I Quotes
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“If you ask any economist, they'll tell you all the mortgage interest deduction does is raise the price of the house. So a couple is out looking at the house, they say, "Oh, we love this house, but we couldn't make the monthly payment." And the realtor says, "Yeah, but you're going to get a tax break." So people pay more than they would otherwise. You take a loss even though you're making a gain.”
“If you ask any great player or great quarterback, there's a certain inner confidence that you're as good as anybody. But you can't say who is the absolute best. To be considered is special in itself.”
“If you ask any lady they want to be taller, they want to be slimmer, you know, and they want a waist. I'm not here to make people look like a sack of potatoes.”
“If you ask any of the other actors, they'd probably say nice things because they're nice people, but I was always like, "Oh gosh, I hope I'm doing this right." I was very hard on myself, and I continue to be. That's why it's sometimes hard for me to digest watching myself on television. There is some pressure.”
“If you ask any ordinary reader which of Dickens's proletarian characters he can remember, the three he is almost certain to mention are Bill Sykes, Sam Weller and Mrs. Gamp. A burglar, a valet and a drunken midwife-not exactly a representative cross-section of the English working class.”
Source: A Collection of Essays
“If you ask any police officer what the worst part of the job is, they will always say breaking bad news to relatives, but this is not the truth. The worst part is staying in the room after you've broken the news, so that you're forced to be there when someone's life disintegrates around them. Some people say it doesn't bother them - such people are not to be trusted.”
Source: Midnight Riot
“If you ask anybody about their life, usually the first thing they talk about is how their wife is doing, how their kids are, they don't usually say "My job, my job, my job". It's really true. It's usually about your family.”
“If you ask anybody at Cyber Command or look at any of the job listings for openings for their positions, you'll see that the one thing they don't prioritize is computer network defense. It's all about computer network attack and computer network exploitation at Cyber Command.”
“If you ask anyone in animation, how long they've been into animation, they'll pretty much always tell you that it's since they can remember, and I'm no exception.”
“If you ask anyone, what is morality based on? These are the two factors that always come out: One is reciprocity, … a sense of fairness, and the other one is empathy and compassion.”
“If you ask around, it's pretty easy to find someone who has a bank account overdraft horror story to tell.”
“If you ask children in the west where's God, they'd point to the sky. If you ask children in India, they point at themselves.”
“If you ask Denny, he will tell you: "I'm a patriot. I love my country." A country that doesn't love him back. Doesn't love him black. A patriot. Let that register. A black patriot. In a country that won't acknowledge that Black Lives Matter.”
Source: Wounds
“If you ask every American out there what kind of a people we are, we would all say, "Oh, we're really good people. We do good things in the world." Then you go around the world and ask what America is like, there's a completely different conceptualization of what we are.”
“If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes.”
“If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes. His passing and shooting is of the highest level and he’s the most consistent and naturally gifted player we’ve had for a long, long time.”
“If you ask for an opinion, expect to receive one, and don't make fun of it.”
Source: London's Perfect Scoundrel: Lessons in Love
“If you ask for good schools, you aren't likely to get them. If you ask for jobs or economic investment, you won't get that either. But what we have learned, is that the one thing that poor folks of color can ask for and get are Police & Prisons.”
“If you ask for the true meaning of life and get a story in reply, know that this is the wrong answer. The exact details don’t really matter. Any story is wrong, simply for being a story. The universe just does not work like a story.”
Source: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“If you ask for too much, you lose even that which you have.”
“If you ask God for riches, He will give you a good wife.”
“If you ask God for wisdom, He will give you a problem.
If you ask God for success, He will give you a duty.
If you ask God for riches, He will give you a dream.
If you ask God for power, He will give you a task.
If you ask God for patience, He will give you a burden.
If you ask God for strength, He will give you a load.
If you ask God for love, He will give you an enemy.
If you ask God for virtue, He will give you a temptation.
If you ask God for faith, He will give you a prophecy.
If you ask God to be a leader, He will make you a servant.
If you ask God to be a general, He will make you a soldier.
If you ask God to be a teacher, He will make you a student.
If you ask God to be a scholar, He will make you a thinker.
If you ask God to be a writer, He will make you a reader.
If you ask God to be an artist, He will make you a daydreamer.
If you ask God to be a pope, He will make you a priest.
If you ask God to be an architect, He will make you a builder.
