I Quotes
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“If I had my way...We would lock ourselves away from that madness out there.”
“If I had my whole life to live over again, I don't think I'd have the strength.”
“If I had my wilderness, nature could be my lover. What can I do in the paved streets for my thirsty roots? I waste time. I encourage fools. I slip the vital hours into penny slot machines -- to pass time, to start my stuck wheels only love can oil.”
Source: Necessary secrets: the journals of Elizabeth Smart
“If I had my will, I would live in a ship on the sea and never come nearer to humanity than that!”
“If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backward 10 years later.”
“If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them.”
“If I had never joined a church till I had found one that was perfect, I should never
have joined one at all; and the moment I did join it, if I had found one, I should have
spoiled it, for it would not have been a perfect church after I had become a member of
it. Still, imperfect as it is, it is the dearest place on earthto us.”
Source: Spurgeon at His Best: Over 2200 Striking Quotations from the World's Most Exhaustive and Widely-read Sermon Series
“If I had never joined a church till I had found one that was perfect, I should never have joined one at all.”
“If I had never met him I would have dreamed him into being.”
Source: Red ribbon on a white horse
“If I had never touched Holmes, who has tended to obscure my higher work, my position in literature would at the present moment be a more commanding one.”
Source: The Sherlock Holmes Archives (incl. The Truth About Sherlock Holmes)
“If I had never ventured beyond being a stand-up comic, then I would be sitting in my house today working on my Leonardo DiCaprio impression.”
“If I had never won a single medal, I'd still be skating in a rink somewhere. There wouldn't be an audience or camera flashes or autograph seekers, but I'd still be skating.”
“If I had nine of my fingers missing I wouldn't type any slower.”
“If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman.”
“If I had no family, my wife and I would lead a much more romantic and nomadic existence.”
“If I had no sense of humor I should long ago have committed suicide.”
“If I had not been a monk, I would have become an engineer.”
“If I had not been a Shadowhunter, I would have had a future on the stage. I have no doubt I would have been greeted with acclaim.”
Source: Clockwork Princess
“If I had not been already been meditating, I would certainly have had to start. I've treated my own depression for many years with exercise and meditation, and I've found that to be a tremendous help.”
“If I had not been defeated in Acre against Jezzar Pasha of Turk. I would conquer all of the East.”
“If I had not been discriminated against or had not suffered persecution, I would never have received the Nobel Prize.”
“If I had not been so great an invalid, I should not have done so much as I have accomplished.”
“If I had not been successful as a director, then I'm sure I would still be telling stories. I would have continued on 16mm or found a different medium through which to tell them. Maybe they would have been less glamorous than films, but I would continue to tell stories.”
“If I had not existed, someone else would have written me, Hemingway, Dostoyevsky, all of us.”
“If I had not felt certain that every additional trial was ordered by infinite love and mercy, I could not have survived my accumulated suffering.”
“If I had not grown up in Nigeria- and if all I knew of Africa were of popular images- I too would think that africa was a place of beautiful landscapes, beautiful animals and incomprehensible people fighting sensless wars, dying of poverty and aids- unable to speak for themselves and waiting to be saved by a kind white foreigner.”
“If I had not had music in my life, I would be the neurasthenic vision of the playwright.”
“If I had not had so much ambition and not tried to do so many things, I probably would have been happier, but less useful.”
“If I had not kissed anyone, or danced with anyone, or had a reason to cry, the music made me feel as if I had gone through all that anyway.”
Source: The Importance of Music to Girls
“If I had not lived the life I had lived and did not have the wife I have and the children I have, I would never know how to play that role [of Dr. Bedsloe], and I wouldn't have any of those qualities. It's a real example of how it is true that the camera catches everything. Even the stuff you're trying to hide.”
“If I had not obeyed that command of God, concerning plural marriage, I believe that I would have been damned.”
“If I had not passed through trial - through passion, one could say - through these years so painful and so rich, I don't believe I could take on my life and my career as I do today.”
“If I had not smoked I should have been dead ten years ago.”
“If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class drunkard.”
“If I had not studied music, there would be no Macintosh computers today.”
“If I had not try and taken chances, I would have miss many great opportunities in life.”
“If I had not try and taken chances, I would have miss many opportunities in life.”
“If I had nothing to do and I wanted to sit in a dark room and relax, I could at times. But to be busy is very nice. To have things to do and have a schedule.”
“If I had on Pryer, it's that if I can't have you in this life, I will get you in the next.”
Source: Salt
“if I had one ambition it was to make my life itself into a poem.”
Source: A Perilous Advantage: The Best of Natalie Clifford Barney
“If I had one day when I didn't have to be all confused and didn't have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?”
“If I had one dollar left, I'd spend it on PR”
“If I had one golf course, from a design standpoint, one that I really love, it would probably be Pinehurst. There's a totally tree-lined golf course where trees are not a part of the strategy.”
“If I had one night, I'd hold you in my arms,
Find redemption, no more contention,
Keeping you close. Too long, years gone,
Wasted away. One night, our night,
Remember this. I won't forget you,
No I won't forget you.—Red-Eyed Loons”
Source: Hello?
“If I had one piece of advice for people - if they are cooking from the Alinea cookbook, the Betty Crocker cookbook or the back of the box - read through the entire recipe first before reaching for any ingredients, and then read again and execute the directions.”
“If I had one quality that really ruined me and at the same time helped me, it was the fact that I never stopped looking, and by that time I was really working at it.”
“If I had one sermon to preach, it would be a sermon against Pride. The more I see of existence...the more I am convinced of the reality of the old religious thesis, that all evil began with some attempt at superiority; some moment when, as we might say, the very skies were cracked across like a mirror, because there was a sneer in Heaven.”
“If I had one thing I'd like to lose weight. It's tough because of the way I live.”
“If I had one wish for my children, it would be that each of them would reach for goals that have meaning for them as individuals.”
“If I had one wish,
for who I could be,
I would be a fish
afloat in the sea...”