“If you look at the cost of providing health insurance, it actually doesn't cost more to provide a plan with contraceptive coverage than it does without.” IfsLooksDoePlansCostProvidingCoverageContraceptives Author:Jacob Lew
“If you look at the current Mosul campaign against ISIL, for example the few thousand troops that we have there to support that effort allows the Iraqi military to move forward in an effective way.” IfsWayLooksMovingEffortSupportMilitaryExampleThousandCurrentsCampaignsMoving ForwardTroopsIsil Author:Barack Obama
“If you look at the curricula of most universities and schools in this country [USA], considering our long encounter with the Islamic world, there is very little there that you can get hold of that is really informative about Islam. If you look at the popular media, you'll see that the stereotype that begins with Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik has really remained and developed into the transnational villain of television and film and culture in general.” IfsWorldLooksLittlesLongCountrySchoolFilmCultureMediaTelevisionIslamUniversityUsaEncountersIslamicVillainConsideringStereotypeInformativeRudolphValentino Author:Edward Said
“If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it's stalemate. There's a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.” IfsLooksMeanDoeMovingThreeGamesProcessDifferencesDemocraticChessDemocratic ProcessCheckmateStalemate Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“If you look at the Directory of American Poets and Writers, you know there are hundreds of poets in New York City. So therefore, just by specific gravity, it seems like a more significant place. Robert Wrigley is a poet who lives in rural Idaho - I think it's really back-country Idaho - and he writes beautiful poems.” ThinkingWritingBeautifulPoetSignificant Author:Ted Kooser
“If you look at the discourse before the revolution, whether it is the left communist, whether it is the right secularist...the entirety of this discourse was such that it encouraged the kind of ascendancy for a man like Ayatollah Khomeini.” IfsMenLooksKindLeftRevolutionCommunistDiscourseEntiretyAscendancyKhomeini Author:Akbar Ganji
“If you look at the early nineteenth century you see the idea that we educate children to be voters and to be participants in our popular democracy. And then at the turn of the century when more and more immigrants are coming into the schools, Americanization becomes a more explicit part of the agenda.” IfsLooksChildrenIdeasSchoolTurnsDemocracyCenturyImmigrantsAgendasVotersEducateNineteenth CenturyParticipantsExplicit Author:Dana Goldstein
“If you look at the Earth without architecture, its sometimes a little bit unpleasant. So there is this basic human need to do shelter in the broadest sense of the word, whether its a movie theater or a simple log cabin in the mountains. This is the core of architecture: To provide a space for human beings.” IfsNeedsHumansLooksLittlesSometimesEarthBitsHuman BeingsSimpleSpaceMountainLittle BitTheaterArchitectureCoreShelterHuman NeedsCabinsMovie TheaterLog CabinsBasic Human Needs Author:Peter Zumthor
“If you look at the economics of Nokia roughly half of the company, half of the business, half of how we think about the business is focused on those emerging markets and on those lower-priced devices. But, of course, people who are aspirational and buying those lower-priced devices today are looking at smart phones tomorrow, and so forth.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksTodayCoursesHalfCompanyTomorrowSmartEconomicsPhonesFocusedBuyingDevicesEmergingNokiaEmerging Markets Author:Stephen Elop
“If you look at the economy, the U.S. economy, in terms of per-capita terms, in terms of other considerations, has been on the descent, ever since the beginning of the war in Indo-China. And it started really as a result of John F. Kennedy being assassinated.” IfsLooksHas BeensWarTermResultsEconomyChinaConsiderationDescent Author:Lyndon LaRouche
“If you look at the ecosystem, entrepreneurs as a class have gotten younger, younger, and younger. They also as a class have become less and less and less experienced. The good part about that is that you're unlocking this ability to start a company to so many more people. That's an amazing positive. The negative is they're coming to that job with dramatically less experience than they've ever had. So there needs to be someone around the table that can then help them.” PeopleHelpingAbilityNegativeEntrepreneur Author:Chamath Palihapitiya
“If you look at the end of the movie [Monsegnor Lahzar], I give a lot of space to what the spectator can also imagine of what's going to be Bachir's life afterwards. So, there's the restraint part, and there's the fact that the story is happening in the school which allowed me to tackle all these subjects without making it too didactic, because in the school everything happens.” IfsGivingLooksEndsFactsStoriesHappensSchoolSpaceImagineSubjectsHappeningsThings HappenRestraintSpectatorsDidactic Author:Philippe Falardeau
