A Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with A. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“And if we were another country being analyzed by America, we would conclude that this country is ripe for stealing elections and for fraud.”
“And if we were stuck here forever - and maybe this was just a naturally morbid thought for a teenage boy- I wondered who among us would die first and who ultimately would be left alone.”
“And if we were to show up at any college humanities department in urgent search of purpose and meaning, or were to break down in a museum gallery in a quest for forgiveness or charity, we would be swiftly removed and possibly handed over to psychiatric authorities. The intensity of need and the emotional craving that religions once willingly engaged with have not been thought acceptable within the contemporary cultural realm.”
“And if we're all one, we need to stop our competition with each other. Most of the decisions we make are about survival and winning.”
“And if we’re talking about hard-boiled detectives, too, what could be more hardboiled than the worldview of Ligotti or Cioran? They make the grittiest of crime writers seem like dilettantes. Next to The Conspiracy Against the Human Race, Mickey Spillane seems about as hard-boiled as bubble gum.”
“And if what is of earth forgets you,
Say to that earth of silence: I flow.
Say to the rushing waters: I am.”
Source: Sonnets to Orpheus
“And if what they say is true--if every great painting is really a self-portrait--what, if anything, is Fabritius saying about himself?”
Source: The Goldfinch
“And if when everything ends, nothing is left in my hands...that's alright.”
Source: Fruits Basket, Vol. 14
“And if wishes were horses, I’d have been run over in childhood.”
Source: Acheron
“And if wishes were pies, I`d weigh more than I do. Sir Myles of Barony Olau”
“And if ye angler take fysshe; surely thenne is there noo man merier than he is in his spyryte.”
“And if ye cannot be saints of knowledge, then, I pray you, be at least its warriors. They are the companions and forerunners of such saintship.”
Source: Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, Hellenism & Pessimism – 3 Unbeatable Philosophy Books in One Volume: The Birth of Tragedy
“And if you a G you a G-G-G. My name is Onika, you can call me Nicki.”
“And if you are a mom who has watched your child’s father leave, my heart goes out to you. I also pray that you had no part in it. I pray that you didn’t make it impossible for him while he was there. I pray that you didn’t try and force him to live up to impossible expectations. And, I pray that if he is a good man and he wants to be there in his child’s life that you love your child enough to let him. Even if that seems impossible to you.”
Source: Single Dad Laughing: The Best of Year One
“And if you are a parent, introduce your children to their neighborhood library. It will give them a real sense of independence to have their own library card and enjoy borrowing books.”
“And if you are a rose, I am rose-shadow.”
“And if you are going to be an old hen about it and waste your time clucking over every scrap of clutter, you should know in advance that I won't be assisting."
"Old hen!" he exclaimed. "Well, of course you won't help. You'll spend the evening in your preferred manner, hunched over in some dark corner like a troll.”
Source: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands
“And If you are going to marry just because you are afraid of
dying alone/ loneliness in general ;
believe It or not:
You are going to die alone !
Surrounded with Ghosts”
“And, if you are happy with it, don’t let anyone stop you from pursuing your path.
From (The Awakening)”
“And if you are honest about the words coming out of your characters' mouths, you'll find that you've let yourself in for a fair amount of criticism.”
Source: On writing: a memoir of the craft
“and if you are in darkness,
and if they come to you,
and if they reach a hand down
to pull you out,
be sure that if you take their hand
you do not drag them into the dark,
but go with them…
go with them into the light”
“And if you are not a bird, then beware of coming to rest above an abyss.”
“And if you are playing in several meters at once, there has to be a - not a rigid - but there definitely has to be a reference to a common pulse in the band.”
“And if you are somebody who needs to get a pat on the back for everything that you do, editorial is not for you.”
“And if you are strong enough, then you can grow as a conductor more and more.”
“And if you are to love,
love as the moon loves;
it does not steal the night -
it only unveils
the beauty of the dark.”
“And if you ask again whether there is any justice in the world, you'll have to be satisfied with the reply: Not for the time being; at any rate, not up to this Friday.”
“And if you ask how I regret that parting?
It is like the flowers falling at spring’s end,
confused, whirled in a tangle.
What is the use of talking! And there is no end of talking—
There is no end of things in the heart.”
Source: Cathay
“And if you believe that we really have free will, then you know that God can't really control us. And since God can't control us, all God does is watch and change channels when He gets bored.”
Source: Invisible Monsters: A Novel
“And if you call one a real estate agent and he won't sell you anything. He is a REALATOR. It's the same as what the old fashioned real estate agent used to be only the commission is different.”
Source: Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Harding
“And if you can channel the truth of your own experience onto the stage, that's what the audience wants to see.”
“And if you can come through that and still have some connection to your joy you felt when you were a child that's a very mature kind of a joy that I find inspiring. And Jennifer Lowrence has all that in her, and I've watched her have to go through it even in the last few years.”
“And if you can find any way out of our culture, then that's a trap too. Just wanting to get out of the trap reinforces the trap.”
Source: Invisible Monsters Remix
“And if you can find out something about the laws of your own growth and vision as well as those of photography you may be able to relate the two, create an object that has a life of its own, which transcends craftsmanship. That is a long road, and because it must be your own road nobody can teach it to you or find it for you. There are no shortcuts, no rules.”
“And if you can’t see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror. Look a little closer. Stare a little longer. Because there’s something inside you that made you keep trying despite everyone who told you to quit.”
Source: To This Day: For the Bullied and Beautiful
“And if you can't shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade it.”
Source: Selected Poems by C.P. Cavafy
“And if you cannot find your way out of the darkness I will sit there with you and show you the stars.”
“And if you cannot remain indifferent, you must resolve to throw your weight into that balance in which the fate and condition of man is weighed.”
Source: Select speeches, condensed and abridged by F.W. Newman
“And if you cast down an idol, there's nothing left.”
Source: Murder After Hours, the Hollow
“And if you could make a choice, then why not pick happiness?”
Source: Love Is All You Need: Wild Roses; The Nature of Jade
“And if you couldn't be loved, the next best thing was to be let alone.”
Source: L. M. MONTGOMERY – Ultimate Collection: 20 Novels & 170+ Short Stories, Poetry, Letters and Autobiography (Including The Complete Anne of Green Gables Series & Emily Starr Trilogy): Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, The Blue Castle, Rilla of Ingleside, Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs, The Golden Road, Mistress Pat, Chronicles of Avonlea, Kilmeny of the Orchard and many more
“And if you decide not to read anymore, hey, no problem, because you're not the one I was waiting for anyway. But if you decide to read on, then guess what? You're my kind of time being and together we'll make magic!”
“And if you do all you can, that's all you can ever do.”
“And if you do see any pirates, I don't want you to pick up any rough manners from them. Do you understand?”
Source: Explosive Adventures
“And if you don't find what you're looking for?"
At Roy's question Addie looked up.
"Then all I've lost is time.”
Source: Salem Falls
“And if you don't like it here, you can go somewhere else, where it's better, no road is closed to you.”
Source: Farewell to Matyora
“And if you don't *like* the tradition? Change the tradition.”
Source: Scarlet Witch (2023) #5
“And if you don’t underestimate me, I won’t underestimate you.”
Source: The Lyrics: Since 1962
“And if you don't believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light.”
“And if you don't have your ears open, you're not going to be able to figure out what you should be doing.”