I Quotes
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“If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible”
“If American Idol was the Olympics, I'd still get a medal. It was a great race.”
“If American industry continues to sow contempt for the consumer, it will reap contempt from the consumer.”
“If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring.”
Source: The Best of Marya Mannes
“If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.”
Source: Cimarron
“If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if you have enough blindness left in you, on any plea, on any excuse, to vote for the Democratic Party or the Republican Party (for at present machine and party are one), or for any candidate who does not stand for a new era, -- then you yourself pass into the slide of the magic-lantern; you are an exhibit, a quaint product, a curiosity of the American soil. You are part of the problem.”
“If American schooling is inadequate now, just imagine how much more obsolete it will be when today's kindergarten students graduate from high school in just 12 years.”
“If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.”
“If American workers are being denied their right to organize and collectively bargain when I'm in the White House, I'll put on a comfortable pair of shoes myself. I'll walk on that picket line with you as President of the United States of America, because workers deserve to know that somebody is standing in their corner.”
“If Americans actually have the conversation about our disastrous prison policies, we'll understand the trends all move in very dangerous directions: we lock up more people, for less violent crime, at ever greater expense, breeding more dangerous criminals who often come out unemployable, violent and isiolated.”
“If Americans are frustrated with Congress, imagine their frustration with a group of international bank officials running our ecomomy-bankers who may not have as their motive either to see us out of debt to them or to strengthen our economy, society, international influence, or other elements of our way of life.”
“If Americans are reluctant to go on the dole that's because they have a healthy work ethic.”
“If Americans are to read something that is difficult, they will only do so supposing they will be admired for having done it.”
“If Americans are working harder than ever earning less than they once did, our government and our leaders should step up, offer a plan, fix what's wrong -- or they should step aside, the recovery has been everywhere but in the family paychecks. The American Dream has become a mirage for far too many.”
“If Americans could choose, would they choose to work on the infrastructure for cancer-causing oil power or would they choose to work on the infrastructure for health-reviving wind power?”
“If Americans could legally access prescription drugs outside the United States, then drug companies would be forced to re-evaluate their pricing strategy.”
“If Americans in 2100 came to see 12 meters sea-level rise as inevitable by 2200, who can even begin to fathom how the nation would respond?”
Source: Hell and high water: global warming - the solution and the politics - and what we should do
“If Americans loved judicial activism, liberals wouldn't be lying about what it is. Judicial activism means making up constitutional rights in order to strike down laws the justices don't like based on their personal preferences. It's not judicial activism to strike down laws because they violate the Constitution.”
“If Americans should now turn back, submit again to slavery, it would be a betrayal so base the human race might better perish.”
Source: God of the Machine
“If Americans thought music and art belonged together, they wouldn't have the Grammys.”
Source: Paradoxical Undressing
“If Americans want prosperity, we need a grand reawakening to the incontrovertible fact that its source is entrepreneurs unfettered by meddling politicians.”
Source: Blind Conceit: Politics, Policy and Racial Polarization: Moving Forward to Save America
“If Americans want to live the American dream, they should go to Denmark.”
“If Americans want to see results instead of rhetoric, if taxpayers would like solutions instead of sound bites, and hard work instead of horse trading, I suggest you take a short look, and it won't take much longer, at the accomplishments of this Congress.”
“If Americans were attacked, it does change the equation. The problem is, is that with regard to this is there've been horrendous killings of civilians with conventional weapons.”
“If Americans wish to preserve a country they will recognize, then the first step is to recognize the enemy. Public education is the enemy. The entertainment industry is the enemy. The corporate culture is the enemy. The advertising industry is the enemy. And most of the politicians in both parties are the enemy. An enemy is defined as anybody, or any organization, which is attacking the traditional beliefs of Americans.”
“If amino acids can only be made where there is no free oxygen in the atmosphere, and porphyrins can only be made when there is free oxygen, then these things needed by every cell could not have existed together to form the first cell! What’s more, many of these compounds are antagonistic. They will combine and destroy each other—anywhere except within a living cell.”
