I Quotes
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“If you ask why start-ups outperform established enterprises when it comes to catching the next wave, the answer is that they are not conflicted. Everyone is rowing in the same direction. That is never the case in a company that has a portfolio of businesses at different stages in their maturity. So the key to winning there has to be to "zone out" the conflicts - sort of like sending quarrelling children each to their own room.”
“If you ask why we should obey God, in the last resort the answer is, 'I am.' To know God is to know that our obedience is due to Him.”
“If you ask yes I’ve been there doing it and it’s worked for me so I guaranteed it.”
“If you ask yourself who is paying for pharmaceutical innovation today, the answer is that it's the more affluent populations paying for still-patented advanced medicines at the pharmacy, for comprehensive insurance coverage or for a national health system.”
“If you ask Zen people they will say; tea is not something that you pour with unawareness and drink like any other drink. It is not a drink, it is meditation; it is prayer. So they listen to the kettle creating a melody, and in that listening they become more silent, more alert.”
“If you ask, "Am I my brother's keeper?" The answer is, "You are.”
“If you ask, do you like strong men or weak men, I'd say, I like who I like.”
“If you ask, what is the first step in the way of truth? I answer humility," saith St. Austin. "If you ask, what is the second? I say humility. If you ask, what is the third? I answer the same - humility.”
“If you ask, who has the chance to move into the city and get a good job out in the developing world? It's a man. Who's left to care for the kids back at home? The woman is.”
“If you ask, you're a boor. Just accept it. Hillry Clinton loves children! She helped children! She village'd children. She raised children. She wrote a book about it.”
“If you ask: What is the good of education? The answer is easy: Education makes good men and good men act nobly.”
“If you asked a married man what the one issue is with his relationship, a large majority would answer, “We don’t have sex enough.” And herein lay a significant part of the problem with men who struggle to love. They build relationships on the foundation of physical intimacy instead of emotional intimacy.
-- "Why Men Struggle to Love”
“If you asked a sample of Americans "What is the temperature of Mars?" about 8% would say they don't know.”
“If you asked an 18-year-old what they want to do with their life, and the options are 'Transformers' or Lars von Trier, he's probably shipping out for 'Transformers.' If you ask a 26-year-old what he wants to do, 'Transformers' or Lars von Trier, he'd probably pick Lars von Trier. So, my sensibilities are changing as I change.”
“If you asked anybody in my family, they would have very stridently proclaimed themselves middle class. My mother and father were separated, so he doesn't count.”
“If you asked central casting in Hollywood for somebody to play the role of President, they'd send you John Connally.”
“If you asked everybody in a quiet room what they think, they'd say, 'What does the NCAA do really well? We run championships really well.' And yet we have this thing we don't get involved in.”
“If you asked her (Margaret Thatcher) about Sinai, she would probably think it was the plural for sinus.”
“If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.”
“If you asked me if I'd rather spend my days chasing beasts and foraging berries or spend them in my air-conditioned apartment with Netfliex queued up and DoorDash delivery a button away, I don't have to tell you which I'd pick. But we know it's not our screens, our salaries, and our stuff that we'll be thinking about on our deathbeds. We know that what really matters in the grand scheme of life are the connections in our environments: the joy and meaning we experience, and the relationships we build.”
Source: The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging
“If you asked me if I'd rather be Speaker or a very senior minister, I'd say Speaker.”
“If you asked me now who I am, the only answer I could give with any certainty would be my name. For the rest: my loves, my hates, down even to my deepest desires, I can no longer say whether these emotions are my own, or stolen from those I once so desperately wished to be.”
“If you asked me one day, I might say, "Well, sometimes I feel a little bit religious." If you asked me another day, I'd just say flat out, "No."”
“If you asked me to go back to being 14 or 15, I couldn't - it was a terrifying time. I was so awkward in my own skin. I used to hide behind my hair because I was so ridiculously self-conscious.”
“If you asked me to I'd let you in my life forever. from If You Asked Me To”
“If you asked me to marry you all over again today I'd say yes, said Valentine. And if I had only met you for the first time today, I'd ask.”
Source: Xenocide: Volume Three of the Ender Quintet
“If you asked me to name the three scariest threats facing the human race, I would give the same answer that most people would: nuclear war, global warming and Windows.”
“If you asked me to seriously kiss someone on a screen, I would be very uncomfortable. But I will lick any part of your face.”
“If you asked me to write a rock song or a rap song, I couldn't do it because they're not in my fingers.”
“If you asked me what is the basis of all my work, it's the feeling there's something basically wrong with human beings.”
“If you asked me what makes the world go round, I would say self-deception. Self-deception allows us to create a consistent narrative for ourselves that we actually believe. I’m not saying that the truth doesn’t matter. It does. But self-deception is how we survive.”
“If you asked me what pop is right now. I'd say hip hop.”
“If you asked me what Uncle Vanya is about, I would say about as much as I can take.”
“If you asked me, 'What do you want to say?' it would be, 'Love yourself more.'”
“If you asked me, parents were supposed to affect the life of their child in such a way that the child grows up to be responsible, able to participate in life and in community.”
“If you asked my kids to describe me, they'd go through a whole list of words before even thinking about Parkinson's. And honestly, I don't think about it that much either. I talk about it because it's there, but it's not my totality.”
“If you asked Neil today, he would tell you his furlough was in 3-D: dates, delirium, and disaster. I provided the dates, the Greenville girls provided the delirium, and Allie, well, she provided the disaster.”
Source: A Delirious Summer
“If you asked people, "Do you like jazz?" they would be like, "not at all." But I think that if you're really putting yourself out there and really communicating, music can put you beyond people's preconceptions, beyond their playlist.”
“If you asked somebody, 'what do you wish for in life?' they wouldn't say 'happiness.' I would have answered 'excitement, knowledge,' God knows - I mean, many, many different things, but certainly not 'happiness'. It seemed like a foreign concept to wish for something that specific and that singular.”
“If you asked someone, 'Can you play the violin?' and he says, 'I don't know, I have not tried, perhaps I can,' you laugh at him. Whereas about writing, people always say: 'I don't know, I have not tried,' as though one had only to try and one would become a writer.”
“If you asked twenty good men to-day what they thought the highest of the virtues, nineteen of them would reply, Unselfishness. But if you asked almost any of the great Christians of old he would have replied, Love - You see what has happened? A negative term has been substituted for a positive, and this is of more than philological importance. The negative ideal of Unselfishness carries with it the suggestion not primarily of securing good things for others, but of going without them ourselves, as if our abstinence and not their happiness was the important point.”
“If you asked what my favorite music is, I'd say the kind you'd hear while shopping for groceries on a Tuesday afternoon. That's just the kind of romantic I am. But when working around my ducks, I'm all business, like smooth jazz in a crowded elevator.”
Source: Music is fluid, and my saxophone overflows when my ducks slosh in the sounds I make in elevators.
“If you asked why the post had not come, or why the boat did not sail for England, or why your coffee was cold, or why your boots were not cleaned, or why your window was shut, or why the canary didn't sing,-you would always be sure to be told, "c'est la guerre!”
Source: A Woman's Experiences in the Great War: An Australian Author's Clandestine Journey Through War-Torn Belgium
“If you aspire for better doors, be willing to soar and trust in the power of the mighty God.”
Source: Beyond the Closed Door: Unique Keys to Unlock Destinies
“If you aspire to be a leader of your own country, you must speak your own language, for God's sake.”
“If you aspire to progress in life, learn to climb mountains, no matter how tough.”
Source: Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World
“If you assign your happiness to external circumstances, you will never find the one thing we all deserve...joy in life.”
Source: Barefoot ~ A Surfer's View of the Universe
“If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.”
“If you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar to great heights. But if you run with dogs, you will learn how to bark.”
“If you associate with turkeys, you will never fly with the eagles.”