I Quotes
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“If all the Churches of Europe closed their doors until the drums ceased rolling they would act as a most powerful reminder that though the glory of war is a famous and ancient glory, it is not the final glory of God.”
Source: George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion
“If all the circumstances of acting are made to easy, then there's no grain of sand to make the pearl.”
“If all the diplomats were kicked out, the UN could be turned into the finest bordello in the world and do just as much, if not more, for international harmony.”
Source: The Tomb
“If all the directions you will go are the same, you will not have a direction-choosing problem! But this time your real problem will be: Lack of options, in other words, being confined to one thing!”
“If all the earth were paper white / And all the sea were ink / 'Twere not enough for me to write / As my poor heart doth think.”
“If all the economists in the world were laid end to end, it wouldn't be a bad thing.”
Source: One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In
“If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.”
“If all the elements are arranged in the order of their atomic weights, a periodic repetition of properties is obtained. This is expressed by the law of periodicity.”
Source: Mendeleev on the Periodic Law: Selected Writings, 1869 - 1905
“If all the evidence in the universe turned in favour of creationism, I would be the first to admit it, and I would immediately change my mind. As things stand, however, all available evidence (and there is a vast amount of it) favours evolution.”
Source: The God Delusion
“If all the evidence is weighed carefully and fairly, it is indeed justifiable, according to the canons of historical research, to conclude that the sepulcher of Joseph of Arimathea, in which Jesus was buried, was actually empty on the morning of the first Easter. And no shred of evidence has yet been discovered in literary sources, epigraphy, or archaeology that would disprove this statement.”
Source: In the Fullness of Time: A Historian Looks at Christmas, Easter, and the Early Church
“If all the evidence put forward for the authenticity of religious teachings originates in the past, it is natural to look round and see whether the present, about which it is easier to form judgements, may not also be able to furnish evidence of the sort. If by this means we could succeed in clearing even a single portion of the religious system from doubt, the whole of it would gain enormously in credibility.”
Source: The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud
“If all the fools in this world should die, lordly God how lonely I should be.”
“If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised.”
“If all the good people were clever And all the clever people were good The world would be nicer than ever We thought that it possibly could. But somehow, 'tis seldom or ner The two hit it off as they should The good are so harsh to the clever The clever so rude to the good!”
“If all the harps in the world were burned down, still inside the heart there will be hidden music playing.”
“If all the historic books of the Bible were blotted from the memory of mankind, nothing of value would be lost.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“If all the ineffective ideas for solving the energy crisis were laid end to end, they would reach to the moon and back”
“If all the insects were to disappear from the earth, within 50 years all life on earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish.”
“If all the lawyers were hanged tomorrow, and their bones were sold to a mah jong factory, we'd all be freer and safer, and our taxes would be reduced by almost a half.”
“If all the members of a team have synchronized their energy and they have all subordinated their egos to success of the team, then we have a functioning unit. If we have a lot of hotshots who want attention, you won't really play that well.”
“If all the misfortunes of mankind were cast into a public stack in order to be equally distributed among the whole species, those who now think themselves the most unhappy would prefer the share they are already possessed of before that which would fall to them by such a division.”
“If all the music written since Bach's time should be lost, it could be reconstructed on the foundation which Bach laid.”
“If all the people around you are happy with you, you are not doing
great work. Progress is disruption and change.”
Source: The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster: Why Now Is the Time to #Join the Ride
“If all the people around you are happy with you, you are not doing great work. When you stop being like other people, they stop liking you. That's just how it goes. There's no escaping it. And it's okay. What you need to understand about that disapproval is that it's a sign you're doing something right.”
Source: The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster: Why Now Is the Time to #Join the Ride
“If all the people break, and all the world breaks, and everyone and everything goes mad, then I can be normal, just like everyone else, right?”
Source: Pandora Hearts 24巻
“If all the people who have been hurt by the war were to exclude joy from their lives, it would almost be as if they had died.”
Source: The diary and letters of Kaethe Kollwitz
“If all the people who were called "crazy" started acting "normal", we'd probably still be living in caves.”
“If all the prayers have been answered successfully, then a madman's prayer can easily destroy the entire universe in a flash of a second.”
“If all the priests go we all want to be married and the pope goes all priests should be married than I say go for it.”
“If all the qualities which a painter took from the model for his picture were really taken, no person could be painted twice.”
Source: Lucian Freud: naked portraits : Werke der 40er bis 90er Jahre
“If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would feel bound to concentrate their money on improving these schools until they met the highest ideals.”
Source: Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words
“If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go around.”
“If all the sins of the flesh are worthy of condemnation because by them man allows himself to be dominated by that which he has of the animal nature, much more deserving of condemnation are the sins against nature by which man degrades his own animal nature.”
“If all the stars and galaxies in the universe today were smoothed out into a uniform sea of atoms, there would only be about one atom in every cubic meter of space.”
Source: The Origin Of The Universe: Science Masters Series
“If all the stars sank back into the White Sea, there would be no space for thee. For we are the jubilee of when eternity could see. A memory of what was, and suns could be.”
“If all the statisticians in the world were laid head to toe, they wouldn't be able to reach a conclusion”
“If all the students who slept through lectures were laid end to end, they'd all be a lot more comfortable. If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.”
“If all the suns but ours collapsed tonight, how many lifetimes would it take us to realize that we were alone?”
“If all the theories were correct, there wouldn't be a fish left in all of our lakes and rivers and streams.”
“If all the time consumed in attending dinners and luncheons was consumed in some work, the production of this country would be doubled”
“If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined up with a line, it might represent a minotaur.”
Source: The Picasso Book
“If all the white people who claim they don't hate us would ever get together and do something to the whites who claim they hate us, we'd see some action. Talk is cheap, if white people didn't want to have a South African situation ... there'd be none. If white people in America didn't want segregation, there'd be none ... it is the man who allows him to lynch who is never seen.”
“If all the women over the world have been permitted to be married to only one man, except one woman. He'd love to marry that woman. That is the imprint of man”
“if all the words spoken were true the world would be beautiful.”
“If all the world and love were young,
And truth in every shepherd's tongue,
These pretty pleasures might me move
To live with thee, and be thy love.”
“If all the world be worth thy winning. / Think, oh think it worth enjoying: / Lovely Thaïs sits beside thee, / Take the good the gods provide thee.”
Source: The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales, and Translations ...
“If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.”
Source: The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“If all the world is a stage and life is just a play upon it, get me two seats in the stalls.”
“If all the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players, where do all the audiences come from?”
“If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?”