“If war occurs, that positive adult contact in every shape is needed more than ever. It will be a matter of emotional life and death. There's not a handy one-minute way of talking to your kid about war.” IfsWayWarMatterKidsTalkingMinutesEmotionalNeededShapesAdultsContactLife And DeathOne MinuteHandyEmotional LifeWay Of Talking Author:Richard Louv
“As a matter of fact, I am an uncle. I have nine nephews and nieces. I'm not sure if they think I'm all that quick with a quip. But I'm quick with a spank.” IfsThinkingMatterFactsNineNot SureUnclesMatter Of FactNephewNieceQuipNiece And Nephew Author:Dean Norris
“Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a condescending view not just of the religion but also of women living in Muslim majority countries, as if the desire for choice and happiness is the monopoly of women in the west.” IfsCountryMatterLawDesireChoicesViewsMajorityIntentionWestIranMonopolyBenignCondescending Author:Azar Nafisi
“If whiteness were of no particular advantage, then having a fuller color wheel of skin tones would be purely a matter of celebration. But whiteness - just a drop of it - does still carry privilege. You learn that very young in America.” IfsDoeStillsMatterWould BeAmericaYoungParticularColorAdvantageSkinsPrivilegeToneWheelsCelebrationWhitenessSkin ToneColor Wheel Author:Eric Liu
“I started putting down my own pen and spending some time searching for the best songs out there possible. It doesn't matter if I wrote them or not.” IfsMatterSongMy OwnSpendingPens Author:Jake Owen
“Everyone has their own path in life, no matter if it's being a celebrity or a singer. Quite frankly, I didn't move to Nashville and tell myself I wanted to be a singer because I wanted to be a celebrity or I wanted to be somebody that people admired. I wasn't about that. I just loved music.” PeopleIfsMatterWantedMovingPathSingersNashville Author:Jake Owen
“If I'm happy with the song and it's a hit song or not, for the rest of my life, I can hang my hat on knowing I did the best I could, and I'll enjoy getting out there and doing it. That's all that really matters for me. The icing on the cake is people actually enjoy it and sing it back to you. That's when you know that you've done something great.” PeopleIfsKnowsI CanMatterDoneSongEnjoyKnowingHatsCakeIcingIcing On The Cake Author:Jake Owen
“If it's a good LP, you'll get that tingle that makes you put it on again no matter what your initial reaction was. On the other hand, if you don't get that tingle, you'd better take it straight down to the record exchange.” IfsMatterHandsRecordsNo Matter WhatReactionsInitials Author:Andy Partridge
“For me, being in front of a camera is a matter of practicing and refining your art. I think, if you're telling a story worth telling, it's worth investing the time into developing.” IfsThinkingArtMatterStoriesFrontsCamerasInvestingDevelopingRefining Author:Danny Pino
“I think if you're good and you can persuade people you're going to be able to do that role and ultimately the audience buys it, then it doesn't matter whether you were really a chimpanzee in disguise! You've done it.” PeopleIfsThinkingMatterDoneAbleRolesAudienceDisguiseChimpanzees Author:Alexander Siddig
“America was the place that said, 'It doesn't matter where you come from, it doesn't matter what your last name is, it doesn't matter if you drink cortaditos, or lattes, or coffee with milk. Here, if you work hard, anything is possible.” IfsSaidMatterHardLastsAmericaNamesHard WorkDrinkCoffeeMilkAnything Is PossibleWhere You ComeLattes Author:Cristina Saralegui
“I like to be able to control which players I'm working with. Because it doesn't matter how good a coach you are if the guys you're working with think they already know it all. You need a response, you need to feel they're trying. I want players who are always striving to improve.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantNeedsFeelsTryingMatterAbleGuyPlayerResponseStriveCoachesKnow It All Author:Gordon Strachan
“If you can be agreeable to each and every person or situation with which you come into contact - no matter how "difficult" it is or how much you think you are in the "right" - then you are demonstrating control.” IfsThinkingPersonsMatterDifficultSituationBuddhismBalanceContactDemonstrating Author:Frederick Lenz
“Slow down. Enjoy life. It's tough to slow down if your mind is going a million miles a second. It's tough to slow down if you think what these people do here matters.” PeopleIfsThinkingMindMatterHumanityEnjoyMillionsBuddhismMindfulnessToughMilesEnjoy LifeSlow Down Author:Frederick Lenz
“The pathway to enlightenment is happiness. It doesn't really matter if you're successful, if you're in prison, if you're dying - if you have contact with light.” IfsMatterLightHappinessSuccessfulDyingBuddhismEnlightenmentPrisonContactPathways Author:Frederick Lenz
“Diet is a matter of personal preference, but if you're interested in the advanced states of meditation, eating mammals should be avoided. They have a more evolved consciousness and can affect your attention field greatly.” IfsShouldMatterStatesAttentionConsciousnessMeditationFieldsHealthBuddhismEatingDietsPreferenceAvoidedAthleticsMammalsPersonal Preferences Author:Frederick Lenz
“Writing has nothing to do with publishing. Nothing. People get totally confused about that. You write because you have to - you write because you can't not write. The rest is show-business. I can't state that too strongly. Just write - worry about the rest of it later, if you worry at all. What matters is what happens to you while you're writing the story, the poem, the play. The rest is show-business.” PeopleIfsWritingI CanMatterStatesPlayStoriesShowsHappensWorryConfusedPublishingWhat MattersShow Business Author:Peter S. Beagle
