Top 100 Could've Quotes
#1. He made his choices, over & over again. He's the one who could've said let's be together
none of this matters more than you, than us. And he didn't.
Doug Dorst
#2. I could've fallen for someone steady. Dependable. Well-grounded. But nooo, I had to lose my head over this idiot.
Ilona Andrews
#3. Just being a human being, I've realized that before every big problem you create for yourself, before every huge mess you have to clean up, there was a crucial moment where you could've just said no.
Taylor Swift
#4. I could've sworn I was telling the truth when I told you I didn't miss you.
Pleasefindthis
#5. Oh, dear me." Nathalie sank back down in the chair and examined her Uggs. "The sarcasm could've started dripping off her and stained the floor. "Is it conspiracy, treachery, murder, or open warfare? I'll have to choose my lipstick accordingly.
Lilith Saintcrow
#6. I could've drowned in that beauty, that and the love I could feel radiating off of her.
Richelle Mead
#7. My first thought upon waking is of Cash. Licking my stomach. Tonguing my navel. And then looking so hard into my eyes.
God, I could've devoured him right then and there!
Damn the bad boys!
M. Leighton
#8. They seem to have accepted that she's gone." "I don't see how they could be sure she is. But I wish we'd known. Could've brought some flowers." "Daedra never suggested this. It seems to be a surprise." "A surprise funeral? You do that, here?" "A first, for me.
William Gibson
#9. I never would've imagined in the first part of my life that I could've stood up and said anything. The war in Vietnam changed me. I was so angry. Some of my speeches probably weren't well considered.
Jane Fonda
#10. I'm the descendant of enslaved black people in this country. You could've been born in 1820 if you were black and looked back to your ancestors and saw nothing but slaves all the way back to 1619. Look forward another 50 or 60 years and saw nothing but slaves.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
#11. It truly means a lot. I promise to not let you down, and I'll still be spending all my extra time making sure I'm giving you one hundred percent. This is the best job I could've ever hoped for, especially right out of college,
Melody Anne
#12. It was useless to whine and moan about what you could've had- what you deserved, what was fair. I was just happy to have this moment.
Rick Riordan
#13. I could've just walked away but I never could have forgiven myself to allow Starbucks to drift into mediocrity or not be relevant. I just couldn't be a bystander.
Howard Schultz
#14. Riley might've been more appreciative had he had any idea what was going on. He tried to rouse himself, find out specifics, but his head was throbbing - or maybe that was his brain; he could've sworn it was about to go pop like an overripe berry under a truck tire ...
J. Fally
#15. You three looking for something specific?" Her voice was surprisingly melodious.
"Any sacrificial knives?" Hi raised an index finger. "Nothing too fancy, and I'll need a no-slip grip. Me and the coven have some goats lined up for Saturday's bonfire."
I could've kicked him. I think I tried.
Kathy Reichs
#16. I think people have a hard time thinking that I could've done a sitcom.
Rami Malek
#17. I could've punch him in the nose, but there wasn't a stepladder anywhere handy.
Jay Crownover
#18. This new guy had shoulder-length, darkish hair and a face so perfectly handsome he could've been a movie star.
Joanna Wylde
#19. I went to yoga for six months straight, but that was about five years ago! I've been trying to get back. I probably could've seen the President five times, it'd be easier than it has been to get back to yoga!
Mike Ness
#20. There is nothing more comforting than hearing lyrics to a song you could've written yourself.
Hilary Wynne
#21. Think about your favorite work and your creative heroes. What did they miss? What didn't they make? What could've been made better? If they were still alive, what would they be making today? If all your favorite makers got together and collaborated, what would they make with you leading the crew?
Austin Kleon
#22. It's great to make your own choices, but there's a price to pay. I could've made more money or been more famous. I could be the current groovy guy.
Michael Keaton
#23. I almost wished he'd debated Cassidy in her ridiculous Harry Potter costume, so she could've wiped the smirk off his muggle face.
Robyn Schneider
#24. If he didn't like you, Shaselle, it's probably because you could've beaten him in a fight any day.
