I don't engage in hypotheticals.
Sometimes I ask myself what would I be if Jenny were alive. And then I answer : I would also be alive." - Oliver.
If a bullfrog had wings it wouldn't bump his behind every time he hopped.
If frogs could fly... well we'd still be in this mess, but wouldn't it be neat?
Your "if" is the only peacemaker; much virtue in "if.
If you weren't here, if you could be anywhere you wanted to be, doing anything you wanted to do, where would you be and what would you be doing?
Suppose no one asked a question. What would the answer be?
It may have happened, it may not have happened but it could have happened.
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
I love reading about the sea. I love reading about it a lot more than actually being on the sea, when you think about it.
If? The word is when.
In another time, in another place, I wonder who they might have been.
If I didn't have this affliction, I would be the first. As a rule the if-clause contains an unfulfillable condition, or the patient's own arrangement, which only he can change.
To say how you would react if you were really storming the charts and had people running around after you... who's to say how any of us would deal with that.
My wife and I have always thought it odd that, on social occasions, couples play the 'hot tub fantasy' game where you're allowed to pick a celebrity you'd like to share a hot tub with.
I would much prefer to be overseas in a covert capacity working on issues, but that is hypothetical. That is no longer open to me. So if I can use my voice in this manner, and talk about something that I care about, then I feel fortunate.