Source: It Couldn't Just Happen: Fascinating Facts About God's World
“If an 'animal abuser' were killed in a research lab firebombing, I would unequivocally support that, too.”
“If an abduction is reported, it is dealt with in the same way as a kidnap.”
“If an accident happens in a plant, the aftermath will be unimaginable.”
“If an accountant told you your English was not quantitative, how far would you go back in time?
Poem - Help Me Solve This Puzzle In Between The Middle Of My Midbrain.
December 14, 2022.”
Source: EvolutionR
“If an act of inhumanity goes unchallenged in your presence, then you have no right to call yourself human.”
Source: Aşkanjali: The Sufi Sermon
“If an action doesn't have life in it, it has gone in waste.”
Source: Time to Save Medicine
“If an action must be taken that will benefit the majority at the cost of the minority, is it morally indefensible? If an action taken for the benefit of a majority occurs at the expense of a minority, is it moral action?”
“If an actor commits properly to a role, they do a bit mad during a shoot. If they're going to do that, they should balance themselves by doing a role as a yoga teacher.”
“If an actor ever says they really enjoy the auditioning process, I truly believe that they're lying. It's an anxiety-filled waking nightmare. It's awful.”
“If an actor is bored, then they are boring to an audience. I definitely don't want to ever be that.”
“If an actor knows how to milk a cow, I always know it will not be difficult to be in business with him.”
“If an actor or actress is recognizable, that changes our perception of them.”
“If an actor tries to understand too much, he will act in an intellectual and unnatural manner.”
“If an addict who has been completely cured starts smoking again he no longer experiences the discomfort of his first addiction. There exists, therefore, outside alkaloids and habit, a sense for opium, an intangible habit which lives on, despite the recasting of the organism. The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house.”
Source: Cocteau's world: an anthology of writings
“If an adult has just moved as fast as a child, from crying to laughing, then it is either the laughter is fake, or they are being tickled.”
“If an adult uses violence on a child, the child will naturally assume that he too, has the right to use it on one smaller or weaker.”
“If an adversary didn't target our power plants but they did target the core routers, the backbones that tie our internet connections together, entire parts of the United States could be cut off. That would have a tremendous impact on us as a society and it would have a policy backlash.”
“If an aircraft is able to fly day and night without fuel, propelled only by solar energy, let no one claim that it is impossible to do the same thing for motor vehicles, heating and air-conditioning systems or computers, etc. This project voices our conviction that a pioneering spirit with political vision can together change society and and reduce society's dependence on fossil energies.”
“If an alien lands on your front lawn and extends an appendage as a gesture of greeting, before you get friendly, toss it an eightball. If the appendage explodes, then the alien was probably made of antimatter. If not, then you can proceed to take it to your leader.”
Source: Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
“If an alien visited Earth, they would take some note of humans, but probably spend most of their time trying to understand the dominant form of life on our planet - microorganisms like bacteria and viruses.”
“If an American audience is given a serious musical theater piece that is well produced, dramatically gripping and wonderfully acted, they'll respond to it.”
“If an American is concerned only about his nation, he will not be concerned about the peoples of Asia, Africa, or South America. Is this not why nations engage in the madness of war without the slightest sense of penitence? Is this not why the murder of a citizen of your own nation is a crime, but the murder of citizens of another nation in war is an act of heroic virtue?”
Source: Strength to Love
“If an American is motoring on his own, he (the paragon of morality and chastity) will slow down and stop beside every solitary pretty female pedestrian, bare his teeth in a big smile, and tempt her into his car with a wild roll of the eyes. A lady who fails to appreciate his passion will qualify as an idiot who doesn't realise how lucky she is to have the opportunity of getting to know the owner of this 100-horse-power motor car.”
Source: My Discovery of America
“If an American is to amount to anything he must rely upon himself, and not upon the State; he must take pride in his own work, instead of sitting idle to envy the luck of others. He must face life with resolute courage, win victory if he can, and accept defeat if he must, without seeking to place on his fellow man a responsibility which is not theirs.”
Source: The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations