I Quotes
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“If there is willingness on the Palestinian side to reach an agreement, it is possible. We are conducting the negotiations with goodwill.”
“If there is work there is warmth, that when a man has freedom of movement it is enough, for then his blood is hot too”
Source: The Bandini Quartet: Wait Until Spring, Bandini: The Road to Los Angeles: Ask the Dust: Dreams from Bunker Hill
“If there is writing on Hadrian's Wall, it reads that the English should leave Scotland to its own devices.”
“If there is wrong [ill] on the inside, the outside will appear wrong. Therefore, you should inquire within ‘why am I bothered, when others are not? So there must be wrong within me only.”
“If there is wrong, you don't say we have to get rid of it gradually. If injustice exists, you need to eliminate it immediately.”
“If there isn't a blood of poor the rich won't survive.”
“If there isn’t some sort of rule about annoying kid brothers growing up to be walking, talking sex, there should be. ~Carly”
Source: Breaking the Rules
“If there isn't a good reason, go home. If there is, then do something ... loud, now, and memorable.”
“If there isn't a parking space out front or I can't see my car from the window, we're eating somewhere else.”
“If there isn't an emanation of love and joy, complete presence and openness toward all beings, then it is not enlightenment.”
Source: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
“if there isn’t a them, there can’t be an us.”
Source: Nineteen Minutes: A novel
“If there must always be a laboring population distinct from proprietors and employers, we regard the slave system as decidedly preferable to the system at wages.”
Source: Seeking the Truth: An Orestes Brownson Anthology
“If there must be a god in the house, must be,
Saying things in the rooms and on the stair,
Let him move as the sunlight moves on the floor,
Or moonlight, silently, as Plato's ghost
Or Aristotle's skeleton. Let him hang out
His stars on the wall. He must dwell quietly.”
Source: The Collected Poems
“If there must be madness, something may be said for having it on a heroic scale”
Source: THE GREAT CRASH 1929
“If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.”
Source: Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of ThomasPaine
“If there never was a night or day and memories could fade away, then we'd be nothing left but the dreams we made”
“If there're weaknesses you don't know about but others do- your blind spots, it's embarrassing. Plus, people use them to mock you and take advantage over you and your circumstances.”
Source: The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For continued success in leadership
“If there really are such creatures in here, it would be the discovery of a lifetime.’
'If there really are such creatures in here,’ Sally countered, 'your lifetime might be very short.”
Source: The Haunted Cave
“If there really had been a Mercutio, and if there really were a Paradise, Mercutio might be hanging out with teenage Vietnam draftee casualties now, talking about what it felt like to die for other people's vanity and foolishness.”
“If there really is a complete unified theory that governs everything, it presumably also determines your actions. But it does so in a way that is impossible to calculate for an organism that is as complicated as a human being. The reason we say that humans have free will is because we can't predict what they will do.”
“If there really is a definable 6th sense, it would be the natural connection and the ability of communication between man and animal”
“If there really is a God who created the entire universe with all of its glories, and He decides to deliver a message to humanity, He will not use, as His messenger, a person on cable TV with a bad hairstyle.”
Source: Dave Barry Turns 50
“If there really is a perfect will of God we are meant to discover, in which we will find tremendous freedom and fulfillment, why does it seem that everyone looking for God's will is in such bondage and confusion?”
“If there really is such a thing as turning in one's grave, Shakespeare must get a lot of exercise.”
Source: All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays
“If there’s a 1 percent chance that something will happen, then have hope. Expect as much as you can, and it will happen.”
“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.”
“If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.- Toni Morrison”
“If there's a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me, even if it's not my child. If there's a senior citizen somewhere who can't pay for their prescription, who has to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer - even if it's not my grandparent. If there's an Arab-American or Mexican-American family being rounded up by John Ashcroft without benefit of an attorney or due process, I know that that threatens my civil liberties. And I don't have to be a woman to be concerned that the Supreme Court is trying to take away a woman's right, because I know that my rights are next. It is that fundamental belief - I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper - that makes this country work.”
