I Quotes
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“If it takes me 10 years to be the musician I want to be, great.”
“If it takes more than a sentence to explain what you are doing, it's almost always a sign that what you are doing is too complicated.”
“If it takes seven days to make a living, you ought to be doing something else.”
“If it takes several billion years to develop the building blocks which you need, like RNA and DNA, and then those can build multicellular life and then multicellular life can be honed with natural selection to a point where it becomes sentient like us, then at some point that sentient being can begin to manipulate the matter around it to build better sentient life.”
“If it takes the entire army and navy to deliver a postal card in Chicago, that card will be delivered.”
“If it takes years to build a friendship, then every other relationship should be called 'a quickie.”
Source: The Infinity Sign
“If it takes you 20 or 25 years to establish yourself in one field, you really ought to be careful not to stray too far.”
“If it takes you a year to cut a record, I don't know, you need to find something else to do. It really shouldn't take that long.”
“If it takes you apart, that's not love. Love puts you back together.”
“If it takes you seven years to write each novel, you need a patron. And I would rather have my corporate self as my patron than any arts council or bestower of grants.”
“If it takes you three years to set up a studio, and you've made one track with that setup, then the logical thing to do is not change anything and just do another one using the same set of sounds.”
“If it tastes good, spit it out!”
“If it tastes good, spit it out. All those cakes and pies and candy and ice cream -- all that terrible fast food stuff! I just bought a new corvette sports car ... would I put oil in the gas tank? Would I?”
“If it tickles thighs, it flies!”
“If it took a lie to achieve my goal, the lie is that I achieved a goal.”
“If it took Labouchere three columns to prove that I was forgotten, then there is no difference between fame and obscurity.”
Source: Decorative Art in America: A Lecture, Together with Letters, Reviews and Interviews. Edited, with an Introd. by Richard Butler Glaenzer
“If it took multiple debt ceiling hikes, I'd rather achieve the savings.”
“If it took some effort to see old movies, we might try to find out which were the good ones, and if people saw only the good ones maybe they would still respect old movies. As it is, people sit and watch movies that audiences walked out on thirty years ago.”
Source: For Keeps
“If it true that perception is reality, then what is shown on TV is that part of the collective consciousness known as Public Knowledge, that is, the fragment of reality which the mass of people acknowledge to be true.”
Source: Mind Over Media: Essays on Film and Television
“If it turned out Brandon Stark also likes to dress up as Strwberry Shortcake while playing croquet with his miniture pony collection, I totally wouldn't be surprised anymore.”
“If it turns out that Barry Bonds used steroids to bulk up and add muscle mass, he could get four to eight years as governor of California”
“If it turns out that Mario doesn't really fit into the type of game I want, I wouldn't mind using Zelda as the basis of the new game.”
“If it turns out that my best wasn't good enough, at least I won't look back and say that I was afraid to try; failure makes me work even harder.”
“If it turns out that physical death truly results in the absolute cessation of consciousness, then it would seem to me that in the grand truth of things, every human who has ever lived, who has not committed every minute of their lives toward an effort in finding a cure for mortality, has died as an utter and miserable failure.”
“If it turns out that President Barack Obama can make a deal with the most intransigent, hard-line, unreasonable, totalitarian mullahs in the world but not with Republicans? Maybe he's not the problem.”
“If it turns out that the Mayans are right and the world is going to end, you know what this means?
Lindsay Lohan is a genius. She's been partying her brains out. She owes taxes. She’s crashing cars. She’s a genius!”
“If it turns out that there is a God...the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.”
“If it turns out that we're doing proper science from time to time, it just happens to be that that's the most efficient way of doing it. We go into each of these stories with an open mind, and one of the great things about how the show works is that we're not approaching it from a doctoral point of view, we're just trying to see what happens.”
“If it turns out to be a hit, well, good luck dealing with fame. And if it's not a hit and you can still survive and make music you believe in, well, then you're truly blessed. I think that's where we are now.”
“If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and looks like a duck, it is a very unfortunate situation for the batting team. On the other side of the image, although being definitely unfortunatable for the batting team, it is most definitely a glorious silver lining for the bowling team.”
“If it was a biopic about Glenn Greenwald, I would have immersed myself more fully in his personal life and gotten to know him as much as I could, but because it was much more about his relationship to this particular situation, to The Guardian, to Laura Poitras, and to Ewen MacAskill, and Edward Snowden, I was able to really learn a lot about him from reading his book and reading his many articles and accounts of that time.”
“If it was a choice between making movies and doing nothing, he'd probably still wish me to make movies, So he made me keep going.”
“If it was a piece of paper, I would tear it. If it was a bottle, I would break it. If it was a wall, I would tear it down, but it is my heart.”
“If it was a rational fear that I could just explain away to myself, believe me, I would've done it by now. This isn't something I can control. It's nothing you can fix. It's just something I live with.”
Source: Blade of Secrets
“If it was a sin for you to choose me . . . then I would go to the Devil himself and bless him for tempting ye to it.”
Source: The Outlander Series 8-Book Bundle: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Heart's Blood
“If it was a story… you could get a hole… Because you are one fucking damn lucky biatch.”
“If it was about lying under oath - we actually know that Clinton certainly was deceptive, as most people would be about their sex lives - but, in fact, he did not lie.”
“If it was all about me, I'd do a whole lot of pop records, make a whole lot of money, just rake in the dough. But it's never been all about me. It's all about being a voice for the voiceless. People who can't speak for themselves, who don't have a mic, don't have a say.”
“If it was anyone else he'd be pissed if they were still here, but not you”
Source: Never Enough
“If it was as logical as that, I wouldn't continue to feel as bad as I do. I know what you're saying, and you're absolutely right in a way. But logic and rationality only go so far. Then you know what happens? Ha! Then your heart adds its two cents and everything reasonable goes right-out-the-window.”
“If it was easy being extraordinary, then everybody would do it.”
“If it was easy everyone would be a champion, so you've got to decide if you're that person that's going to be a champion.”
“If it was easy, the reward at the end would mean nothing.”
“If it was easy, everyone would be doing it, and you wouldn't have an opportunity.”
“If it was easy, everyone would be doing it. That's why they call it artWORK!”
“If it was Europe that gave us on the coast some idea of our history, it was Europe, I feel, that also introduced us to the lie.”
“If it was Europe, I just picked a country that I hadn't been to, but I didn't try to check up on what was going on in the country or anything like that. I just went and had a good time and met a lot of very nice people who are still my friends.”
“If it was fast for you, you haven’t seen me before.”
Source: Johnny Fracture
“If it was in my control, Id still be wearing a Red Sox uniform, because its the place I know, I love. All of those fans, Ill always remember. But Im also going to another great place. Im going to a phenomenal city with great tradition as well, phenomenal fans, great organization.”
“If it was just a matter of travelling back to the past, anyone could do it. But this cafe chooses people ... By its rules ... And some people hear those rules and give up. But those people who are resolved to go back, despite the rules, have a reason for doing so. It doesn't matter what the reason is. If there is someone they must see, or someone they should see ... even if the present reality won't change ... then, that's all that matters.”
Source: Before Your Memory Fades