"I’d rather be a ‘could-be’, if I cannot be an 'are’; because a 'could-be’ is a 'maybe’ who is reaching for a star. I’d rather be a 'has-been’ than a 'might-have-been’, by far, for a 'might-have-been’ has never 'been’, but a 'has’ was once an 'are.’"
Milton Berle