If you ask God to be a sage, He will make you a learner.”
“If you ask God the wrong question, don't expect Him to protect you from hearing the wrong answer.
(Meaning: If you ask God whether you should cheat on your wife, don't consider a couple of falling stars or a billboard saying "Just do it" as a sign from above.)”
“If you ask her to do things on command, like clap or walk, she just shuts down. She does not want to perform.”
“If you ask him for a shilling, or two or three shillings, he'll give freely freely, but if he know that he got to spend a few hundred dollars, which is no more than three shillings compare to what he got, boys, he will cry buckets of tears.”
Source: In the Castle of My Skin
“If you ask him: "What is silence?" he will answer, "It is the Great Mystery! The holy silence is His voice!" If you ask: "What are the fruits of silence?" he will say: "They are self-control, true courage or endurance, patience, dignity, and reverence. Silence is the cornerstone of character."”
Source: The Essential Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa): Light on the Indian World
“If you ask how I am then I’ll just say inspired”
“If you ask Jim Courier, I mean, that guy has his tongue up (Roger Federer's) ass, I think...you know, the whole time when you actually listen to him commentating or listen to him talk about Roger Federer. Sometimes makes me sick almost.”
“If you ask judges, do you always agree on everything? Of course not, we divide just as you do. Why aren't you transparent about it? Because the people would begin to think that the law is not stable, the law is unclear. And that would not give them much faith in the law.”
“If you ask me 'What is the one great move you can make to improve the Israeli economy?' of course it will be signing an agreement with the Arab world about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This will change everything.”
“If you ask me a question like what is your greatest accomplishment, it should be what I’m about to do”
“If you ask me a question, don't tell me what the question is in advance, 'cause I'd rather not know.”
“If you ask me about music and how things should be played, I believe that music-making is the combination of having learned how to do something right, what one feels is right to do in the moment, and the way the audience is listening.”
“If you ask me about my views on the environment, on women's rights, on gay rights, I am liberal. I don't have a problem with that at all. Some of my best friends are liberal.”
“If you ask me about the interests of care leavers, I will answer by saying; pay close attention to them. They need more than food and clothing, they need mentors and helpers”
Source: Beyond The Orphanage: A Journey Of Hope And Aspirations
“If you ask me about women's lib, I say I don't even know what that is.”
“If you ask me, any religion that takes the end of the world as one of its central tenets is more or less bogus. In my view, the only thing that ever ‘ends’ is the individual.”
“If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer.”
“If you ask me, can I define humanity? I'll tell you, I can - in one word - selflessness.”
Source: Gente Mente Adelante: Prejudice Conquered is World Conquered
“If you ask me can you explain the success of Facebook or Twitter, its very simple. People want to have the right to speak, people want the right to say what they feel. They don't want to wait for the question to be asked, they want to say before asking the question, they want to say everything that they feel.”
“If you ask me do I trust I say yes, just not like before”
Source: Healing the Traumatised Adult
“If you ask me for help, I probably won't be able to, but will that stop me from trying? Absolutely not.”
“If you ask me how I want to be remembered, it is as a winner.”
Source: Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton
“If you ask me how I want to be remembered, it is as a winner. You know what a winner is? A winner is somebody who has given his best effort, who has tried the hardest they possibly can, who has utilized every ounce of energy and strength within them to accomplish something.”
“If you ask me if I have this or that principle, tell me what its consequences are, and then I'll tell you whether I have that principle or not.”
“If you ask me if I think I will be sober in 24 hours time I can say yes, but in two years I can't tell you. I could be dead.”
“If you ask me if I'm okay again, I'm going to smack myself in the face just to punish you.”
Source: Midnight Alley: The Morganville Vampires
“If you ask me if I’m imagining it again, I’m going to punch you out, Dead Man Walking.” Michael raised his eyebrows and glanced at Eve. “He doesn’t sound crazy.” “Er,” she clarified, “crazier. He sounds like he’s back to normal, which is baseline crazy.”
“If you ask me, it's all that schooling. It takes the fun out of life, being cooped up like that day after day...Books, now that's different. There's nothing like a book to keep you company of a long voyage.”
Source: The Witch of Blackbird Pond
“If you ask me, my ideal would be the society based on liberty, equality and fraternity. An ideal society should be mobile and full of channels of conveying a change taking place in one part to other parts.”
Source: Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual