Frances Mayes Quotes

Probably." "Again with the probablys." "A world full of probablys," she said.

I guess life is full of maybes.

True, I've been a long time making up my mind, but now I'm giving you a definite answer. I won't say yes, and I won't say no - but I'm giving you a definite maybe.

It may have happened, it may not have happened but it could have happened.

The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers.

I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.

I think people have all faced decisions at times where you never know.

I can give you a definite perhaps.

He might be my boyfriend. He might not be my boyfriend.

I made up my mind, but I made it up both ways.

A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.

It's a kind of limbo, knowing what you want but not being quite sure how to go about doing it.

I can be indecisive about things - and the less important something is, the more indecisive I am.

I don't like this little word 'if.' If we start adding 'if, if, if,' that means I wouldn't conquer anything completely.

Probably" is a word with an emergency ejector seat.

actually, adv. Perhaps; possibly.

I don't like quintessential certitude.

Start at B. Yes. No. Yes. No.

At the moment, I'm certainly not thinking 'never again', but neither am I thinking 'I can't wait to play that part again'. I'm somewhere in between.

Oh, I don't know, you know, don't you know?

The fact that you are not sure means that it is possible that there is another way someday.

I'm not willing to put a percentage on the chances but I will no longer rule it out.

Probably means there's a good chance. Possibly means we might or we might not.

I'm still working out my opinions - it's always a question mark. I leave loads of space open, and people don't like that.

Doubt is long-winded. Certainty is brief.