“If you look at the entrance halls of the skyscrapers of the 1920s and 1930s, they are very welcoming. They are public spaces with enormous amounts of display and marble and so on. They were havens off the street.” IfsLooksSpaceStreetsHavensAmountEnormousWelcomeHallsDisplayMarbleEntrances1930sSkyscraper Author:Joseph Rykwert
“If you look at the evolution of games from console to Internet to mobile, and look at social networking from Web to mobile, everything is fragmenting.” IfsLooksGamesSocialEvolutionInternetMobileNetworkingSocial NetworkingConsoleSocial Network Author:Chris DeWolfe
“If you look at the expenses of a great pharmaceutical company, they pay between about 10 to 15 percent of their expenses for research, but they use 30 to 40 percent of their incomes for marketing and promotion. It is not completely wrong that they spend so much, but it is not correct to say that there is a direct connection between the price of drugs and the cost of research. It could be more between the cost of marketing and the cost of the drugs.” DrugDirectMarketingPromotionPharmaceutical Author:Pascal Couchepin
“If you look at the fact that the best chance we have for a good economy is the private sector. The government cannot create jobs. If the government could create jobs, then Communism would have worked. But didn't work. So what we have to do is allow the private sector and the entrepreneurial spirit to lead us back to a job-filled recovery.” IfsLooksFactsGovernmentJobsSpiritChanceEconomyFilledRecoveryCommunismEntrepreneurialPrivate SectorEntrepreneurial Spirit Author:Tim Scott
“If you look at the families who live below the poverty line, only 47% of them have internet access at home. And of that low income population, they are disproportionately urban and people of color, which makes it a social justice issue.” PeopleIfsLooksHomeSocialLinesJusticePovertyIssuesColorInternetLowsSocial JusticePopulationAccessIncomeUrbanLow IncomeInternet Access Author:David L. Cohen
“If you look at the films that I've done generally, you would probably get an idea of what I'm most interested in, and if ever I do something unusual like a science fiction film or an action film or a comedy or something, then that to me feels like a step to the side to do something different.” IfsFeelsLooksIdeasDifferentDoneActionFilmSidesFictionStepsComedyScience FictionUnusualAction Films Author:Guy Pearce
“If you look at the First World War, the Kaiser was actually, actively buying a lot of the armaments from Britain! in the years, in the run-up to the First World War. And I mean, there was a connection there. He was, indeed, Queen Victoria's grandson. You know, they were all related, all these royal families.” IfsKnowsWorldYearsFirstsLooksMeanWarRunningConnectionsQueensWar Of The WorldsRelatedBritainBuyingRoyalVictoriaRoyal FamilyArmamentFirst World WarGrandson Author:Jacqueline Winspear
“If you look at the footballers, you look at our celebrity culture, we seem to be saying, 'This is the way you want to be'. We seem to be a society that celebrates all the wrong people.” PeopleIfsWayWantLooksSeemsCultureCelebrateFootballerCelebrity Culture Author:Iain Duncan Smith
“If you look at the Forbes 400, they are paying a lower rate, accounting payroll taxes, than their secretary or - whomever around their office.” IfsLooksTaxesOfficeRateSecretaryAccountingPayrollForbesPayroll Tax Author:Warren Buffett
“If you look at the – freedom, democracy, equality, liberty– all of that can be qualified by saying, "What about me? What about us?" The idea of my tribe versus your tribe, etc. Freedom – what about Liberians who have been oppressed by the systems? Equality – what about institutional "Black-on-Black Apartheid?”What about the creators of the flawed systems who are now so-called liberators of the people?" What about the Americos versus the Natives, while disregarding the symptoms of the problems? What about your party versus my party, constantly at war, and are not focused on the issues? Justice? How about “give me liberty or give me death?” Until then, the unsolved queries remain in Liberia's delusional political arenas. Until then, we'll never have a country without truths!!” LiberiaDemocracy FreedomLiberian WriterFreedomsLiberian HistoryLiberian ActivistLiberty Amendments Author:Henry Johnson Jr
“If you look at the – freedom, democracy, equality, liberty– all of that can be qualified by saying, "What about me? What about us?" The idea of my tribe versus your tribe, etc. Freedom – what about Liberians who have been oppressed by the systems? Equality – what about institutional "Black-on-Black Apartheid?”What about the creators of the flawed systems who are now so-called liberators of the people?" What about your tribe versus my tribe?” What about the Americas versus the Natives, while disregarding the symptoms of the problems? What about your party versus my party, constantly at war, and are not focused on the issues? Justice? How about “give me liberty or give me death?” Until then, the unsolved queries remain in Liberia's delusional political arenas. Until then, we'll never have a country without truths!!” Democracy FreedomDemocracy In AmericaLiberian HistoryDemocracy In Liberia Author:Henry Johnson Jr
“If you look at the funding of far-right parties in Europe - where's the money coming? We do know that 9 million euros was given by Russia, through a Czech bank, to [French National Front leader] Marine Le Pen. We know that this is not an isolated case. This is happening elsewhere.” IfsKnowsLooksGivenPartyLeaderMillionsCasesFrontsHappeningsEuropeRussiaPensIsolatedElsewhereMarineFundingEuroCzech Author:Toomas Hendrik Ilves
“If you look at the game and everything, it's not quite like looking at an animated film, because that's total character. This, this is really movement, but it's got funny little things if you look for the humor. They're actually getting to the character.” IfsLooksLittlesCharacterFilmGamesMovementLittle ThingsFunny ThingsAnimatedAnimated Films Author:Don Bluth
“If you look at the gifted sportsman, like Tiger Woods, or Ryan Giggs, you can see how they have been built up to be so much more than one person could ever be.” IfsLooksPersonsHas BeensBuiltWoodsGiftedTigersSportsmanGiggs Author:Liz Garbus
“If you look at the gospel, it just doesn't break things apart. The gospel brings things together. One of the great demonstration of the gospel's power is reconciliation.” IfsLooksTogetherBreakReconciliationDemonstration Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“If you look at the great frauds of all time, Enron had that phantom trading floor. What Herbalife has is it has phantom or fictitious customers.” IfsLooksCustomersAll TimeFraudTradingPhantomsEnronHerbalifeTrading Floor Author:Bill Ackman
“If you look at the greatest models, it was because they were muses to photographers. They collaborated with the artist and they created the kind of images that become iconic.” IfsLooksKindArtistModelsPhotographerMuseIconic Author:Michael Flutie
“If you look at the Gulf War or new military technologies, they are moving towards cyberwars. Most video-technologies and technologies of simulation have been used for war. For example, video was created after the Second World War in order to radio-control planes and aircraft carriers. Thus video came with the war. It took twenty years before it became a means of expression for artists.” IfsWorldYearsLooksMeanHas BeensWarMovingUsedArtistOrderTechnologyMilitaryExampleExpressionTwentiesRadioVideoPlanesWar Of The WorldsWorld War ISecond World WarAircraftSimulationCarrierGulf WarAircraft Carriers Author:Paul Virilio
“If you look at the guys in the '70s, like Led Zeppelin, they had bigger planes than we do, they had more money. But they weren't singing about it.” IfsLooksGuySingingBiggerPlanesMore MoneyZeppelins Author:Lenny Kravitz
“If you look at the heroes of antiquity and myth, they all have flaws. It's something that they have to overcome; their flaws are something that they have to act in spite of. The challenge is not to defy your fate, but to endure it. That is heroic.” IfsLooksChallengesFateHeroOvercomingEndureMythSpiteFlawsHeroicAntiquity Author:Nicholas Meyer
“If you look at the history of advertising, most of them were Jews, so it was only a matter of time before 'Mad Men' explored that area of advertising.” IfsMenLooksMatterAreasMadJewAdvertisingMad MenMatter Of Time Author:Ben Feldman
“If you look at the history of big obstacles in understanding our world, there's usually an intuitive assumption underlying them that's wrong.” IfsWorldLooksBigsUnderstandingObstaclesAssumptionOur WorldIntuitive Author:Jeff Hawkins
“If you look at the history of broadcasting, what you find is the National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association whose mission is to protect the interests of the commercial broadcasters.” IfsLooksInterestProtectTradeMissionsAssociationBroadcastingBroadcasters Author:Robert Waterman McChesney
“If you look at the history of communication, new technologies like the phone and e-mail didnt just let people do things faster; it fundamentally changed the scope of the kinds of projects people dared to take on.” PeopleIfsLooksKindTechnologyChangedCommunicationProjectsPhonesFasterMailScopeNew Technology Author:Justin Rosenstein
“If you look at the history of demagoguery and fascism, it always happens when there are two things. It requires a gentle populace to allow it to happen, whether through laziness, ignorance or ineptitude, but it also requires a very angry, dissatisfied section of the populace who want egregiously simple answers to very complicated problems.” IfsWantLooksTwoProblemHappensSimpleAnswersIgnoranceAngryComplicatedGentleTwo ThingsFascismLazinessSectionsDissatisfiedDemagogueryIneptitude Author:Moby
