I Quotes
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“If I had followed the multitude, I should not have studied philosophy.”
“If I had foreseen Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I would have torn up my formula in 1905.”
Source: Einstein and the Poet: In Search of the Cosmic Man
“If I had forty wives in the United States, they did not know it, and could not substantiate it, neither did I ask any lawyer, judge, or magistrate for them. I live above the law, and so do this people.”
Source: Journal of Discourses
“If I had found out anything, it was that they could print it faster than I could study it.”
Source: Have Space Suit, Will Travel
“If I had found the words I was looking for, I would not have read so much.”
“If I had free time to go to Los Angeles to shoot a movie, I would rather spend it with my kids.”
“If I had girls to educate I would not have them learn both music and drawing.”
“If I had given up everything that my life was about ... I'd let cancer win before it needed to.”
“If I had gone ahead and died ten years ago, I'd probably be a cult figure today.”
Source: POPism: The Warhol '60s
“If I had grown up in any place but New Orleans, I don't think my career would have taken off. I wouldn't have heard the music that was around this town. There was so much going on when I was a kid.”
“If I had grown up in that house I couldn't have loved it more, couldn't have been more familiar with the creak of the swing, or the pattern of the clematis vines on the trellis, or the velvety swell of land as it faded to gray on the horizon . . . . The very colors of the place had seeped into my blood.”
Source: The Secret History
“If I had had a chance to tour with Van Halen before the record, I think it would have been a different record.”
“If I had had me for a student I would have thrown me out of class immediately.”
“If I had had more of a strategic attitude towards how to reveal my sexuality, and if I'd even played with it a little more, I could have sold a lot more albums and been a lot more famous.”
“If I had had success when I was early twenties I'm sure I would have lost my mind, I would've just partied like crazy and probably blown everything I had.”
“If I had had to write only about imaginary people, I would have had to close up my typewriter. I wrote about my life in less and less disguise as I grew older, and finally with no disguise - except the disguise we create for ourselves, which is self-deception.”
“If I had half a chance, I'd put acid in the Government's tea.”
“If I had hit it like I wanted to I'd have holed it.”
“If I had in me something that inspires people towards the good and raises them one step on the ladder of mental and spiritual progress, I want to show it by example, indication, and deduction, not by preaching, threatening, and conspiring.”
“If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and disenchantments of later years, the sterile preoccupation with things artificial, the alienation from the sources of our strength.”
Source: The Sense of Wonder
“If I had influence with the good fairy... I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life.”
Source: The Sense of Wonder
“If I had inherited a fortune I should probably not have cast my lot with mathematics.”
“If I had interesting things to say, I would have been a speechwriter. I think it gets to musicians' heads a lot of the time. Just because people like your records doesn't mean what you have to say is going to be interesting.”
“If I had it [life] to do all over again, I'd have been a plumber.”
“If i had it all to do again there would be more bodies.”
“If I had it my way I'd slit your throat with the knife that you left in my back.”
“If I had it my way, I never would have left San Francisco, but things change and that's the nature of this business. We have to move on. We hopefully get opportunities down the road that we take advantage of.”
“If I had it my way, I would have just kept it short forever. Of course, men like long hair. There's no two ways about it. The majority of the boys around me were like, 'Why did you do that? That's such an error.' And I was like, 'Well, honestly, I don't really care what you think!' I've never felt so confident as I did with short hair - I felt really good in my own skin.”
“If I had it to do again, I would less often judge myself and more often ask for a jury.”
“If I had it to do again, I'd ask more questions and interrupt fewer answers.”
“If I had it to do all over again . . . I wouldn't change a thing.'. . . the final expression of narcissism, the last gesture of self-congratulation.”
“If I had it to do over, I'd vote for Obama without hesitation. I'm very thankful that McCain and Palin aren't in office.”
“If I had kids, I don't think I would recommend they pursue a career in music.”
“If I had kids, my kids would hate me. They would have ended up on the equivalent of the Oprah show talking about me; because something [in my life] would have had to suffer and it would've probably been them.”
“If I had killed somebody, it wouldn't have had so much appeal to the press, you see? But f-ing, you see, and the young girls. Judges want to f- young girls. Juries want to f- young girls. Everyone wants to f- young girls!”
“If I had known being insane was so much fun, I'd have gone crazy long ago.”
“If I had known how much I hate auditioning, I doubt I would have become an actress.”
“If I had known how much I would miss these sensations I might have experienced them differently, recognized their shabby glamour, respected the ticking clock that defined this entire experience. I would have put aside my resentment, dropped my defenses. I might have a basic understanding of European history or economics. More abstractly, I might feel I had truly been somewhere, open and porous and hungry to learn. Because being a student was an enviable identity and one I can only reclaim by attending community college late in life for a bookmaking class or something.”
Source: Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"
“If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first.”
“If I had known I would influence so many guitarists, I would have practiced more.”
“IF I HAD KNOWN
"If I had known" would be the words of a man who is ungrateful to God for him being called to serve. But in tears, I try to smile. The overwhelming need to be there for everyone. The spiritual battles and revelation with dreadful confrontation each day. Yet we are called unwise and drafted as weak. The misunderstanding by those you weep for day and night.
Our discomfort to make them sleep peacefully. The fear that grips me when they say, “Leader hear my dreams. See what I saw…” and I am put into another frantic panic.
My earnest prayers are to comfort those in pain, enrich those in poverty, forgive those in sin, and save those who need saving even if my life could be traded because I swore to save one soul even if it's the last thing done.
The nights that require cuddles but embrace books, prayers, and constant confrontation with the wicked world.
We do not even enjoy the world we live in but constantly seek to right the wrong made in the spiritual because we are set to be violent only which we can conquer.
Sometimes, I say “If I had known”. But I am not ashamed of my shortcomings; even those before me had the same. Some said “if only you can take this cup away…”, some were afflicted with an incurable sickness, some were driven from their father’s land and they sort solace in Medina. Some were crucified, others tried by ordeal or burnt at the stake.
Our family is far though they are close because we swore to keep those who follow our God as our brothers and sisters and love them as we love ourselves. The job of doing God’s work to me is to kill the flesh so that we can rise to glory. My flesh Oh Lord is ever before thee but be mild with it so I can enjoy the bounty of this life and the hereafter. Amen”
“if i had known, if
i had known you, i would have
left my love at home.
-Haiku”
Source: Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems
“If I had known it I would have told my son, I'd rather shoot you than let you join the SS. But I didn't know.”
“If I had known just how boundless is the love of God, just how transformative His grace and mercy, just how liberating His exemplary life and death, I would have run to Him years sooner with all my might.”
Source: Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity
“If I had known my own limitations, I never would have taken the risk, and the risk led to one my greatest artistic and personal experiences.”
“If I had known that this movie would bring so much craziness, I don't know if I would have said 'yes' to the Twilight Saga. I never asked to be a poster-boy.”
“If I had known there was such a thing as Islamic Calligraphy, I would never have started to paint. I have strived to reach the highest levels of artistic mastery, but I found that Islamic Calligraphy was there ages before I was.”
“If I had known they were going to do this, I would have become a shoemaker.”
“If I had known things would turn out this way, I would have trained harder. I would have learned to take care of myself. But I guess that's the point, isn't it? You never know what you're going to have to face, so you'd better be prepared.”
Source: Black Ice
“If I had known what I know now, I would have been ten years ahead in life, but guess what? I know it now, and I am 10 years ahead in life.”