I Quotes
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“If I Must Die (The Sonnet)
I have no desire to die as just,
Another writer like that bard fella.
If I must die as a writer, I will die as,
The first multi-cultural writer en historia.
I have no desire to die as just,
Another founder of a sect or nation.
If I must die as something, I'll die as,
One of the founders of human unification.
I have no desire to die as just another,
Coldhearted scientist or pompous philosopher.
If I must die as a scientist and philosopher,
I'll die as the one who made love truth's driver.
But above all that, I have no desire to die, period.
Cowards die, whereas I, am already martyred.”
Source: Dervish Advaitam: Gospel of Sacred Feminines and Holy Fathers
“If I must die,
you must live
to tell my story
to sell my things
to buy a piece of cloth
and some strings,
(make it white with a long tail)
so that a child, somewhere in Gaza
while looking heaven in the eye
awaiting his dad who left in a blaze—
and bid no one farewell
not even to his flesh
not even to himself—
sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up
above
and thinks for a moment an angel is there
bringing back love
If I must die
let it bring hope
let it be a tale”
“If I must die, I will encounter darkness as a bride, and hug it in mine arms.”
“If I must die, then I will die boldly, as I have lived.”
“If I must drool, I may as well drool on cashmere.”
Source: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
“If I must fall, may it be from a high place.”
“If I Must Go
If I must go to heaven's end
Climbing the ages like a stair,
Be near me and forever bend
With the same eyes above me there;
Time will fly past us like leaves flying,
We shall not heed, for we shall be
Beyond living, beyond dying,
Knowing and known unchangeably.”
Source: Flame and Shadow
“If I must have an ill, may it be real, That I may meet it eye to eye and fight, And wheresoever it may strength reveal Get after it with all my main and might. The woe that but impends and wears the mind With worry deep and most vexatious care, Is harder fighting than the realler kind, For when you come to strike—it isn't there!”
“If I must have regrets, I Pray that all of them are for fearlessly jumping in with both feet, rather than for having never sampled the water at all.”
“If I must recall each breath's dance,
Like heart's steady beat in life's expanse.
Just like my pulse, am I but a part?
Serving life's rhythm, making this art.
Woven together, skillfully entwined
Am I but a thread, in this grand design?”
Source: On My Way To Infinity: A Seeker's Poetic Pilgrimage
“If I myself dominate myself, if my thoughts revolve round myself, if I am so occupied with myself I rarely have "a heart at leisure from itself," then I know nothing of Calvary love.”
Source: If: What do I Know of Calvary Love?
“If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.”
“If I need romance, that's what Netflix is for.”
Source: The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale
“If I need something, even a pair of socks, my assistant has to get them for me.”
“If I need something, I just draw it, have a few friends make it move, and it exists. I enjoy this strange power. I try to be a good sorcerer, though.”
“If I need something, I'll invent it.”
“If I need to bulk up for a role, I will do more weights. If I need to slim down for something, I will do more cardio. That's usually how it goes.”
“If I need to buy a TV, I'll definitely buy a Japanese TV. A Chinese TV might explode.”
“If I need to cheer myself up, I will put on some fabulous '40s musical on video. But I'm very lucky; I seldom get depressed. Without question, I'm a 'glass half full' person. In fact, it's three-quarters full!”
“If I need to help my team and play a different position for that game because somebody is hurt or they want to give a day off to somebody, I'll do it.”
“If I need you I'll give you a signal.' What signal?" I'll imitate the scream of a terrified little girl”
Source: Dead Beat: A Novel of The Dresden Files
“If I needed advice from my caddie, he'd be hitting the shots and I'd be carrying the bag.”
“If I needed to record, I'd head to the coast or Nashville, one or the other.”
“If I negate powdered wigs, I am still left with unpowdered wigs.”
Source: Marx: Selected Writings
“If I never am better then Kanye, in my brain, I'm always going to be trying to be, forever and ever until the day that I die.”
“If I never do another movie, I will have had the privilege of working on one of the big Hollywood movies with top people, creating a world that can only be described as totally cinematic”
“If I never do another show, I'll die a happy man.”
“If I never do another thing, I've met the good sweet people of the world.”
“If I never explore my limits, my bodymind will gradually tighten and become unconscious. If I regularly explore my limits in a caring and adventuresome fashion, I will expand and grow in a vital fashion. But if I try to push myself past where I am honestly able to go, I will no longer be practicing yoga but instead will be practicing greed, and I will probably be met by pain and disease. Stated simply, it is the difference between ignoring your self, making love to yourself, and raping yourself.”
“If I never had any mental health issues, there's no doubt in my mind I'd still be playing.”
“If I never have anything from him except this one moment I am going to take it. Take it now, or drown in regret later.”
Source: The Travis Family Series, Books 1-3: Blue-Eyed Devil, Smooth Taking Stranger and Sugar Daddy
“If I never meet you In this life Let me feel the lack A glance from your eyes Then my life Will be yours”
“If I never sang on a record again I can still look at my walls. They are covered floor to ceiling with gold and platinum records from all over the world.”
“If I never saw another airport again, I'd be happy!”
“If I never saw another fistfight or car chase or Doberman attack, I wouldn't have any feeling of loss. And that goes for Rottweilers, too.”
“If I never see you again I will always carry you inside outside on my fingertips and at brain edges and in centers centers of what I am of what remains.”
“If I never sit in the living rooms of people’s lives, I am entirely unable to lead them out of the house.”
“If I never spoke of hell, I should think I had kept back something that was profitable, and should look on myself as an accomplice of the devil.”
“If I never wake again, I certainly will have lived while I was alive.”
“If I never went home, what exactly would I be missing? I pictured my cold cavernous house, my friendless town full of bad memories, the utterly unremarkable life that had been mapped out for me. It had never once occurred to me, I realized, to refuse it.”
Source: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
“If I never won a Grammy, I would be satisfied, if in fact I could help people. I don't say that because it sounds like something cool to say.”
“If I notice a cute girl at the meet-and-greet, I might go and talk to her.”
“If I notice a police officer is following me, I always offer to hold hands with them!”
“If I now recognize evil in other people, is it not because I have become evil too?”
Source: The Joy Luck Club: A Novel
“If I nurture my imagination,
gardens will bloom
wreathed with double rainbows,
suffused in All-flower-perfume.”
Source: If You Shut Your Eyes, You'll hear Some Cosmic Verse
“If I obey Jesus Christ in the seemingly random circumstances of life, they become pinholes through which I see the face of God.”
Source: Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers
“If I obey Jesus Christ, the redemption of God will flow through me to the lives of others, because behind the deed of obedience is the reality of Almighty God.”
Source: Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers
“If I observe my cats carefully, it is partly because I observe everyone I deal with as carefully as I can and partly because they amuse and entertain me. They are an important part of the fabric of my daily life.”
“If I offend anybody tonight, I apologize. That's not my intention. I'm not going to guess what your personal line of decency is; I cross my own from time to time - it's how I know I still have one.”
“If I offend you.
Number one, I am really sorry.
Number two, I will try and tone it down.
Number three, the first two are lies.
I really don’t give a hairy monkey’s butt if I offend anyone.”