“if there's a conversation you've been avoiding, then that's the one you need to have”
“If there's a definition of freedom, I think it's this: living life on your terms.”
Source: Live Your Truth
“If there’s a downside to life we probably had a hand in cutting the grade.”
“If there's a feeling to home, it's this. A place where there are no secrets, where nothing stays buried; not the past and not yourself. Where you can be all the versions of you, see it all reflected back at you as you walk the same stairs, the same halls, the same rooms. Feel the ghost of your mother as you sit at the kitchen table, hear the words of your father circling round and round after dinner, and your brother stopping by, wishing you'd be a little better, a little stronger.... It's four walls echoing back everything you've ever been and everything you've ever done, and it's the people who stay despite it all. Through it all. For it all.”
Source: All the Missing Girls
“If there’s a hell, I truly believe, it’s getting exactly what you’ve always wanted.”
Source: Blue and Gold
“If there's a hell, we're going to it.
If there isn't one, we're making it.”
“If there's a highest crime against humanity, would it not relate [in one way or another] to the human collective effort of strengthening the Spirit of Philosophy?
In the end, only one thing is truly important.”
“If there's a lack of trust in an economic system, it introduces additional costs into the system. And those costs are shared among all participants in the economic ecosystem. So that's why trust is important.”
“If there's a password needed at the gates of heaven, only Latin will unlock it, he thinks.”
Source: On Angels and Rabbit Holes
“If there's a perfect guy for you anywhere," Langston said, "he'll be found hunting for old Salinger editions.”
“If there's a place for me in Hell I hope it's next to someone like you”
Source: Return to Stantasyland
“If there's a proven track record, the odds are higher that success can be repeated. This is what we investors always hope for.”
Source: Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics
“If there’s a real urge to control someone, control one person—yourself.”
Source: 37 Lessons on How to Gain from Loss: A Believer’s Journey from Trial to Triumph
“If there’s a reason why I keep my distance from God it probably has something to do with the fact that the closer I am to Him, the clearer I see myself. And maybe I don’t want that much clarity.”
“If there’s a single lesson that life teaches us, it’s that wishing doesn't make it so. Words and thoughts don’t change anything. Language and reality are kept strictly apart — reality is tough, unyielding stuff, and it doesn't care what you think or feel or say about it. Or it shouldn't. You deal with it, and you get on with your life.”
Source: The Magicians
“If there’s a takeaway from working here, it’s an understand that, as bioorganisms, we are a walking time bomb programed for cellular self-destruction. Not if, when.”
Source: Dancing With the Wind: A True Story of Zen in the Art of Windsurfing
“If there's a violent mob on campus, it isn't Ben Shapiro's fault - he's just someone coming to campus to talk about ideas. Mob violence is the mob's fault”
Source: No Safe Spaces
“If there's a will, there's a way!
I feel larger than LIFE--and look up to the stars who shine down on me and have become my own personal cheerleaders....as my fingers tap on my computer late into the night..”
“If there's a wrong, you fight it---or else you become part of it.”
“If there’s an eighth wonder of the world, I would suggest lavender. Not only is it beautiful to the eye and heavenly to the nose, it also is said to have antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties and research suggests it may be useful in treating anxiety, insomnia, and depression. And it’s a wonderful addition to—ta-da—COOKIES! Mom always kept a large wooden wine barrel filled with lavender next to the back porch so she could grab a handful of lavender flowers whenever the mood struck her. She made lavender sachets to hang in the closets and added lavender to her rose potpourri. We regularly had lavender lemonade or lavender muffins and often some lavender flowers were identifiable in a lamb stew or as a garnish for steaks. All part of our Mediterranean lifestyle.”
“If there’s an intelligent designer in the cosmos, he’s got
at least one of his priorities straight.”
Source: Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
“If there's an invisible assassin in this place, I can only imagine it's the Devil himself, I dare say he feels quite at home.”
Source: The Amber Spyglass