I Quotes
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“If there are any tears shed in heaven, it will be because we prayed so little.”
“If there are any to see I at least am revealed to them. I have written Gandalf is here in signs that all can read from Rivendell to the mouths of Anduin.”
“If there are atheists, who is to be blamed if not the mercenary tyrants of souls who, in revolting us against their swindles, compel some feeble spirits to deny the God whom these monsters dishonour?”
“If there are bases on the moon, that would be the end of the moon as we know it.”
“If there are bleachers in heaven and a warm sun, that's where you'll find Bill Veeck.”
“If there are but few who interest thee, why shouldst thou be disappointed if but few find thee interesting?”
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion
“If there are damned souls in Hell, it is because men blind themselves.”
“If there are dark elves, there have to be light elves right?”
Source: The Werewolves of Brooklyn: Siege of the Dokkalfar
“If there are degrees of evil, it is hard to say who is more contemptible: the brute who assumes the right to force the mind of others or the moral degenerate who grants to others the right to force his mind.”
“If there are dollars to be made, you destroy the environment. The reason is elementary. The people who are going to be harmed by this are your grandchildren and they don't have any votes in the market. Their interests are worth zero. Anybody that pays attention to their grandchildren's interests is being irrational. Because what you're supposed to do is maximize your own interests, measured by wealth, right now. Nothing else matters. So destroying the environment and militarizing outer space are rational policies, but within a framework of institutional lunacy.”
“If there are dominant teams, people enjoy discussing whether that's good or bad for the game, and if there aren't any dominant teams, then people enjoy discussing that.”
“If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.”
“If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that.”
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
“If there are favourable habitats and favorable forms of association for animalsand plants, as ecology demonstrates, why not for men? If each particular natural environment has has its own balance; is there not perhaps an equivalent of this in culture?”
“If there are few conservatives in the senate wing of the Republican Party that will say no to a budget that never balances, we could have the power to say to the leadership, you know what, need a better budget.”
“If there are finer beings than German short hairs, I don't know what they are. In their eyes is peace.”
“If there are four equations and only three variables, and no one of the equations is derivable from the others by algebraic manipulation then there is another variable missing.”
Source: THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIAL ACTION
“If there are fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies on the table, I won't say no to those. Soy sauce is another one, even though it's awful - it's so high in sodium.”
“If there are further steps to European integration, the people should have their say at a general election or in a referendum.”
Source: New Britain: My Vision of a Young Country
“If there are gaps of unproductive capital in the system, everybody loses. And when capital productivity is maximized, everybody wins.”
“If there are gates in your boundaries you have a freeway in the making.”
“If there are gods to listen, they are monstrous gods who torment us for their sport. Who else would make a world like this, so full of bondage, blood, and pain? Who else would shape us as they have?”
Source: A Dance with Dragons
“If there are gods, why is the world so full of pain and injustice?' 'Because of men like you.”
Source: George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons
“If there are going to be people out there making war on other people, don't you think it's a good idea for some of those people to at least follow a code of ethics? Not 'honor' but something you can pin down and be sure of, something with the same rules for everybody.”
“If there are greater activities in Vesuvius or Pelee, then the southern coast of California and the areas between Salt Lake and the southern portions of Nevada, we may expect, within the three months following same, inundation by the earthquakes. But these are to be more in the Southern than the Northern Hemisphere.”
“If there are indeed any iron laws of history, one of them is surely that in any major crisis of the capitalist system, a sector of the liberal middle class will shift to the left, and then shift smartly back again once the crisis has blown over.”
“If there are infinite dimensions then there would be infinite alternate realities and if there are infinite alternate realities we would exist in almost all of them that would make all of us omnipresent...”
“If there are inherent predispositions to intolerance of difference, if citizens so predisposed pop up in all societies, and if those predispositions are actually activated by the experience of living in a vibrant democracy, then freedom feeds fear that undermines freedom, and democracy is its own undoing. The overall lesson is clear: when it comes to democracy, less is often more, or at least more secure. We can do all the moralizing we like about how we want our ideal democratic citizens to be. But democracy is most secure, and tolerance is maximized, when we design systems to accommodate how people actually are. Because some people will never live comfortably in a modern liberal democracy. (p.335)”
Source: The Authoritarian Dynamic
“If there are issues, if there's wrongdoing, people have to be held accountable and we have to try to deter future bad behavior.”
“If there are junk yards in hell, love is the dog that guards the gates.”
“If there are kids who want to follow in my footsteps, I'd say that my shoes are too big for them to fill! But their shoe size is just perfect.”
“If there are lessons to be drawn from the sciences, then that should be the concern of everyone, including scientists to the extent that they can make a contribution.”
“if there are many choices of 3.4 billion women/men in this world (2010 statistic: 65% from overall population or 2,2 billion are 15-64 years old women/men) , why should be narrowed with only view to the same beliefs ?”
“If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it.”
Source: The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People
“If there are moments in my work when people find joy and humour, that's a real success for me.”
“If there are more and more environmental refugees, they are going to end up on your doorstep too.”
“If there are more than two sexes, then so be it and, of course, the assumption that there are two helps shape, as many have argued, the binary logic that underpins much of the history of western philosophy.”
“If there are Muslims who believe that they've got to kill Christians to make a way for the Islamic faith in the West, not only would they be disappointed, but it will lead to conflict, there's no doubt about that.”
“If there are nine guys auditioning and they're all gorgeous, I have an advantage, because gorgeous guys are a dime a dozen. But if they need someone else - like a goofy guy with bad hair who is just okay - then that's me. And finally, the other 2 percent who audition are geniuses that I could never touch.”
“If there are nine rabbits on the ground and you want to catch one, just focus on one.”
“If there are no absolute truths, would that not be an absolute truth?”
“If there are no barriers to cross or demons to slay in the journey to reach your desired destination, how can you call it a success?”
“If there are no barriers to cross or demons to slay to reach the desired destination, we will not call it a success.”
“If there are no books. There is no civilization.”
“If there are no cigars in heaven, I shall not go.”
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”
“If there are no endings, there are no beginnings and you see no new lands, so for everything that's lost, there is usually something gained.”
Source: Some Men Are More Perfect Than Others
“If there are no films or plays of interest to me, I don't go. I know how to go to a museum or a library or pick up a good magazine or I can watch the sun set. I know how to live. There's a whole creation out there full of magic and wonder to be explored.”
“If there are no great teachers, how can we expect a great future?”
“if there are no heros to save you,
Then you be the hero”