I Quotes
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“If there was a moral issue involved, she would, of course, defend her position to the end. But long ago her mother had taught her that often it is the little things over which people battle foolishly, losing friends, disturbing peace of mind, destroying serenity with no end in view save that they continue to defend the position which they have taken. It was far better, her mother pointed out, to give in gracefully, remembering that a fight in a lesser cause is never worth the struggle. She maintained that by doing so one gained everything really worth having, serenity, sweetness, and inner strength.”
“If there was a Mount Rushmore for pro wrestling cities, Chicago and New York would be on there. After that, it's debatable.”
“If there was a new Chris Eubank coming through, it wouldn't happen, because Eddie would jump in front of them and make it about the Eddie Hearn show. Where's the Naseem Hamed of today? He doesn't allow them to flourish.”
“If there was a pause in a conversation with anyone, you could always light a cigarette, or if a man lit a cigarette for you, you could look up. It's the most dramatic thing in the world because it's intimate, it's suggestive, and that's one of the problems with giving it up, is that it's a very useful tool.”
“If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she'd get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don't mean she wouldn't pay the bank, but the children always came first.”
“If there was a pill that allowed you to drink and not get drunk, an alcoholic would go "What happens if you take two?"”
“If there was a place called "Good Enough Land" I would be its king.”
“If there was a place in the world where the sun never sets, would you want to go and live there? If you don't have such a boring soul that you can easily give up on the splendour and excitement of sunsets and sunrises, your answer will definitely be 'no'!”
“If there was a predominant season in heaven, Jenny Flanigan believed it would
be summer. The long days and warm nights felt endless no matter how rushed the rest of the year was. With summer came the sense that all of life slowed
to smell the deep green grass, to watch fireflies dance on an evening breeze, or to hear the gentle lap of lake water against the sandy shore.
Summer was barbecues and quiet conversation in the fading light of a nine o'clock sunset. It was cutoffs and flip-flops and afternoons on Lake Monroe.”
Source: Summer
“If there was a reason why he preferred the liberal tendency to the conservative one (also held to by many of his circle), it was not because he found the liberal tendency more sensible, but it more closely suited his manner of life.”
Source: ANNA KARENINA
“If there was a sense of - a bigger sense of responsibility in the various leadership positions in America, things would be not as grotesquely overly done as they are now.”
“If there was a simple ethic for the band, it was that we want to be able to do whatever we want to do.”
“If there was a simple formula for success and it was easy to follow, everyone would be doing it.”
“If there was a story about boys playing punk I don't think I would've made it, because it would just be the same, it wouldn't be interesting enough.”
“If there was a temperature at which drama boiled, they were all sitting in hot water.”
Source: Ninety Degrees: A Precursor to Small Circles
“If there was a template for success in sports, everyone would follow it. You do the best you can and trust the people you trust.”
“If there was a thorn for every time that ah have died today,' ah thought, 'a thorn for every time that they have killed me, the world would be one big briar patch.”
“If there was a trick, there must be a trickster.”
Source: Pilgrimage
“If there was a university degree for greed, you cunts would all get first-class honours.”
“If there was a volcano under their feet, a Vesuvius that could erupt and bury this modern-day Pompeii at any moment, the best thing to do was dance on it.”
Source: Strapless
“If there was a war, a big war, a major war on the planet, it would be a nuclear war, and it would destroy all life, human and subhuman, on planet earth.”
“If there was a way to recognize something you'd never seen but still knew by heart, I felt it as I looked at his face. Finally, someone understood.”
Source: The Truth About Forever
“If there was absolute freedom, people would run over babies and charge admission.”
“If there was acceptance of the mentally ill in the Catholic Church, the entire Curia would resign!”
“If there was an abundance of misery in the world, there was also sufficient joy, yes - as long as one knew where to look for it.”
“If there was an arrow speeding toward Will, I would be bound by oath to step in front of it.' 'Handy, that,' said Will.”
“If there was an elephant in the supermarket, she'd either not see it at all, or call it Mrs Jones and talk about fishcakes.”
Source: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
“If there was an epidemic, that definitely would make people accept vaccines. I wouldn't hope for that, of course, but if you wanted people to love vaccines, an epidemic would remind them how magical they are.”
“If there was an escape plan to be made, it had better come soon, or the entire building might become a tomb for them.”
Source: The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel
“If there was an implicit self-hatred in trusting only your own, then how much deeper was the self-loathing that led a group of men to distrust someone for no reason other than that he was one of them?”
Source: The Glass Palace
“If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.”
“If there was an Olympics for misleading, mismanaging and misappropriating, this administration would take the gold. World records for violations of national and international laws. They want another four-year term to continue to alienate our allies, spend our children's inheritance and hollow out our economy. We can't afford another Republican administration.”
“If there was another Dr. Quinn movie, I would do it in a heartbeat.”
“If there was any drug that was to symbolize the people that ate our heroes, it seems like bath salts was a good idea. It's also a drug that, I think, is still funny to a lot of people.”
“If there was any great lesson in life it was this: No battle was ever won with silence.”
“If there was any magic formula, it was getting to pitch every fourth day.”
“If there was any one achievement, it would be that we've have done it on our own terms.”
“If there was any other place I would live, other than Miami, it would be California. It's beautiful. The weather is just gorgeous, I love being here, too.”
“If there was any petting to be done...he chose to do it. Often he would sit looking at me, and then, moved by a delicate affection, come and pull at my coat and sleeve until he could touch my face with his nose, and then go away contented.”
“If there was any teacher in the world who insisted upon the inexorable law of cause and effect, it was Gautam, and yet my friends, the Buddhists outside India, would, if they could, avoid the effects of their own acts.”
Source: Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi
“If there was anybody I could meet that I have not met, I would say David. David from the Bible. He was a mighty man of God, and he was a warrior, and he was a worshipper.”
“If there was anything any Radchaai considered essential for civilised life, it was tea.”
“If there was anything at all in the Book, anything of hope and peace for His blind and bewildered spawn which He had chosen above all others to offer immortality, THOU SHALT NOT KILL must be it.”
Source: A Rose for Emily and Other Stories: A Rose for Emily; The Hound; Turn About; That Evening Sun; Dry September; Delta Autumn; Barn Burning; An Odor of Verbena
“If there was anything darker than black, it was me.”
Source: Seven Sins
“If there was anything he’d learned in his life, it was to fight fire with fire, and if that didn’t work, piss on the fire to put it out.”
Source: Neighbors with Benefits
“If there was anything I learned from John the Baptist, it was that the sooner you confess a mistake, the quicker you can get on to making new and better mistakes.”
Source: Lamb: A Novel
“If there was anything I'd learned, it's that the man never chooses the woman. All he can do is give her an opportunity to choose him.”
“If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.”
Source: Seriously Funny: The Endlessly Quotable Terry Pratchett
“If there was anything that I learned with my own writing process, maybe there's too many choices what to write about. Just the amount of subject matter in the world these days; maybe that feels chaotic for me.”
“If there was anything the last year had taught her—if there was anything Caleb had taught her, the Metigen War had taught her—it was that perspective was everything.
If you wanted to understand your enemy, you must understand that they were the hero in their own story.”
Source: Sidespace