I Quotes
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“If a shot aimed at aptness succeeds aptly, it is then fully apt, since it is not only apt but also aptly apt. But the full aptness of such an attempt is entirely compatible with its being a horrible murder, if the "hunter" is an assassin and the prey his victim. That hunter's shot may still be outstandingly, fully apt, if it manifests the agent's competence in both archery dexterity and shot selection.”
“If a show is good, it helps people learn about themselves, in some way and in some function. Whatever the genre is, if it's executed well, audiences grow and learn from it, and that's where their passion and enthusiasm comes from.”
“If a shred of integrity fell into your soul, it would die a very lonely death.”
Source: The Song of the Quarkbeast
“If a significant number of modern humans cannot experience joy and eudaimonia from life, it’s likely because the new technologies and corporate forces surrounding us have kept us shackled to an existence that is at odds with our souls’ explorative and creative needs.”
Source: THE MODERN WORLD AGAINST THE HUMAN SOUL: Exploring modernity's impact on the human spirit and well-being
“If a single act of folly was more responsible for this explosion than any other it was the arbitrary and dangerous announced decision that the Straits of Tiran would be closed. The right of innocent, maritime passage must be preserved for all nations”
“If a single cell, under appropriate conditions, becomes a man in the space of a few years, there can surely be no difficulty in understanding how, under appropriate conditions, a cell may, in the course of untold millions of years, give origin to the human race.”
Source: The Principles of Biology
“If a single man demanded as much as a man with a wife and four children, then that would be a violation of the concept of economic equality.”
“If a single one of these gentlemen is correct, if a believer of any type is right, the essential truth for man, the real drama of life, in comparison with which the secular story of the race, is a puppet-show and the unfolding of the universe is a triviality, is the dialogue of the immortal soul and the eternal God. Yet it seems that there is nothing in the world so hard to discover as this. The theory refutes itself.”
“If a single Russian source would come forward, he would be in hot water. And in the United States, what I did appearing at that [Vladimir] Putin press conference was not worth the price.”
“If a single writer in a country is in chains, then there are some links of that chain that binds us all.”
“If a sinner comes into your assembly or you otherwise come into contact with him, remember that he is a human being for whom Christ died. He stands at the foot of the cross, just as you stand at the foot of the cross.”
Source: Genesis through Revelation: 5 Volumes Genesis - Revelation
“If a site is done with pleasure and a fun attitude, it's a great way to communicate with your fans.”
“If a situation is very, very turbulent, it has low validity, and there's no basis for intuition.”
“If a small thing angers a full-fledged man, it implies that his heart and mind are equal to or less than the small thing that tripped him.”
Source: Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1
“If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?”
“If a Snickers chocolate bar has 50% sugar, wouldn't it be safe to eat the other half?”
“If a socialist economy is opened up to increasing degrees of market forces, a point will be reached at which democratic governance becomes a possibility.”
“If a society cannot even support somebody like me, then people ask: Who is under protection then? That's why there is such support for me. It is not because I am so beautiful or I am so charming. People feel: This guy is fighting for us.”
“If a society does not wage a common struggle to attain a common goal with its women and men, scientifically there is no way for it to become civilized or developed.”
“If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.”
Source: Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
“If a society is to preserve stability and a degree of continuity, it must learn how to keep its adolescents from imposing their tastes, values, and fantasies on everyday life.”
“If a society needs a shepherd, this situation proves that that society is yet a flock!”
“If a society normalizes indecencies, then indecencies will be the norm, without countermeasures.”
“If a society takes it upon itself to prescribe and proscribe certain streams of belief - to prohibit certain less-favored strains of conscience - it may be the non-believer who is among the first to be condemned. A coercive monopoly of belief threatens everyone, whether we are talking about those who search the philosophies of men or follow the words of God.”
“If a soldier or labourer complain of the hardship of his lot, set him to do nothing.”
Source: Pensées
“If a solution fails to appear ... and yet we feel success is just around the corner, try resting for a while. ... Like the early morning frost, this intellectual refreshment withers the parasitic and nasty vegetation that smothers the good seed. Bursting forth at last is the flower of truth.”
Source: Advice for a Young Investigator
“If a solution isn't mutually satisfactory, it's not going to stick.”
“If a son has a peaceful relationship with his father, if neither of them ever shows contempt for the other, then either the father is a fool, or the son is.”
Source: That Thing About You
“If a song is cooking in the studio, that's great, but if I can imagine doing it on stage, that's the next level to me. ... Some people love paintings, and some people love poetry, and of course I love all of that, but when a musician is so in control of her instrument, I'm in awe. That's when I start to kind of evaporate into the universe.”
“If a song is funny and absurd, and it sounds great, it's just going to be that much funnier. And there's no better example of that than 'Monty Python.'”
“If a song is longer than three and a half minutes, itll need something to keep you entertained.”
“If a song's meant to stay around, you carry it with you in your bones.”
Source: All the Bright Places
“If a song was ever good, it's still good.”
“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.”
“If a soul chooses to do the right thing, for the right reasons, it nearly always turns out well for them in the end.”
Source: The Midnight Children
“If a soul could drown in its own tears, then hers was already dead.”
“If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.”
“If a sound body and a sound mind, which is as much as to say health and virtue, are to be preferred before all other considerations, ought not men, in choosing a business either for themselves or children, to refuse such as are unwholesome for the body, and such as make a man too dependent, too much obliged to please others, and too much subjected to their humors in order to be recommended and get a livelihood?”
Source: Poor Richard Day by Day
“If a source gives us material that is of political, diplomatic, ethical or historical significance that has not been published before and is comprised of official documents or recordings, then we will publish it.”
“If a spaceship from the outer reaches of the galaxy landed on Earth in the next two months, and its occupants climbed out and presented Earthlings with a list of secrets - a simple formula - for making life finally work on this planet without violence, killing, and war, without turmoil, pain, and suffering, without want, lack, and despair, do you think we would be wise to look it over? Even if it contradicted everything we knew to be true or thought to be so?”
“If a species is diverse, it can survive and prosper. If a species is homogeneous, it is vulnerable.”
Source: The 80/20 Principle and 92 Other Powerful Laws of Nature: The Science of Success
“If a spectacle is going to be particularly imposing I prefer to see it through somebody else's eyes, because that man will always exaggerate. Then I can exaggerate his exaggeration, and my account of the thing will be the most impressive.”
Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
“If a spectator with a philosophical mind, somebody accustomed to reading books, gets the same kind of information in a movie, he might not fully understand it.”
“If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average. Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong.”
“If a sperm can give the berth to a human. Definitely sperm is powerful energy. So never waste it and burn this energy inside your body then see the difference.Science doesn't know more than 0.000% about the universe.Science is not even able to measure the strength of trust,true love and all.
I have proved it.”
“If a sperm can give the berth to a human. Definitely sperm is powerful energy. So never waste it and burn this energy inside your body then see the difference.Science doesn't know more than 0.000% about the universe.Science is not even able to measure the strength of trust,true love,feelings and all.If science is everything then why we are not able to find our real life problem with science.We can't find our true match with the help of science.
I have proved it that inner science is more powerful than outer science.”
“If a spiritual being is naive to the lower aspects of the world, they usually are killed or die young. Did Jesus really know which of the twelve would betray him? I doubt it.”
“If a spiritual teacher says something that doesn't make sense to you, you should always listen to yourself and not the teacher. A little common sense would end all cults.”
“If a sport could ever be art, baseball would be it.”
Source: Stand on the Bench, Achilles
“If a spy takes fifty lives but saves some larger number, can that countenance his actions? This kind of logic is seductive, but perilous. You start out running numbers in your head, and pretty soon you are sanctioning mass murder.”
Source: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland