I Quotes
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“If acorns start growing into theologians, or if women begin turning into pillars of salt, then we may wish to hypothesize about a supernatural influence. But until such time as nature becomes hopelessly unintelligible and unpredictable, we need look no further than nature itself for explanations.”
Source: Atheism: The Case Against God
“If across the Atlantic the ideology was pride, here it is delivering the goods.”
Source: Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life
“If acting doesn't work out, I plan to do food photography and just eat my way through the entire world. I'm a big foodie, and if I could make some career out of it, that would be fantastic.”
“If action is possible or necessary, your action will be in alignment with the whole and supported by creative intelligence, the unconditioned consciousness which in a state of inner openness you become
one with. Circumstances and people then become helpful, cooperative. Coincidences happen.
If no action is possible, you rest in the peace and inner stillness that come with surrender.”
Source: A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
“If active or concerned citizens forfeit politics, they thereby abandon their society to its most mediocre and venal public servants”
Source: Ill Fares the Land
“If actors are making a little film with me at 2am in Nashville, they're not doing it to get paid. They're doing it because there's something special about the characters, which helps the film become more interesting.”
“If actors could actually make a living doing theater, that would be my first choice. Sitcoms are the closest thing to being onstage in front of an audience.”
“If [Adam and Eve] disobeyed, they would not simply be rejecting Him—they would be rejecting everything that was true about themselves as well. By choosing to turn from God to something else for knowledge, they would blind themselves to their own nature. And they would die because they would cut themselves off from the only thing that made them alive in the first place—God Himself”
Source: Made for More: An Invitation to Live in God's Image
“If Adam and Eve had children's and populated the earth.
We would all be brothers and sisters.”
“If Adam and Eve were not hunter-gatherers, then they were certainly gatherers. But, then, consumer desire, or self-embitterment, or the 'itch,' as Schopenhauer called it, appeared in the shape of the serpent. This capitalistic monster awakens in Adam and Eve the possibility that things could be better. Instantly, they are cast out of the garden and condemned to a life of toil, drudgery, and pain. Wants supplanted needs, and things have been going downhill ever since.”
“If Adam had had a real hairy back, we probably wouldn't be here today.”
“If Adam was stupid about his pride, Gansey was stupid about Adam.”
Source: The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)
“If adapted to the unique requirements of various regions and peoples of the world, such economic pluralism could have a greater global impact over the next fifty years than the collectivist economics of Marxism and neo-Marxism have had during the half century just past.”
“If added power attends the united prayer of two or three, what mighty triumphs there will be when hundreds of thousands of consistent members of the Church are with one accord day by day making intercession for the extension of Christ's Kingdom.”
Source: The Evangelization of the World in this Generation
“if addiction ran in families, maybe recovery could too.”
“If addicts are to overcome the stigma of addiction, professionals and nonprofessionals must educate the public.”
“If adding two numbers produced a random result each time, we could never rely on math. Fortunately there are definite answers with no variation. Similarly, there is nothing random about the study of science. If each iteration of an experiment yielded a different result from the same variables, we would not be able to conclude anything with certainty. The scientific method is not compatible with randomness. If the universe were truly random, the study of science itself would not be possible.
The laws of nature stand in direct opposition to the notion that all is born of chance.”
Source: Believable: Discover the God That Saves All
“If Adenauer were here with us in the sauna, we could see for ourselves that Germany is and will remain divided but also that Germany never will rise again.”
“If administration actions are not to mock its own rhetoric, the President must now take the lead in mobilizing public opinion behind a new resolve to meet the crisis in our cities. He should now put before Congress a National Emergency Public Works and Reconstruction bill aimed at building housing for homeless victims of the riot-torn ghettos, repairing damaged public facilities, and in the process generating maximum employment opportunities for unskilled and semiskilled workers. Such a bill should be the first step in the imperative reconstruction of all our decaying center cities.
Admittedly, the prospects for passage of such a bill in the present Congress are dismal. Congressmen will cry out that the rioters must not be re-warded, thereby further penalizing the very victims of the riots. This, after all, is a Congress capable of defeating a meager $40 million rat extermination program the same week it votes $10 million for an aquarium in the District of Columbia!
But the vindictive racial meanness that has descended upon this Congress, already dominated by the revived coalition of Republicans and Dixiecrats, must be challenged—not accommodated. The President must go directly to the people, as Harry Truman did in 1948. He must go to them, not with slogans, but with a timetable for tearing down every slum in the country.
There can be no further delay. The daydreamers and utopians are not those of us who have prepared massive Freedom Budgets and similar programs. They are the smugly "practical" and myopic philistines in the Congress, the state legislatures, and the city halls who thought they could sit it out. The very practical choice now before them and the American people is whether we shall have a conscious and authentic democratic social revolution or more tragic and futile riots that tear our nation to shreds.”
Source: Down the Line: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin
“If admiration were not generally deemed the exclusive property of the rich, and contempt the constant lackey of poverty, the love of gain would cease to be an universal problem.”
“If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education.”
“If adults that were bitten by dogs as children still reacted to dogs with fear, was it crazy to think that such an intense event from my teenage years could live in my body and continue to be triggered by a similar situation?”
Source: Dissonance
“If adults want to take such chances (with marijuana) that is their business”
“If adventure has a final and all-embracing motive, it is surely this: we go out because it is our nature to go out, to climb mountains, and to paddle rivers, to fly to the planets and plunge into the depths of the oceans... When man ceases to do these things, he is no longer man.”
“If adventurers were cowardly, no one would have crossed the nations; if sailors were fearful, no one would have crossed the oceans; if pilots were gutless, no one would have crossed the skies.”
“If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.”
Source: Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1
“If advertising encourages people to live beyond their means, so does matrimony.”
“If advertising has invaded the judgment of children, it has also forced its way into the family, an insolent usurper of parental function, degrading parents to mere intermediaries between their children and the market. This indeed is a social revoluation in our time!”
“If advertising is not an official or state art, it is nonetheless clearly art.”
Source: Advertising, The Uneasy Persuasion (RLE Advertising): Its Dubious Impact on American Society
“If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for, then I'm for it.”
“If Afghan soldiers continue to kill American soldiers as is happening these days, it can hardly be assumed that they will stay in Afghanistan in the long term. And what role are they to play? There will not be enough soldiers to ensure the security of the country. But will the US still be permitted to kill terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan with un-manned drones? That could worsen the situation in the neighboring states and they could view Afghanistan as a threat.”
“If Africa is left behind, she is going to continue pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, especially carbon. She's going to continue logging the forests, she's going to continue burning charcoal, she is going to continue practicing agricultural activities that destroy the environment, and sooner or later Africa's problem will become a global problem.”
“If Africa seeks prosperity, it must provide for the health and nutrition of all – including the poorest.”
“If Africa wasn't beautiful the white man wouldn't want it.”
“If African countries can unite and pull resources together, then that will be the best thing we could ever do for the problems in Africa including AIDS.”
“If African farmers can use improved seeds and better practices to grow more crops and get them to market, then millions of families can earn themselves a better living and a better life.”
“If Africans knew what they wants to achieve through education , they wouldn't administer Vocational Education in English as a medium of instruction”
“If after accepting the spiritual master and being initiated one does not follow the rules and regulations of devotional service, then he is again fallen.”
“If after all my Atheology turns out wrong and your Theology right I feel I shall always be able to pass into Heaven (if I want to) as a friend of G.K.C.'s. Bless you.”
“If after all your efforts you cannot succeed, you could not please our Lord more than by sacrificing to Him your will, and remaining in tranquility, humility, and devotion, entirely conformed and submissive to His divine will and good pleasure.”
Source: Letters to Persons in the World
“If after every tempest come such calms, May the winds blow till they have waken'd death!”
Source: Othello Retold In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide
“If after giving it all that you possibly can, you do lose to the competition, then they really deserve the win.”
“If after having been exposed to someone's presence you feel as if you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that presence. You need it like you need pernicious anemia.”
“If after I am free a friend of mine gave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bit. I can be perfectly happy by myself. With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?”
Source: De Profundis
“If after I die, people want to write my biography, there is nothing simpler. They only need two dates: the date of my birth and the date of my death. Between one and another, every day is mine.”
“If after I read a poem the world looks like that poem for 24 hours or so I'm sure it's a good one—and the same goes for paintings.”
Source: One Art: Letters
“If after reading this book you come to my home and brutally murder me, I do not blame you.”
Source: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
“If after so much effort and prayer, the matter is not successful, it will be a clear sign that God does not will it.”
Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: August 1646-March 1650
“If after trying every solution, and every analysis, things still don’t work out for your business, don’t feel disheartened. Pick yourself up, raise your head high, memorize those valuable business lessons learned from this experience and start working on a new business idea. A real entrepreneur never stops. This time you will enter the industry with more experience and wisdom. And this idea is going to be yours!”
Source: The Art of Running a Successful Wedding Services Business: The Missing Puzzle Piece You’re Looking For
“If after two weeks you still can't write your middle-eight, the best course of action is to see a psychiatrist”