“If only we could all just find serenity
It would be nice if we could live as one
When will all this anger, hate and bigotry…
Be gone?”

“If we could only find out who's in charge, we could kill him.”

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian

“Nothing would be done at all, if a man waited till he could do it so well, that no one could find fault with it.”

John Henry Newman (1801–1890) English cleric and cardinal

“Wouldn't it be fun if all the castles in the air which we make could come true and we could live in them?”

Louisa May Alcott book Little Women

“Nothing's for certain, It could always go wrong, Come in when it's raining, Go on out when it's gone, We could have us a high time, Living the good life, Well I know”

Robert Hunter (1941–2019) American musician

“To think we could have spared ourselves from living all that we have lived!”

Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist

“We must all do theatre – to find out who we are, and to discover who we could become.”

Augusto Boal (1931–2009) Brazilian writer

“We can't buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer.”

O. Henry (1862–1910) American short story writer

“See, you're like all the others. But don't you understand that we can't quarrel? We love each other. If I could hate him the way I hate myself, then of course I would abuse him. But neither of us deserves it. See?”

Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator

“Always remember that the only riches we possess are the dreams we have as children. They are the fuel of our lives, the only force that pushes us to keep on going even when things have gone all wrong.”

Fausto Brizzi (1968) Italian film director, screenwriter and producer