I Quotes
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“If there's an original thought out there, I could use one right now.”
“If there's another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country.”
“If there's another thing that sportswriting teaches you, it is that there are no transcendent themes in life. In all cases things are here and they're over, and that has to be enough.”
“If there's another world, he lives in bliss; if there is none, he made the best of this.”
Source: The Poems of Robert Burns ...
“If there's any advice I have to give, I would say it's that. If you're looking for a way to get closer to your kids, there ain't no better way than to grab 'em and read. And if you put them in front of a computer or a TV, you are abandoning them. You are abandoning them because they are sitting on a couch or a floor and they may be hugging a dog, but they ain't hugging you.”
“If there's any answer, maybe love can end the madness
Maybe not, oh, but we can only try.”
“If there's any business that instructs you in the strong hand of fate, it's show business. You can plan and plan, but it's what happens to you that really determines what your career will be like.”
“If there's any comparison between the compassion and decency of the American people and the terrorist tactics of extremists, it's flawed logic. It's just I simply can't accept that. It's unacceptable to think that there's any kind of comparison between the behavior of the United States of America and the action of Islamic extremists who kill innocent women and children to achieve an objective.”
“If there's any country that has the capacity not to control North Korea, but to influence North Korea, it's still China. The Chinese always say they have very little influence. They have more than they say they do. We should put pressure on them to do it and there's finally, we're seeing the first signs of a little bit of Chinese disaffection. At some point they're getting tired of the antics of this country. This is a dangerous ally for China to have. And the more Chinese can pressure them and put the economic screws on them, the better it will be for everybody.”
“If there's any elements that you see or don't see in the series it will only be because of some legal thing. Not all of the companies like each other. Some are like, "Don't use this, don't use that." We don't have control over the whole thing.”
“If there's any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.”
Source: Greatest Works of Anton Chekhov: Plays, Short Stories, Novel and A Biography (Including The Steppe, Ward No. 6, Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters, On Trial, The Darling, The Bet, Vanka, After the Theatre and many more)
“If there's any kind of morality, for me, it's about reality; what is reality? I have a hard time distinguishing what is valuable when it comes to the real world and the fantasy world. Like, should I invest my time in the ordinary world or the imaginary world?”
“If there's any lesson I've learned in the last five years, it's don't be so sure about what lies ahead. There are amazing doors that could open.”
“If there's any literary ability in a feller, getting fired out of a good government job will bring it out.”
“If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be different, that it's good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.”
“If there's any mystery to me at all, it's probably due to the fact that I'm not online and don't go to conventions--which means that I'm probably not as accessible to fans as most writers are these days. If that makes me seem like a weird recluse, so be it.”
“If there's any object in human experience that's a precedent for what a computer should be like, it's a musical instrument: a device where you can explore a huge range of possibilities through an interface that connects your mind and your body, allowing you to be emotionally authentic and expressive.”
“If there's any place where you would express your deepest doubts, it would be church.”
“If there's any plan or scheme on my part, it's subconscious. Whatever I do tends to be very different from the thing I did last. You're terrified of boring either yourself or anyone else. It's always attractive if it feels like something that you haven't done before. I generally tend to be better, I think, when I'm terrified out of my wits.”
“If there's any real truth, it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs.”
Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Scripts Volume 2: The Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases
“If there's any relevant influence we may have with an investor, with a studio, with a director, with an actor, I think we have to fight.”
“If there's any single talent a writer needs, it's persistence. If you can keep at your writing and you can learn as you write, you can tell any story you want to tell.”
“If there's any sort of superpower we desperately need right now, it's this transcendental force that reminds us of union and connection. I think that superhero stories come from somewhere. We make these aspirational images, to remind us that we have this capacity in ourselves already. I think that electricity can run through disconnected wires. Superheroes, every single one of them, come from the world of imagination and they're played by humans, they're written by humans, and it's in the belief that we invest in these characters that they come to life.”
“If there's any such thing as a perfect man, I think John Coltrane was one. And I think that kind of perfection has to come from a greater force than there is here on earth.”
“If there's any time you should be on drugs it's when you're pregnant, cause it sucks.”
“If there's any way that I can be of service to people who are going through something painful in their lives, even though the witch world is heightened, then that's great.”
“If there's anyone in my lifetime who deserves honor it is Billy Graham. I think he is the most significant figure since the apostles.”
“If there's anyone in space, what they'll learn about the human race will be listening to us talking on the car phone.”
“If there's anyone out there that has never said something that they wish they could take back -- if you're out there, please pick up that stone and throw it so hard at my head that it kills me. Please. I want to meet you...I is what I is, and I'm not changing.”
“If there's anyone out there who has taken extreme to a new level, its Joe De Sena - in adventure racing, in business, and ultimately in the business of adventure! Spartan Up! is must-read.”
“If there's anyone still present whom I've failed to insult . . . I apologize.”
Source: One Life at a Time, Please
“If there's anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they're either braver than most, or else just silly.”
Source: A Year with Aslan: Daily Reflections from The Chronicles of Narnia
“If there's anythin' on earth that can be more tryin' than any kind of relative, I don't know what it is, but relatives by marriage comes first - easy.”
“If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.”
“If there's anything about someone's life that's important enough to make a movie about it, I have to take responsibility to get all of it right. It's a huge responsibility.”
“If there's anything about the business that I love and that I'm extremely happy about, is that my career started at that time and that I met some of the greatest entertainers at that time and some are still here.”
“If there's anything better than a God-given talent, it's a God-given day job.”
“If there's anything Breaking 2: Electric Boogaloo has taught me, it's that breakdancing is the key to financial solvency.”
“If there's anything disgusting about the movie business, it's the whoredom of my peers.”
“If there's anything I can do, it's to present an alternative vision for the country.”
“If there's anything I can do- I know there probably isn't, but..." Just be here”
Source: The Awakening
“If there's anything I could undo - usually when I want to undo things its like right on the moment because I look to the stuff that I go through in my life and something always comes out for a reason so I'm doing that. But, its always that when you say something that's just so asinine and so stupid, you're like, ahh, if I could just, please, have an undo button just to not say that.”
“If there's anything I hate it's the word humorist-I feel like countering with the word seriousist.”
“If there's anything I hate more than a stupid action comedy, it's an incompetent stupid action comedy. It's not so bad it's good. It's so bad it's nothing else but bad.”
Source: Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition
“If there's anything I hate more than not being taken seriously, it's being taken too seriously.”
“If there's anything I hate, it's the vibraphone. And the cha-cha-cha. And Latin rhythms generally.”
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
“If there's anything I have learned, it's to sort of be sensitive to what - to how much - to how creative the act of listening is and to how powerful the act of listening is.”
“If there's anything I know about directing, it's how to make actors comfortable. It's where I started and it's what I know, and it's what I love. I like when the actors are really partners and I want them to be excited and I want them to surprise me. I don't want them to be puzzle pieces.”
“If there's anything I like better than honey and ketchup, it's baloney and whipped cream --- and we haven't got any!”
“If there's anything I look down on, it's a man in a blue outfit.”
Source: the bell jar