“If you look at the history of Obama, with the crimes he's committed, in office, publicly, and gotten by with that, you understand two things: First of all, that he's a criminal, really, by any standard of decency, and he's a great liar.” IfsFirstsLooksTwoCrimeOfficeStandardsCommittedCriminalsTwo ThingsLiarsDecencyGreat Liar Author:Lyndon LaRouche
“If you look at the history of popular music, the most successful musicians have started out being really marginal and esoteric. The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Madonna. Prince. Bruce Springsteen. Fleetwood Mac. David Bowie. Public Enemy. Nirvana.” IfsLooksEnemySuccessfulMusicianStonesBeing RealRollingMacsRolling StonesEsotericBowiePopular MusicSpringsteenPublic EnemiesFleetwood Mac Author:Moby
“If you look at the history of the American capital market, there's probably no innovation more important than the idea of generally accepted accountancy principles.” IfsLooksImportantIdeasPrinciplesInnovationAccepted Author:Lawrence Summers
“If you look at the history of the FBI, it has become effectively America's political police.” IfsLooksAmericaPoliticalPoliceFbi Author:Julian Assange
“If you look at the history of the Ford Foundation and Rockefeller, in Latin America, in Indonesia, where almost a million people, mainly Communists, were killed by General Suharto, who was backed by the CIA, in South Africa, in the US Civil Rights Movement - or even now, it's very disturbing. They have always worked closely with the US State Department.” PeopleIfsLooksStatesAmericaMillionsRightsMovementFoundationSouthCivil RightsDepartmentLatinCommunistSouth AfricaDisturbingIndonesiaCiaCivil Rights MovementLatin America Author:Arundhati Roy
“If you look at the history of the U.S., we were an empire long before we were a nation.” IfsLooksLongNationsEmpires Author:Robert D. Kaplan
“If you look at the history of unexplained phenomena that was first explained by spiritual, mystical forces, the track record is not very good for the mystical, magical explanations to survive against more quote "mundane" physical explanations.” IfsFirstsLooksSpiritualForceRecordsVery GoodTrackExplanationMysticalMundaneTrack RecordUnexplained Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“If you look at the horror genre, that work is all about making people uncomfortable by stimulating our fear of death.” PeopleIfsLooksHorrorGenreUncomfortableFear Of DeathHorror Genre Author:Ottessa Moshfegh
“If you look at the human condition today, not everyone is well fed, has access to good medical care, or the physical basics that provide for a healthy and a happy life.” IfsHumansWellsLooksCareTodayCareersConditionsHealthyAccessMedicalRedemptionFedsHappy LifeHuman ConditionBasicsMedical Care Author:Ralph Merkle
“If you look at the image [ Portrait of the Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self ], it treads on a kind of popular stereotypical image of the black figure, in both its flatness and slightly comic edge. To take that image as a starting point and to render it in a proto-classical medium, like egg tempera, and then use a repertoire of classical compositional devices to make the picture was a way of setting up an engagement with art history.” IfsWayLooksKindArtSelfUseArtistBlackFiguresShadowStartingEdgesSettingMediumsSettingsFormerComicEggsDevicesEngagementPortraitsStarting PointArt HistoryFlatness Author:Kerry James Marshall
“If you look at the India-US relationship for example, the role that the Indian diaspora has played in the relationship is extremely crucial. Yes, we share democratic values but there is also the great role that the Indian diaspora has played in strengthening the bond of friendship between India and the US, and of course in underscoring the democratic values between the two countries.” IfsLooksTwoCountryValuesCoursesRolesShareExampleIndiaDemocraticIndianCrucialStrengtheningDiasporaTwo CountriesBonds Of FriendshipDemocratic Values Author:Narendra Modi
“If you look at the Internet, it's been hard for a lot of the traditional media companies to launch viable brands.” IfsLooksHardCompanyMediaInternetTraditionalBrands Author:Tom Freston
“If you look at the last 150 years, about every 30 years or so, a new scientific discipline emerges that starts spinning out technologies and capturing people's imaginations. Go back to 1900: That industry was chemistry. People had chemistry sets. In the 1930s, it was the rise of physics and physicists. They build on each other. Chemists laid the experimental understanding for the physicists to build their theories. It was three physicists who invented the transistor in 1947. That started the information revolution. Today, kids get computers.” PeopleIfsYearsLooksKidsTodayLastsThreeUnderstandingImaginationTechnologyInformationTheoryRevolutionIndustryDisciplineComputerPhysicsChemistryPhysicistSpinning1930sChemistTransistors Author:Paul Saffo