I Quotes
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“If there is a God, there should be no slaves.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?”
“If there is a God, why did he make me an atheist?”
“If there is a God, you owe him far more than a morally decent life.”
Source: Encounters with Jesus: Unexpected Answers to Life's Biggest Questions
“If there is a good and wise God, then there also exists a progress of humanity toward perfection.”
“If there is a good musical reason, I think it might draw more attention and sell, though it is not guaranteed. To make a record without a musical reason, you have to either be a pop star who sells automatically or just be lucky.”
“If there is a good thing about photography, it is that it can be easily enjoyed.”
“If there is a good will, there is great way.”
“If there is a gratification which I envy any people in this world it is to your country [Italy] its music. This is the favorite passion of my soul, and fortune has cast my lot in a country where it is in a state of deplorable barbarism.”
Source: The portable Thomas Jefferson
“If there is a Greek exit from the Eurozone, I think the German elite will be quite pleased that they can then use that to restructure the Eurozone and make it a zone where only strong countries are allowed in. There would then be two tiers within the European Union, which is in fact already happening. But you cannot simply get rid of German control by raising the specter of the Third Reich. That's ahistorical.”
“If there is a ground zero in the cultural wars, it is Missouri, a state where pro-life groups are strong and well organized and their agenda dominates local politics.”
“If there is a gun hanging on the wall in the first act, it must fire in the last.”
“If there is a happy wildlife in a country in addition to the happiness of the people, we can sincerely applaud that country!”
“If there is a hard, high wall and an egg that breaks against it, no matter how right the wall or how wrong the egg, I will stand on the side of the egg. Why? Because each of us is an egg, a unique soul enclosed in a fragile egg. Each of us is confronting a high wall. The high wall is the system which forces us to do the things we would not ordinarily see fit to do as individuals . . . We are all human beings, individuals, fragile eggs. We have no hope against the wall: it's too high, too dark, too cold. To fight the wall, we must join our souls together for warmth, strength. We must not let the system control us -- create who we are. It is we who created the system. (Jerusalem Prize acceptance speech, JERUSALEM POST, Feb. 15, 2009)”
“If there is a heaven we will find each other again, for there is no heaven without you.”
Source: The Longest Ride
“If there is a heaven, I'm sure Rock Hudson is there because he was such a kind person.”
“If there is a heaven, it must be here on earth because the earth is so beautiful.”
“If there is a heaven, it's certain our animals are to be there. Their lives become so interwoven with our own, it would take more than an archangel to detangle them.”
“If there is a heaven, Jane Austen is sitting in a small room with Mother Teresa and Princess Diana, listening to Duran Duran, forever. If there's a hell, she's standing.”
“If there is a job that you really want, go for it. Recruiters like candidates who are persistent; it shows that you are motivated, resourceful, and have determination.”
“If there is a knower of tongues here, fetch him; There's a stranger in the city And he has many things to say.”
“If there is a lack in your life it is because there is a lack in your thoughts.”
Source: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny
“If there is a lack of specificity in Grossman's description of the town and the walkers, and if the story perhaps sometimes becomes lost and confusing, then it is because the landscape and its inhabitants are really shadows, creatures of an interior world, whose journey and whose quest are within. Falling Out of Time is short, and clearly a deeply personal book, but its importance and impact ought not to be underestimated.”
“If there is a large voter turnout, not only do we retain the White House, but I think we regain the Senate. We win governors' chairs up and down the line. So I believe if you want to retain the White House, if you want to see Democrats do well across the board, I think our campaign is the one that creates the large voter turnout and helps us win.”
“If there is a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is. If the person has violated law, the person will be taken care of.”
“If there is a lesson here it has to do with humility. For all our vaunted intelligence and complexity, we are not the sole authors of our destinies or of anything else. You may exercise diligently, eat a medically fashionable diet, and still die of a sting from an irritated bee. You may be a slim, toned paragon of wellness, and still a macrophage within your body may decide to throw in its lot with an incipient tumor.”