Cayla Kluver
#25. He wouldn't kill me. He might not even hurt me - there had been several instances where I could've sworn he didn't want this violent life. But he wanted to touch me, and he was roguish enough to do whatever he thought necessary to reach that end goal. Like lock me in a room. Asshat. After
Laura Thalassa
#26. I was the kind of entrepreneur that never really felt I made it. When Mike Olefield's "Tubular Bells" [Virgin Records' first release] sold 8 or 10 million copies, I suppose, at age 19, I could've possibly retired on the money. Instead, I immediately pushed the boat and took that risk again.
Richard Branson
#27. Do books about the Holocaust make us think, "Oh well, there was nothing we could've done to prevent that or prevent it from happening again"? Of course not. It makes us angry and determined to stop such atrocities.
James Dashner
#28. It's amazing what I could've written in my life if I had realized that I should keep writing and not masturbating.
Lewis Black
#29. If someone gave me the chance to create something, I put myself into it. I just want to try to do something that will last forever and that won't leave people saying, 'Gee, it could have been better, it could've been this, it could've been that.'
Billy West
#30. If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about.
Aretha Franklin
#31. I was a kid watching music videos, which were so cool and made me want to learn how to dance. I wish I could've gone to dance classes and learn, like, hip-hop dancing.
Iggy Azalea
#32. Haze all clouding up in my mind in the daze of the why it could've never been.
Tori Amos
#33. I stared into the man's lifeless eyes. His face was blue, but it could've been from the cold. His body was bloated, but he could've just been fat. None of this explained the crows lining up on the tree branch though. --The Body By the Tree
Yawatta Hosby
#34. After Arran died we could've fallen apart. But we didn't. Because you held it together. "Arran Lives" - you remember that?"
"I remember."
"He lived in you, Max. You done well. I like you. You're cool.
Charlie Higson
#35. I snorted. PJ. He could've been called BJ for the way he was acting, on his knees and at the guy's beck and call.
Tijan
#36. I could've never envisioned things goin' this way in a million years. But, I'm a firm believer in my higher power havin' a plan, and he's never wrong, and he's not open to suggestions. I'm sure that everything [has] happened for a reason.
Joe Budden
#37. As he crept down the stairs, it occurred to him that as a weasel, she could've saved herself and left him to die. Again.
But when the time came, she didn't. Again.
Cynthia Hand
#38. If I could've made Muhammad Ali smaller I would have fought him.
Sergio Martinez
#39. Mandela? He lasted 27 years in prison but he never could've done 30.
Serge Ibaka
#40. Nobody who lived through the '50s thought the '60s could've existed. So there's always hope.
Tuli Kupferberg
#41. He is gone and I find myself staring at shoes so large that they could've only belonged to a giant.
J.J. McAvoy
#42. Could've sworn I heard you say Amen this morning, showing some kind of sign that you believe. Did it fall from your tongue without warning? Or just another trick to fall from your sleeve?
Ben Harper
#43. We cannibalized this bike as much as we could've.
Joe Teti
#44. Cuz if he was hot, you should've used it to your benefit. That could've become the best ice breaker in history. Like you two could fall madly in love and you get to tell everyone how you plowed him before he actually plowed you.
J. Lynn
#45. As for sex. Well, of course I could've had sex. Guys will have sex with a watermelon if they're desperate enough. Lots of girls try to prove their love by having sex. It only proves they're having sex.
Carol Matas
#46. The look he shot his sister could've given her a free chemical peel.
Tracey Alvarez
#47. You could've married the god of doctors or the god of lawyers, but noooo. You had to eat the pomegranate.
Rick Riordan
#48. Let go of resentment, for it will hold you back. Do not worry about what could've been, what is to come is what matters.
Leon Brown
#49. Democracy's a farce, Ronan said, and Adam smirked, a private, small thing that was inherently exclusionary. An expression, in fact, that he could've very well learned from Ronan.
Maggie Stiefvater
#50. Swords could also be used for freeing. You could've cut through the chain around the bird's foot and set it free. Swords could be used for killing. But it needn't be the bird. Wouldn't the more merciful choice have been to use the sword against the oppressor?
