I Quotes
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“If people are hating on you it's often because they are: 1. Threathened by you, 2. Jealous of you or 3. Feeling like you're above them so they put you down to feel better about themselves. The greatest people have haters for a reason, so take it as a compliment. Haters gonna hate.”
“If people are highly successful in their profession they lose their senses. Sight goes. They have no time to look at pictures. Sound goes. They have no time to listen to music. Speech goes. They have no time for conversation. They lose their sense of proportion.”
Source: Selected Works of Virginia Woolf
“If people are highly successful in their professions they lose their sense. Sight goes. They have no time to look at pictures. Sound goes. They have no time to listen to music. Speech goes. They have no time for conversation. Humanity goes. Money making becomes so important that they must work by night as well as by day. Health goes. And so competitive do they become that they will not share their work with others though they have more themselves. What then remains of a human being who has lost sight, sound, and sense of proportion? Only a cripple in a cave.”
“If people are hungry, ill-clad, unsheltered or diseased, nothing is so important as to remedy their condition.”
Source: the new industrial state
“If people are informed they will do the right thing. It's when they are not informed that they become hostages to prejudice.”
“If people are innately saddled with certain sins and flaws, like selfishness, prejudice, sort-sightedness, and self-deception, then political reform would seem to be a waste of time.”
“If people are intent on getting what they deserve, it’s their choice, even though it breaks the Father’s heart.”
“If people are jealous of you, it means you are worth something.”
“If people are jumping down people's throats all the time, in the end, they'll just shrivel up like a flower shrivels up that's not watered.”
“If people are kicking you in the behind, at least you're in front of them.”
“If people are like, 'Oh, you're an icon,' then whatever. But who thinks of themselves like that? It's not like I have posters of myself on the wall.”
“If people are living their lives for security and comfort and pleasure, then mind's every waking moment will be plotting those things. That's how it stays identified - as a body, as a you.”
“If people are looking at me in my hometown, then every woman that races against me in the peloton is as well. I can tell you, every one of them now believes that they can do it. When I go to a Cascade or Nature Valley and they race against me, the girls that are say 30 seconds from me at the races are all of a sudden saying 'I'm 30 seconds from gold I mean why can't I do this.'”
“If people are looking for someone who has never changed their mind and is unwilling to admit they make mistakes, that's not me.”
“If people are looking forward to my films, then I am happy, and I must be doing something right.”
“If people are loving and pay attention to each other, listen to each other, are careful, all that seems to be so evil will disappear. Man is not naturally bad, man is naturally good. Everybody enjoys doing something good – everybody, without any exception.
So start trusting and start opening.”
Source: Let go!: A darshan diary
“If people are lucky enough to have family they should cultivate it. --A Prologue to Love”
Source: A Prologue to Love
“If people are made to feel uncomfortable in the kitchen, they won't go in there. That's why I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing.”
“If people are making fun of you, then you're probably doing something right.”
“If people are naturally drawn to the image of human rights, to the language of democracy, to the dream of freedom, then those ideas have to be poisoned. That requires not just surveillance, and not merely a political system that defends against liberal ideas. It also requires an offensive plan, a narrative that damages the idea of democracy, wherever it is being used, anywhere in the world.”
Source: Autocracy, Inc.
“If people are not afraid of dying, why threaten them with death?”
“If people are not dancing to your tune, change the song.”
“If people are not laughing at your dreams at least once a week, you are aiming too low!”
“If people are not laughing at your goals, your goals are too small.”
“If people are not listening to you as individuals, it's always good to get together and make a stand for something.”
“If people are not making mistakes, they are not trying new things. If they are making the same mistake twice, they are not learning new things!”
Source: Relational Leadership: A Biblical Model for Leadership Service
“If people are not safe, they will not make themselves vulnerable. If they feel too comfortable, they can become complacent or lose their curiosity. They can become intellectually lazy about what matters most.”
“If people are not sharing their faith in your church, if they're not having a quiet time, if they're not living godly lives, then you need to change your style of preaching. You are obviously not seeing lives changed through the Word of God. So what is the problem? The problem isn't the Word. The problem is your preaching style.”
“If people are not smoking, they'll probably be drinking more.”
“If people are not working, then why shouldn’t they take drugs or drink booze?
They can, but not when they’re signing on. And I’ll tell you why. If they’re stoned or pissed up then they’re impaired. And if they’re impaired then they can’t look for work. If you or I are impaired then we can’t work, and so WE can’t earn the money to pay THEIR benefits. So why shouldn't they be tested for drugs and alcohol to spend the money that we earn?”
Source: 100 Common Sense Policies to make BRITAIN GREAT again
“If people are overwhelmed with something, there will be chances of wrong decision-making and indecision.”
Source: The Art of Running a Successful Wedding Services Business: The Missing Puzzle Piece You’re Looking For
“If people are paid well, there should be no poverty.”
“If people are passionate about your product, whether it's because they're hating or loving it, those are both good scenarios.”
“If people are portrayed as monsters, we become disconnected from them, and to me that is not remotely interesting.”
“If people are pro-Israel, they are pro-Israel one-hundred-and-twenty percent. If they are anti-Israel or pro-Palestinian, they tend to be pro-Palestinian one-hundred-and-twenty percent.”
“If people are pro-Israel, they are pro-Israel one-hundred-and-twenty percent. If they are anti-Israel or pro-Palestinian, they tend to be pro-Palestinian one-hundred-and-twenty percent. I don't think a decent person has to choose between being pro-Israel and pro-Palestine. I think you have to be pro-Peace.”
“If people are reacting to films based on their degree of success or failure, then they're not really looking at the movie. I don't really care about that. Everyone's entitled to an opinion, but at least base your opinion on the merit of the work itself.”
“If people are really excited about their music, and that's their primary motivation, then that comes through in demo tapes. That's the most important ingredient.”
“If people are rude in Moscow, at least it's in Russian.”
Source: Pushkin Hills
“If people are rude, that may be the end of the conversation, and maybe we won't have a subsequent conversation. But I believe in giving people the benefit of the doubt and believing the best about the person.”
“If people are saying that somehow their connection is going to be detrimental to their health, of course they are going to reject that idea, because that's the power of falling like that.”
“If people are saying you’re wrong that’s probably a good sign that you’re a genius.”
“If people are smokers, don't they have to pay more? Sometimes, you get your insurance cheaper if you are a nonsmoker. So, let the markets sort this out and insurance sort it out, but not having dictates by the government saying thou, you must do this and your behavior doesn't matter, you know?”
“If people are speaking about something passionately and if they have a level of intelligence about it and if they're sufficiently informed, it's going to be like a magnet to people.”
“If people are standing up there saying, my football team just won with help from God, then obviously God just pissed over the other team.”
“If people are still buying tickets, and still buying the DVDs, and they're still watching on YouTube and my fifteen minutes of fame isn't finished yet, then I'll just keep doing it.”
“If people are taking my book seriously and organizing, getting into office, caring about the constitution, and not waiting for someone else to lead them, I think, God bless them. All of us should be doing that. The left should be doing that.”
“If people are taking pictures of me at Starbucks, it's not the end of the world. It's cool, it's fun, it's exciting.”
“If people are talking about my weight cut all the time and are telling me how skinny I like, you have to respect the audience. You also have to respect all of the fighters who do this.”
“If people are talking about your movie and they're like, 'Yeah, it was ok' - that's the last reaction I would want! I would rather people would say, 'Oh, I hated it!' or 'I loved it!' rather than 'Oh, it's ok.'”