Source: Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer
“If there is a lesson in our story it is that the manipulation, according to strictly self-consistent rules, of a set of symbols representing one single aspect of the phenomena may produce correct, verifiable predictions, and yet completely ignore all other aspects whose ensemble constitutes reality.”
“If there is a lesson in this book, it is not that some ideologies are right and that others are wrong, but that success belongs to leaders who build effective teams to pursue clearly defined goals that they can not only explain to the public but also persuade them to support.”
Source: Out
“If there is a life after this one, he said, let me meet you in it, James Carstairs.”
Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess
“If there is a little sand in the sugar of home happiness, it really seems better to concentrate on the sweetness that remains than to carry around samples of the grit in envelopes of conversational confidence.”
“If there is a load you have to bear that you can't carry, I'm right up the road. I'll share your load if you just call me.”
“If there is a look of human eyes that tells of perpetual loneliness, so there is also the familiar look that is the sign of perpetual crowds.”
Source: The Spirit of Place, and Other Essays
“If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced that there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it to a recipe that can be passed from one person to another. The formula seems to lie solely in the aching urge of the writer to convey something he feels important to the reader. If the writer has that urge, he may sometimes but by no means always find the way to do it.”
“If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it to a recipe that can be passed from one person to another.”
“If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death human life cannot be complete.”
Source: Man's Search for Meaning
“If there is a moral to this part of the story, and I distrust morals in the same way that I distrust beginnings, it is simply this: know that with which you deal.”
Source: The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House
“If there is a mutual respect between players and coaches, that keeps the team honest and makes for a very healthy environment which in turn promotes other important qualities such as work ethic, integrity and a positive atmosphere for competing and winning.”
“If there is a mystical chord in democracy, it probably revolves around the notion that unexpected music can resonate from politics when people are pursuing questions larger than self... I have seen that ennobling effect in people many, many times- expressed by those who found themselves engaged in genuine acts of democratic expression, who claimed their right to define the larger destiny of their community, their nations.”
“If there is a new fascism, it won't come from skinheads and punks; it will come from people who eat granola and think they know how the world should be.”
“If there is a next life, I hope it's in the past; I don't think the future will be any more handleable. I think it's a little harsh how the END button is red.”
“If there is a nice place, and the place does not come to you - you have to come to the place.”
“If there is a Nobel prize for dirt and filth, India will win it, no doubt.”
“If there is a Nora Ephron signature anything it is that there's slightly too much food. I have a friend whose mantra is: You must choose. And I believe the exact opposite: I think you should always have at least four desserts that are kind of fighting with each other.”
“If there is a nuclear tactic being used here, I submit it is the use of that obstruction where a willful minority blocks a bipartisan majority from voting on the President's judicial nominees.”
“If there is a one-in-a-million chance that you will "make it," then SOMEBODY has to be that ONE. It may as well be YOU! So FIGHT, WARRIOR!”
“If there is a panacea, or cure-all to life, it is self love.”
“If there is a particular person in your life that is repeatedly choosing not to honor you and is causing you more sadness or pain than they are joy - it might be time to release that friendship back to God and trust that it is not where you belong.”
Source: The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
“If there is a pathway into the minds of human beings that bypasses consciousness and absorbs the emotions of others; and if this pathway can be activated by the sight of a bloody uniform, a hair-raising tribal dance, or just a deep stare; and if these displays can propel a team to run faster, jump higher, hit
harder, and push through pain and exhaustion, then these captains must have been masters of the art.”
Source: The Captain Class: The Hidden Force that Creates the World's Greatest Teams
“If there is a pattern, it will come back - maybe in Russia more than anywhere else, because it has collapsed so many times. Maybe less so here in the States, because here the society is so young.”
“If there is a perceived difference between what you expect from others and what you expect from yourself, it will eventually erode your influence.”
Source: Next Generation Leader