Roshani Chokshi
#51. I played 'Eruption' two times for the record, and we kept the one that seemed to flow ... there's a mistake at the top end of it whenever I hear it, I always think, Man I could've played it better ... but I like the way it sounds. I'd never heard a guitar sound like that before ...
Eddie Van Halen
#52. Around then Jade happened by again. "Thought that was you," Doc said, "though we ain't exactly been wallerin in eye contact. Got your note at the office, but why'd you go runnin away like that? we could've hung out, you know, smoke some shit.
Thomas Pynchon
#53. Kezia could've guessed from the soapy scent wafting over her shoulder. Soap and something else. The XY factor that made some men smell so good you just wanted to lick the nearest inch of available skin.
Tracey Alvarez
#54. Man, all those years in college we didn't get along, I could've just given you a pie and, bam, new best friend.
Melissa Tagg
#55. I don't want to live my life like a story. Always thinkin I could've been something. Don't run along side and control me. Just film away and let me be.
Tegan Quin
#56. The thing about the movie 'Navy SEALs' is that it was just such a waste. The script could've been shaped to be much better, and you just hate to see all that talent and passion go to waste.
Michael Biehn
#57. At this point in my life, I find myself obsessed with alternate paths I could've taken. I don't think about this with a sense of regret, but with a sense of wonder ...
Ben Gibbard
#58. People think that I changed my name. I could've been an actress, a superhero, or a stripper.
January Jones
#59. You could've warned me." Jason's frown was likewise focused on the old man once again. "You both need to pay better attention," Sensei said. "I didn't think I needed to explain that glowing metal is hot.
Kyle Timmermeyer
#60. I bet I could've done a week's worth of laundry on his stomach. Probably would be a heck of a lot more fun way to wash clothes.
Jennifer L. Armentrout
#62. I hate that I let myself be so passive my whole life, and I see now how differently things could've been if I'd had faith in myself when it mattered. I don't want to go back to that. I won't. Not ever.
Tahereh Mafi
#63. Last night's memories flooded over him like a tsunami. He'd been tipsy, but not drunk. He remembered it all, every single mind-blowing-intensely-erotic-second of it. Well if he wasn't sure, the crusty substance on his back was a clear indication. Asshole. Could've got a rag. Michaels
A.E. Via
#64. There is a ghost here. A lonely, heartbroken spirit. The ghost of everything that could've been and never was.
Jennifer Donnelly
#65. If she'd had enough thread, she could've crocheted the Taj Mahal.
Nora Roberts
#66. If there could've ever been a magical time to build an enterprise software company, now is absolutely that time.
Aaron Levie
#67. Losing would be painful, but not as painful as knowing there was something else you could've done.
Joe Trippi
#68. Maybe I would've been all right if I could've done something I wanted to do. I wouldn't be scared then. Or mad, maybe. I wouldn't be always hating folks; and maybe I'd feel at home, sort of.
Richard Wright
#69. No,' Nico said. 'Getting a second life is one thing. Making it a better life, that's the trick.' As soon as he said it, Nico realized he could've been talking about himself. He decided not to bring that up.
Rick Riordan
#70. His train could've gotten stuck in a tunnel or something. it's not unheard of. he's coming from ohio after all. people in ohio are late all the time.
David Levithan
#71. When I die, I want to be remembered for what I did, not what I could've done
Jess Lowe
#72. He glanced over to the stage, where a nearly naked woman gyrated lifelessly around the pole. She could've been cleaning toilets for all the enthusiasm she showed.
Joanna Wylde
#73. Normal girls didn't want their boobs mauled either, and I wholly believed if they could've landed a fist like I could, they would have.
Jennifer L. Armentrout
#74. I hate how we never get out chance to see how things could've turned out. I hate how I know I'm not over you yet I pretend to be.
Drake
#75. I wasn't expecting him to light candles or scatter rose petals. But I just made myself infertile for him, so the
least he could've done was make the bed.