“I think racial profiling is wrong. It cannot be defended. It's just flat wrong. And if a matter came before me, and it could be established that the arrest was made strictly on racial profiling, when I was on the bench, it would be gone.” IfsThinkingMadeMatterWould BeGoneFlatsBenchesRacial Profiling Author:Mills Lane
“I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how riveting the action or interesting the plot twists, if I don't feel like I'm meeting someone who feels real, I'm not going to be compelled to read further.” IfsFeelsI CanRealMatterCharacterActionInterestingReaderKingsRegardMeetingsQueensPlotCompelledTwistsMeeting SomeonePlot Twists Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“Coming from a background of being onstage, you're onstage for two and a half hours and you're in it for the whole time no matter what you're doing. Even if you don't have a line, you have to stay in it.” IfsTwoMatterWholeHoursLinesHalfNo Matter WhatBackgroundsHalf Hours Author:Aaron Tveit
“The earth is such a voluminous, sparse, wild place that has its own rhythm that human beings try to control and strategize our way around, but the truth is, if you're out someplace like the ocean on a capsized boat, it doesn't matter if you have academic degrees, or if you're a martial-arts ninja. Nature is a bigger force than you.” IfsWayTryingHumansArtMatterEarthForceHuman BeingsTruth IsDegreesOceanBiggerBoatRhythmMartial ArtsAcademicNinjaWild Places Author:Rachael Taylor
“If the work is good, what does it matter? I'm doing it because I love it. Why not do as many things I love as I can? As long as the work is good.” IfsLongDoeI CanMatterWhy NotThings I LoveDoes It Matter Author:James Franco
“Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.” IfsMatterGirlBoysSonAdolescenceBeing A Girl Author:Anne Frank
“All SEALS in my mind are equally elite. It doesn't matter if you're SEAL Team Two, One, Six, 10, it doesn't matter. All SEALS are equally elite.” IfsMindTwoMatterTeamSixElitesSeals Author:Howard E. Wasdin
“I tend not to dwell on the parallels between chess and business, chess and the martial arts, or any two things for that matter, because the truth is that all pursuits are connected if we gain an eye for the thematic links.” IfsArtTwoMatterEyeTruth IsGainsConnectedChessPursuitTwo ThingsMartial ArtsLinksParallelsThematic Author:Joshua Waitzkin
“I don't have one role that I'm particularly fond of doing, and I don't really look for it to differ all the time, but I will try anything and do anything. If it's a role I connect with, I'll go for it, no matter what's involved.” IfsTryingLooksMatterRolesInvolvedNo Matter What Author:Mae Whitman
“Blessed if you do... Blessed if you don't... Blessed no matter what!” IfsMatterWisdomWiseNo Matter WhatBlessedClever Author:Doreen Virtue
“If you write, good ideas must come welling up into you so that you have something to write. If good ideas do not come at once, or for a long time, do not be troubled at all. Wait for them. Put down little ideas no matter how insignificant they are. But do not feel, any more, guilty about idleness and solitude.” IfsFeelsWritingLittlesLongIdeasMatterWaitingSolitudeLong TimeGuiltyGood IdeasInsignificantIdleness Author:Brenda Ueland
“The single most important technique for making progress is to write ten words. Doesn't matter if you're badly stuck, or your day is completely jam-packed, or you're away from your computer - carry a small paper notebook and write a sentence of description while you're waiting on line at a coffee shop. I think of this as baiting a hook. Even if you have a few days in a row where nothing comes except those ten words, I find that as long as you have to think about the novel enough to write ten words, the chances are that more will come.” IfsThinkingWritingLongImportantMatterEnoughWaitingLinesChanceNovelProgressTenPaperComputerSentencesTechniqueCoffeeStuckShopsDescriptionHookJamChances AreNotebookCoffee Shop Author:Naomi Novik
“If you're going to be a writer you should sit down and write in the morning, and keep it up all day, every day. Charles Bukowski, no matter how drunk he got the night before or no matter how hungover he was, the next morning he was at his typewriter. Every morning. Holidays, too. He'd have a bottle of whiskey with him to wake up with, and that's what he believed. That's the way you became a writer: by writing. When you weren't writing, you weren't a writer.” IfsWayShouldWritingMatterNightNextMorningWake UpDown AndDrunkHolidayBottlesEvery MorningWhiskeyTypewriters Author:Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“Divorce is a fire exit. When a house is burning, it doesn't matter who set the fire. If there is no fire exit, everyone in the house will be burned!” IfsMatterHouseFireDivorceBurningBurnedExitHeartfelt Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“It doesn't matter what you feel - ultimately, it's what the audience feels. You can finish a scene and think to yourself, 'Oh, God. I was so deep in that moment,' and find it just didn't play. I don't know if I have very good radar about that or not.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsMatterPlayMomentsAudienceSceneVery GoodThat MomentRadar Author:Carey Mulligan
“If I could have a Barbie body, which has no cellulite, I totally would. I would like to have a flatter stomach, but that won't happen either. That is never going to happen. No matter how much weight I lose, my stomach, below the belly button, always pooches out.” IfsMatterBodyHappensLosesWeightIf I CouldStomachButtonsBellyBarbieCelluliteBelly Buttons Author:Holly Madison