democracy is often seen as synonymous with liberalism.

Share This Page