Daria Snadowsky
#76. I know a small part of you thinks you could've ended up with Natalie Portman if you had played things a little differently. That's nice. You can have that. That's not hurting anybody.
Mindy Kaling
#77. It was so quiet at our table you could've heard a rat piss on cotton.
April Sinclair
#79. Some days, Will wished he could've been like Mikey. Living it up, having fun, embracing the moment. But Will had never been the kind who could keep his heart out of it.
Jamie Farrell
#80. No parent is perfect; we all can look back and think of things we could've done to help our children be better prepared for adulthood. And sometimes it's best to admit it to them and encourage them to learn from our mistakes.
Billy Graham
#81. I melted easily into him once again - our homework still lying on the floor forgotten and neither of us seemed too inclined to start it again. Too bad we didn't have a class on physical anatomy together, then maybe we could've passed this off as studying.
Lacey Weatherford
#82. When things could've gone really bad, rugby caught my interest and I really stuck with it. The sport brought me, maybe off the streets where we'd be fighting, into putting in a good effort in the rugby field where you're kind of rewarded for that rough behaviour instead of in trouble with the law.
Daniel Cudmore
#83. Your mail could've waited." Daemon followed me into the kitchen. "What is it? Just books?"
Grabbing the OJ from the fridge, I sighed. People who didn't heart books didn't understand.
Jennifer L. Armentrout
#84. I honestly think if I would've tied my suit and there wouldn't have been any water rushing through it, I think I could've gone at least a second faster.
Ryan Lochte
#85. Happy birthday, my son. If only I could've helped you.
Bryan Konietzko
#86. This better be good, cat. You're stupid Summoning spell could've killed me! What is it you want?-Meghan Chase to Grimalkin.
Julie Kagawa
#87. You poor thing. I wish I could've been there to save you."
"You did save me. You save me every single day.
Portia De Rossi
#88. But almost moments don't count, and it all comes down to the choices I could've made but didn't.
Jessi Kirby
#89. I remember in middle school and high school being so concerned with what everybody else thought. I was trying to be someone I wasn't. I wish I could've just let it slide and not cared about it.
Emeraude Toubia
#90. We bumped into other silent lines of kids going in the same direction. We looked like we were much younger and our lines were headed to the cafeteria or recess or the carpool line. Or it could've been a fire drill. Except for the stone-faced police officers weaving between us with rifles.
Laura Anderson Kurk
#91. They grabbed me and up I went. My shriek probably could've been heard in England. It certainly brought the basketball coach and the rest of the boys running in the belief that someone was being brutally murdered.
I don't think Mrs. Green will be picking me for the squad.
Joss Stirling
#92. Six-pack? Was it possible to have an eight-pack?
I think he had one. Smooth skin stretched over tightly rolled muscles. I bet I could've done a week's worth of laundry on his stomach.
Probably would be a heck of a lot more fun that way to wash clothes.
Jennifer L. Armentrout
#93. Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.
Magic Johnson
#94. He looked at me, dark, silky locks falling forward, naked and beautiful and so much more than anything I could've ever dreamed.
Emma Raveling
#95. My life held endless prospects, and I could've lived it so many different ways.
Anna Jarzab
#96. His lashes, fluttered like butterfly wings. "I could've made you happy, dove." "You did," I whispered
Ann Aguirre
#97. You could've left me there and ran, like I said. But instead you came back and you helped me. You didn't have to."
"I ... I couldn't leave you there." I averted my gaze. "It wouldn't have been right. And I would've never been able to forgive myself.
Jennifer L. Armentrout
#98. There was an edge of, 'Go away kid, you're bothering me'. I've kicked myself a million times since. I could've discovered Whitney Houston.
Billy Joel
#99. Could've come like a mighty storm. With all the strength of a hurricane. You could've come like a forest fire with the power of Heaven in Your flame. But You came like a winter snow, quiet and soft and slow. Falling from the sky in the night to the earth below.
Chris Tomlin
#100. I wish I'd been born in another time, another place. Then maybe I could've escaped fate ... maybe I could've been your darling.
Nalini Singh
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